News from September 2016
By EPA Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) delayed its vote on Chairman Wheeler’s set-top box vote.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: Clients were promised large tax refunds from a fictitious government program.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS: After ten years of planning, field verification, and refinement the Natchez Trace Parkway (Parkway) has acquired a complete vegetation mapping inventory. Working through the National Park Service Natural Resource Stewardship and Science office, the Gulf Coast Inventory and Monitoring Network...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that GARY HIRST, former president and chairman of the board of Gerova Financial Group, Ltd. (“Gerova"), a publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, was found guilty of defrauding the...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: Contact Person: Bill Watkins (864) 282-2100.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite, Jr., announced that JUAN HUMBERTO HERNANDEZ-YONES, age 33, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one count Indictment charging him with illegal re-entry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: POCATELLO - Stefani Bennett, 44, of Salmon, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to embezzlement by a bank employee, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Latest Investments to Connecting Consumers to Their Food While Creating New Market Opportunities for Producers NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2016 - At the New York Times Food for Tomorrow Conference, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced more than $56 million ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: Vibra Healthcare LLC (Vibra), a national hospital chain headquartered in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, has agreed to $32.7 million, plus interest, to resolve claims that Vibra violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare for medically unnecessary services, the Department of Justice announced today. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: A dual Jamaican and U.S. citizen pleaded guilty for her role in a Jamaican-based fraudulent lottery scheme, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: A retired officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police pleaded guilty today to 10 money laundering offenses in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, announced Assistant Attorney General John C. Cruden for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division. Gregory R. Logan, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: Peter Romar, 37, a Syrian national affiliated with the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), pleaded guilty today to felony charges of conspiring to receive extortion proceeds and conspiring to unlawfully access computers. Romar was previously extradited from Germany on request of the U.S. Assistant Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: Used Secret Foreign Accounts to Hide over $7 Million in Funds and Evade Taxes A New York City man pleaded guilty today to a criminal information charging him with tax evasion for tax years 2003 through 2005 and 2007 through 2010, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney Robert L. Capers of the Eastern District of New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that a Johnstown, Pennsylvania, landlord has agreed to pay $30,000 to resolve allegations that he discriminated against families with children in violation of the Fair Housing Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with Sears Home Improvement Products Inc. that resolves alleged violations of the federal Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule for work performed by Sears’ contractors during home renovation ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against the owners and operators of 360 Midtown, a bar and nightclub located in Houston, alleging that the defendants discriminated against African-American, Hispanic and Asian-American patrons in violation of Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: Settlement Provides Over $165,000 in Compensation to Hispanic Borrowers Who Obtained Consumer Loans in Texas The Justice Department announced today that Charter Bank of Corpus Christi, Texas, will maintain uniform pricing policies and pay more than $165,000 as part of a settlement to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination on the basis of national origin.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: Today, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews delivered remarks to the Danish Royal Visit and Business Delegation in Washington. Danish Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary are leading a two-day trade promotion visit, accompanied by Danish trade officials and representatives from 60 Danish companies.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered remarks at the Commercial Law Development Program's (CLDP) Ukraine Government Ethics, Transparency, and Corporate Compliance Workshop in Kyiv. Secretary Pritzker traveled to Kyiv to meet with private sector leaders, Ukrainian officials, and Members of the Ukrainian Rada to discuss progress on the country’s economic reform agenda.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker joined Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to announce the conclusion of a $1 billion loan guarantee designed to promote progress on the country’s anti-corruption and economic reform agenda. This will be the third U.S. loan guarantee for Ukraine after ...
