News from February 2016
By DOL Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: Feb. 22, 2016 BOS 2016-025. Date of action: Feb. 1, 2016. Type of action: Decision and Order. Names of defendant: David Dzenutis dba Royal Construction Company, a roofing contractor in Canton, Connecticut. Background: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -On Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, at 12:30 pm, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) will hold a press conference to introduce the Whistleblower Augmented Reward and Non-Retaliation Act of 2016 (WARN Act) to expand protections for those who put their careers at risk to blow the whistle on financial crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - The co-owners, chief operating officer, and an alleged paid promoter of Sterling Currency Group, which at one time billed itself as one of the largest sellers and exchangers of the Iraqi dinar in the U.S., have been indicted for their roles in a scheme to fraudulently induce investors into...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore. - Jonathan Robert Quaccia, 35, originally of Ashland, Oregon, was sentenced on Feb. 17, 2016, to two years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering. U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken also ordered the defendant to serve three years of supervised release upon his release from prison and complete 500 hours of community service.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Michael L. Montague, age 66, formerly of Gwynn Oak, Maryland, Friday, Feb. 19, 2016 to 262 months in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for using a mobile phone to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity and...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on Feb. 19, JEBRELL CONLEY, also known as “City," 27, of New Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by six years of supervised release, for possessing with intent to distribute crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Feb. 19, 2016, Joshua Lee Lindsey, 30, of Lyman, S.C., was sentenced by the Honorable Pamela L. Reeves, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 180 months in federal prison for his leadership role in an extensive a-PVP (alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) distribution conspiracy and an international money laundering conspiracy involving northeast Tennessee, southwest Virginia, western North Carolina and western South Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Feb. 22, 2016 - Michael Calloway a/k/a Oso, 21, of Nashville, Tenn., was sentenced Friday to serve 15 years in prison, after previously pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of ammunition, conspiracy to tamper with a witness and attempting to obstruct justice, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following a letter sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last week on federal investments to prevent lead poisoning, Democratic leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent letters to the Departments of Health in seven states requesting more information...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that KENNY RAY SMITH, age 52, of Whitesboro, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 60 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release for POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Veria Fields, a former employee of Bronner Bros., Inc., a hair care products company in Marietta, Georgia, has been sentenced to serve two years and four months in federal prison on charges of mail fraud relating to a theft from her former employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that NOEL CUELLO, the former operator of a tax preparation business with multiple locations in the Bronx, New York, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to nine years in prison for leading a large-scale...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: The Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled a full committee markup on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, at 5 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider a number of bills. Members will convene for opening statements only on Wednesday and reconvene on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, at 10 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal jury convicted physician William Crittenden III, age 52, of Kensington, Maryland late Friday of conspiring to distribute oxycodone and alprazolam, and eight separate counts of unlawfully distributing oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that CARNEY SCOTT HOOD, age 26, of Hugo, Oklahoma was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release for POSSESSION OF EXPLOSIVE WHILE UNDER INFORMATION OR INDICTMENT, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 842(i)(1), 844(a)(1) and 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A retired Colonel in the Kentucky National Guard and the former Director of Bluegrass Challenge Academy was found guilty last week in United States District Court of failing to report child abuse, announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following a letter sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last week on federal investments to prevent lead poisoning, Democratic leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent letters to the Departments of Health in seven states requesting more information...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: The Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled a full committee markup on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, at 5 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider a number of bills. Members will convene for opening statements only on Wednesday and reconvene on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, at 10 a.m.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following a letter sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last week on federal investments to prevent lead poisoning, Democratic leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent letters to the Departments of Health in seven states requesting more information...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On Feb. 16, 2016, Barbara L. Baker, 54, of Montezuma, Iowa, was sentenced by Senior United States District Court Judge Robert W. Pratt to 60 days in prison for misapplication of bank funds, announced Acting United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Baker will also be required to serve a three year term of supervised release following her term of imprisonment.
