News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John C. Cruden, the Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Department of Justice, and Dan Ashe, the Director of the United States Fish & Wildlife Service (“FWS") announced today...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) has requested more information regarding the persistent safety issues associated with WEN hair care products. To date, over 17,000 customers have filed complaints about the WEN Cleansing Conditioner, detailing adverse health effects after using the product, including significant hair loss, visible bald spots, hair breakage, scalp irritation, rash, and burning of the scalps and eyes.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
Release: Washington, DC, March 9, 2016 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the USDA Rural Child Poverty Nutrition Center at the University of Kentucky awarded $1.3 million in grants to help reduce child food insecurity in 17 rural communities. The funding, ranging from $50,000 to $100,000...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that DIXIE ANN MORPHIS, age 36, of Sayre, Oklahoma, pled guilty to POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A)(viii).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office reached a $42,500 civil settlement today with Alexander’s Pharmacy in Dracut, Mass., and its owner and operator, George Kontos, in connection with the improper dispensing of controlled substances and the failure to keep proper records and maintain effective controls against diversion.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: OAKLAND - Dr. Michael Roger Chiarottino pleaded guilty in federal court in Oakland yesterday to distribution of oxycodone outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose, announced Acting United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Thomas Brown, age 45, of New Orleans, pleaded guilty as charged today to a Bill of Information charging one count of possession with intent to distribute acetyl fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine, and a second count of possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), and Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA) yesterday sent a letter to Marilyn Tavenner, President and CEO of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), regarding recent actions by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s broad review of concussions will commence next week with a roundtable discussion about the state of our knowledge concerning the causes, effects, and treatments of concussions and head trauma. The discussion, which will feature input from experts...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Darnell James Winston, age 23, of Leavenworth, Kansas, was sentenced to 120 months in prison without the possibility of parole and five years of supervised release for one count of Sex Trafficking of a Child. The sentencing hearing took place before the Honorable P. K. Holmes, III in the United States District Court in Fort Smith.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s broad review of concussions will commence next week with a roundtable discussion about the state of our knowledge concerning the causes, effects, and treatments of concussions and head trauma. The discussion, which will feature input from experts...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Douglas E. Cowgill, 60, of Westerville, Ohio, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 48 months in prison, three years of supervised release and ordered to pay approximately $841,000 in restitution for wire fraud, theft or embezzlement from employee benefit plans, and perjury.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: Dear Acting Administrator Slavitt: We write to express our concerns with a number of proposed policy changes in the 2017 Advance Notice that would reduce funding for the Medicare Advantage program. We have serious concerns about the negative impact these proposals would have on the health care choices...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: WILMINGTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that today in federal court, Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox sentenced AHKEEM DONTE PRATT, 24, to 188 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today announced a continuation in its Disrupter Series with a hearing to review digital currency and blockchain technology. The hearing is entitled, “Disrupter Series: Digital Currency...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of theft of government property and food stamp fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle L. Wasserman (619) 546-8431.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that DAVID MICHAEL PITTS, age 41, has been charged in a Bill of Information with wire fraud in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud Amedisys, Incorporated, a home health and hospice care company with a substantial presence in...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Justin Thornton has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for acetylfentanyl and fentanyl trafficking resulting in the death of one person, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) issued the following statement regarding the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI) proposed changes to the Medicare Part B Drug Payment Model...
