News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: An accountant who participated in and attempted to cover up a $50 million New Orleans-area Medicare fraud scheme was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for his involvement in the scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: Randy Metcalf, 40, of Dubuque, Iowa, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for stomping on and kicking the head of an African-American man in a racially targeted attack.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: Underreported More Than $1.5 Million in Gross Receipts A federal jury sitting in St. Louis, Missouri, found the local owner of a tax return preparation businesses guilty of two counts of tax evasion, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: A Wilmington, Delaware, man pleaded guilty today to one count of distribution of child pornography for his membership in a website dedicated to the sexual exploitation of children, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Charles M. Oberly III of the District of Delaware.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: Today a federal court in Jackson, Mississippi permanently barred Christopher Chamberlin from preparing federal tax returns for others. In addition to enjoining Chamberlin from preparing, filing, or assisting in the preparation or filing of federal tax returns and amended returns, the court ordered Chamberlin ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: A criminal complaint has been filed charging Harold Thomas Martin III, 51, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, with theft of government property and unauthorized removal and retention of classified materials by a government employee or contractor. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein for the District of Maryland and Special Agent in Charge Gordon B. Johnson of the FBI’s Baltimore Field Office made the announcement today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced today that the Justice Department’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) and Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) have awarded a total of 10 grants worth $9.85 million to various national and local organizations that will use the funding to implement the department’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: A former tax return preparation business owner was indicted by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Kansas for aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of false income tax returns, making a false bankruptcy declaration, false testimony under oath in connection with a bankruptcy matter ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: A former NASA employee pleaded guilty today to making false statements in connection with an investigation into his interactions with contractors, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein of the District of Maryland and NASA Inspector General Paul K. Martin.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: Mo Hailong, a/k/a Robert Mo, 46, a Chinese national, was sentenced to 36 months in prison for conspiracy to steal trade secrets. Mo Hailong was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment and was ordered to pay restitution in an amount to be determined at ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: Lam Research Corp. and KLA-Tencor Corp. abandoned their plans to merge after the Department of Justice informed the companies that it had serious concerns that the proposed transaction would harm competition.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: Today, U.S. Deputy of Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews addressed the U.S.-Ukraine Trade and Investment Council. He highlighted the U.S. government’s commitment to supporting Ukraine’s anti-corruption and economic reform agenda, noting Secretary Pritzker’s third trip to Ukraine in two years last week ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced the appointment of 34 members to the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee (REEEAC). Initially established in 2010, the REEEAC is comprised of senior-level private-sector representatives that advise the Secretary of Commerce on the development and administration of programs and policies to expand the export competitiveness of U.S. renewable energy and energy efficiency products and services.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO ‒ Thirty-six Illinois workers have died on the job since Jan. 1, 2016. An average of one life lost each week in the Prairie State.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa – Feeling the symptoms of heat-related illness, a 24-year-old U.S. Postal Service mail carrier asked her supervisor to be relieved after walking about half-way through her 11-mile delivery route on a hot June day in Des Moines when temperatures exceeded 93 degrees. Investigators from ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – International development company and federal contractor Chemonics International Inc. has agreed to pay $482,243 in back wages, interest and benefits to 124 African-American applicants. The agreement settles U.S. Department of Labor findings that the company discriminated on the basis of race in hiring for its professional entry-level program.
By State News Post | Oct 5, 2016
The US State Department published a one page notice on Oct. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 5, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a five page notice on Oct. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 5, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 5, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
