News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Deirdre M. Daly and Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen today announced that REM CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC. (“REM") has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments in which it will pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations that it received overpayments from the Connecticut Medicaid Program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: Defendant also ordered to pay $250,000 in fines.
By Interior Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: Contact: Alex Warneke. SAN DIEGO, CA - “You teach me, I forget. You show me, I remember. You involve me, I understand." These words, penned by the famous ecologist E.O. Wilson, exemplify the power of public involvement in nature exploration. In order to foster the next generation of environmental stewards...
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: FBI Offers $10,000 Reward in Armed Robbery Investigation.
By Homeland Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: TOMAH, WIS. -Sen. Ron Johnson, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released a 359-page report on Tuesday, detailing the tragedies at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Tomah, Wis. (Tomah VAMC). Chairman Johnson had this to say following the release of the report...
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: MISSOULA - Ian Scott Barclay, 28, of Deer Lodge, Cordero Robert Metzker, 28, of Billings, and Erin Marie Bernhardt, 47, of Deer Lodge were arraigned in federal court today on a six-count superseding indictment charging them with various drug distribution crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Damacio Diaz, 44, of McFarland, formerly a detective with the Bakersfield Police Department, pleaded guilty today to bribery, possession and attempted possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, and making and subscribing a false income tax return, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A former bank manager was sentenced on Friday, May 27, 2016 in connection with a multi-year, multi-property mortgage fraud scheme in Dorchester.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: $5.5 Million in Investor Funds Allegedly Stolen.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Following a five day trial in United States District Court in Jackson, a jury found Aaron Charles Harris, age 30, of Jackson, guilty of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis.
By Homeland Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing Tuesday, May 31 titled: “Tomah VAMC: Examining Patient Care and Abuse of Authority" to examine alleged overprescription at the Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), as well as patient deaths and an alleged culture of fear among hospital employees. Below is Chairman Johnson’s opening statement as submitted for the record...
By Interior Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Ridgecrest Field Office, has scheduled a public scoping meeting to solicit comments from public agencies and the public on concerns and interests for the Camino Solar Project proposed by Aurora Solar, LCC, on variance lands identified in the BLM Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS).
By DOL Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Ungerer & Company. Inspection site: 110 North Commerce Way, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Citations issued: On May 25, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued one repeat and six serious violations, and one other-than-serious violation. Inspection...
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: A Broward County resident was sentenced to prison today for his role in a Jamaica based telemarketing fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - A Virginia man, who admitted to viewing depictions of child pornography and to possessing an illegal firearm, pled guilty to related charges in Federal Court, United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the arrest of STEVEN MCCLATCHEY, a director at an investment bank in Manhattan...
By Interior Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: The Acadia National Park Advisory Commission will meet at Park Headquarters (20 McFarland Hill Drive) in Bar Harbor from 1 to 3 pm on Monday, June 6, 2016. The meeting is open to the public and will include an opportunity for public comment.
By Interior Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: Enjoy an early morning birding hike with Park Guide Nicholas Manes at Homestead National Monument of America on Friday, June 3 or Saturday June 4 at 8 a.m. This program will begin at the Homestead Education Center with a light breakfast of bagels followed by a short walk to investigate the birds of Homestead's...
By State Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and a former Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, today released the following statement praising Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Luis Almagro for invoking the Inter-American Democratic Charter regarding Venezuela and urging all OAS member states to support today’s action...
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - On Thursday, May 26, 2016, Chief Judge Wilma A. Lewis sentenced Raymond Mathurin, 48, to three years of probation, six months of home detention, and a $2000 fine on one count of manufacturing marijuana, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
