News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Nathan Baum, age 31, of East Greenbush, New York, was sentenced today to serve 82 months in prison after admitting to stealing pain medication intended for hospice patients.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: Earlier today, a federal grand jury sitting in Brooklyn returned an indictment charging Yolanda Vitulli, the executive director of a charity that provides services to individuals with developmental disabilities, with embezzling approximately $100,000 from the charity for her personal use.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Scott J. Lampert, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Department of Health...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: TULSA, Okla.-The Fresh Start Reentry Program will host an information and resource seminar for individuals with prior felony convictions on Thursday, June 23, announced United States Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. of the Northern District of Oklahoma. The seminar will be held from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., in the Auditorium of the Robert S. Kerr Building, 440 S. Houston Ave. in Tulsa.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) and House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statements regarding today’s vote to override President Obama’s veto of H. J. Res. 88, a joint resolution of disapproval under ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Thomas Harper, a former officer and owner of MCC Construction Company (MCC), pled guilty today to conspiring to obstruct justice before the Small Business Administration (SBA). Harper also agreed to pay restitution in the amount of $165,711.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Riyad Altallaa, 51, and Muna Alnoubani, 49, both of Hilliard, each agreed to plead guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to commit health care fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - An Oak Brook couple who owned First Mutual Bancorp of Illinois and other financial entities intentionally hid cash and assets from creditors after defaulting on $40 million in personal and corporate loans, according to an indictment returned in federal court in Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Andre Hammond, 35, of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 94 months in prison for sexually abusing a female child and committing a crime of violence while failing to register as a sex offender, announced U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips and Michael Hughes, U.S. Marshal for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: FRANKLIN, Ohio - A federal workplace safety and health inspection found workers exposed to the risks of amputation, hearing loss and respiratory damage at A&B Foundry & Machining Inc. due to same hazards identified by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration at the Franklin foundry in 2012.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: View Citations here. To ask questions, obtain compliance assistance, file a complaint, or report amputations, eye loss, workplace hospitalizations, fatalities or situations posing imminent danger to workers, the public should call OSHA's toll-free hotline at 800-321-OSHA (6742) or the agency's Cleveland...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Brian Acosta, age 21, a resident of Harrisburg, was indicted by a grand jury in Harrisburg and charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Thomas Harper, a former officer and owner of MCC Construction Company (MCC), pled guilty today to conspiring to obstruct justice before the Small Business Administration (SBA). Harper also agreed to pay restitution in the amount of $165,711.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - A McCracken County, Kentucky, physician was charged by federal Information today with the fraudulent possession of a controlled substance, wire fraud and making false statements related to health care matters, announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man was sentenced to a year and nine months in federal prison for a heroin crime, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Justin Randolph, 27, previously entered his guilty plea to distribution of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: Albuquerque Bank Robbers Flee in Damaged Car.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - Two north suburban doctors have been charged as part of the largest national Medicare fraud takedown in history, federal authorities announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man today admitted distributing large quantities of heroin and oxycodone in and around downtown Newark, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Cedric Clark (35, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud, one count of conspiracy, and one count of aggravated identity theft. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on the mail fraud count, up to 5 years’ imprisonment on the conspiracy count, and a mandatory consecutive term of 2 years for the aggravated identity theft charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: CINCINNATI - James T. Hammes, 54, formerly of Lexington, Kentucky, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 96 months in prison. Hammes pleaded guilty in October 2015 to one count of wire fraud and agreed to pay nearly $7.7 million in restitution, specifically, approximately $6.7 million to G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc. and $1 million to Cincinnati Insurance Company.
