News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: DALLAS, Texas - A licensed physician from North Richland Hills, Texas, Byron Felton Conner, 48, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud stemming from a scheme to defraud Medicare through the submission of false claims for physician home visits and home health care services. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed two measures addressing state sponsors of terrorism and a bill to promote the role of women in resolving conflict.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: FBI Offers $5,000 to Locate Investment Scheme Fugitive.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: John Adams, one of our nation's founders, said of the 4th of July, "I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival…it ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the guilty plea of WILLIAM JAMES DAVIS, 65, for conspiring to steal funds from Community Action of Minneapolis (CAM). DAVIS pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minn.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: CHALLIS, ID- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Challis Field Office (CFO) initiated a fuels reduction project the week of June 6, to thin timber 100 feet on either side of Morgan Creek Road. Thinning dense timber along the road will act as a fuels break and slow fire progression. “We hope this will reduce potential fire intensity should we have one in that area," said Kasey Hill, Fire Ecologist for the CFO.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of Firearm by Prohibited Person was sentenced on June 13, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of an indictment charging Jorge Guerrero-Torres (28, Orlando) with possession of child pornography and production of child pornography. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on the possession...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) sent a letter earlier this week to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew calling on the Treasury Department to stop obstructing Congressional oversight into the administration’s implementation of Obamacare’s cost sharing reduction (CSR) program.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan committee leaders today sent a letter to the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office requesting a review of the Office of Emergency Communications’ (OEC) handling of funds. The OEC, part of the Department of Homeland Security, is tasked with supporting various programs and organizations aimed at improving public safety communications and interoperability.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, spoke at a rally Thursday afternoon advocating for right to try legislation along with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) Rep. Matt Salmon (R-Ariz.), and Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.). He urged his...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: House Judiciary Democrats want to address the real problems facing our Nation today by...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced the appointment of Rebecca J. Ferrell, Ph.D., and Sgt. Troy Lawrence to the National Commission on Forensic Science.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Three individuals pled guilty to heroin distribution in federal court in Clarksburg today, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that on Monday, DAQUONE JOHNSON, 24, of Bridgeport, was arrested on heroin distribution offenses. The charges stem from an ongoing statewide initiative targeting narcotics dealers who distribute heroin, fentanyl or opioids that cause death or serious injury to users.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a hearing to examine trade opportunities and challenges for American businesses in the digital age...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: Fugitive Captured. FBI Special Agent in Charge (SAC) William Woods is announcing the arrest of Ortega Mitchell, 26, a fugitive in a kidnapping conspiracy. The FBI, with assistance from Swansea Police, Illinois State Police, Belleville Police, and Fairview Heights Police, arrested Mitchell without incident...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved (23-15), as amended, and favorably reported to the U.S. House of Representatives, H. Res. 737 condemning and censuring Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John A. Koskinen. The Resolution expresses the sense of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Criminal Information was filed today in U.S. District Court in Scranton charging a Carbondale man with tax evasion.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 Joint Summary of Outcomes Today, Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Ministry of Public Security Guo Shengkun co-chaired the second U.S.-China Cybercrime and Related Issues High Level Joint Dialogue with representatives of the U.S. Departments ...
