News from July 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury last week indicted two former Regions Bank employees for conspiracy in a $5 million bribery and wire fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Karen Schlager, 60, of Snyder, NY, who was convicted of submitting false and fraudulent claims to the Department of Veterans Affairs, was sentenced to one year probation, 80 hours community service, and a $5,000 fine by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $14,900 to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: Long, hot summer days and continuing drought are causing grasses, shrubs and trees to dry out across South Central Montana. The resulting increased fire danger has prompted authorities to begin implementing fire restrictions across the region.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: Beatrice, Nebraska -Enjoy music drifting across the tallgrass prairie as Homestead National Monument of America celebrates its 80th birthday and the Centennial of the National Park Service with the evening Centennial Concert Series. The program Saturday, July 16, 2016 starts at 7 p.m.at the Homestead Education Center and will feature the Toasted Ponies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: An Indictment[1] was unsealed today charging Sean Donald Premock, 43, of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, with nine counts of mail fraud, nine counts of wire fraud, one count of securities fraud, and one count of investment adviser fraud, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: Louisville Based MD2U, a Regional Provider of Home-Based Care, and Its Principal Owners Admit to Violating the Federal False Claims Act and Being Liable for Millions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - The owner of two northwest Alabama pharmacies has agreed to plead guilty to obstructing a Medicare audit and to pay a $2.5 million penalty to the government.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Ryan Budd, 25, formerly of Bethel, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of heroin.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: I’d like to thank Chairman Cole, Chairman Rogers, and Ranking Member DeLauro for holding this markup and for including some of my priorities in the proposed FY17 bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: Pledges to Pay $2.5 Million Penalty.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: FBI Director Comey: Emails Were Not Properly Marked as Classified
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that David Chaisson, 23, of Bangor was sentenced to five years in prison and a three-year term of supervised released for his part in a crack cocaine distribution conspiracy that stretched from New Haven, Connecticut to Bangor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of New Castle, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 77 months imprisonment, followed by three years supervised release, on charges of bank robbery. Calvin Douglas Smith was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $3,266.00, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: YAKIMA, Washington - The Bureau of Reclamation’s July 2016 Total Water Supply Available forecast for the Yakima Basin indicates a full water supply for senior water rights during the 2016 irrigation season, but an estimated 90 percent supply for junior water rights.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement after the Senate Finance Committee met with Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to discuss the proposed section 385 regulations...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Patricia Froehlich, Connecticut State’s Attorney for the Judicial District of Windham, Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Cpl. Stanley Parizo, Jr. of the Willimantic...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review the Draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact for the proposed repairs to the Santa Clara Conduit levee/access road located in Santa Clara County, California.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Kansas City, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in conspiracies to distribute methamphetamine in Jackson County, Mo., and to engage in money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Thomas A. Coates, 30, formerly of Columbus, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to one count of racketeering conspiracy. Coates was originally scheduled to stand trial with Lance Green, who also pleaded guilty, on July 11 in the second of three trials involving the organized criminal enterprise known as the Short North Posse.
By State Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary General: I respectfully write to ask that you issue a public statement urging Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to adhere to constitutional mechanisms in his country by not blocking efforts to hold a recall referendum this year. I applaud the statements you have made in favor of...
