News from September 2016
By EPA Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Committee Member Rep. Leonard Lance (R-NJ) applauded the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee for holding a hearing today on cosmetic product safety. The two lawmakers announced a bipartisan proposal in the House last week to strengthen the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) authority to regulate cosmetic products.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Health Care Fraud Investigations" on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 10:00 AM in room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building. The hearing will focus on how the federal government investigates and prosecutes fraud and improper payments, particularly within the Medicare program.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: Springdale, UT- At noon on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, Zion National Park will be dedicating a statue of a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) worker at the Visitor Center plaza. The statue was made possible with the help of the CCC Legacy, the national organization dedicated to preserving the memories and heritage of the Civilian Conservation Corps, and several private donors.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: Fayetteville - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Randall Tyrell Steward, aka Randall Stewart, aka “Trouble", age 31 of Fort Smith, was sentenced today to 151 months in federal prison and five (5) years of supervised release on one count of Sex Trafficking of a Minor. The sentencing took place before the Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: SOUTH BEND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Maurice Dimitrie Moore, 28, of Indianapolis, Indiana was found guilty of Counts 2 and 3, making false statements to ATF, after a three-day jury trial. He was found not guilty of Count 1, providing a firearm to a felon.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report requested by Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Vern Buchanan (R-FL) on households with multiple individuals receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments to better understand the makeup of these...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: Homestead National Monument of America will host the monthly Beatrice Public Library Book discussion at the Homestead Heritage Center on Thursday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m.In honor of the National Park Service Centennial, as well as the Monument's 80th Birthday, Superintendent Mark Engler will lead a discussion about the Homestead Administrative History. Visitors will learn about the efforts that resulted in the creation of this National Monument four miles west of Beatrice.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: Representatives from Turner Construction Company, OSHA, Laborers District Council, Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters, and the Illinois Department of Labor's onsite consultation program who participated in the partnership signing.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury charged Sean Hill, age 26, of Baltimore, today to with 11 counts of commercial robbery committed over a three month period. The indictment was returned on Sept. 20, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury today indicted two Cincinnati residents, alleging that they distributed heroin laced with carfentanil, a substance 10,000 times more powerful than morphine, causing serious physical harm to people who bought the drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Dustin Andrew Parsons, 30, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, with failing to register as a sex offender, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: POCATELLO - Frank R. Ish, 58, of Fort Hall, Idaho, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury in Pocatello of unlawful possession of ammunition, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Ish was charged by indictment on Jan. 27, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that CLARK JAMES PELLEGRIN, JR., age 41, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one count Bill of Information charging him with wire fraud in connection with a fraudulent debt collection scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department reached a resolution agreement today with Wheaton College in Massachusetts to ensure the college implements a swift and effective response to allegations of sexual assault and harassment involving students. In August 2015, after receiving a complaint regarding Wheaton’s handling ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: The Departments of Justice and the Interior joined with the state of Montana today to announce a proposed settlement with ExxonMobil Pipeline Company to resolve claims stemming from the July 2011 oil spill into the Yellowstone River.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: Defendant to Pay Full Restitution to IRS and Civil Penalty of More Than $850,000 A Weston, Connecticut man, who used a Panamanian bank account to conceal over $1.5 million in income from the sale of duty-free alcohol and tobacco products pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiring to conceal assets ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: More Than 100 Charged in Wide-Spread Auto Parts Investigation A federal grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan returned an indictment charging one current automotive parts industry executive and one former automotive parts industry executive with conspiring to obstruct a federal investigation. The current executive also was charged with attempted obstruction of justice, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas entered a stipulated order for permanent injunction and civil penalty judgment against David J. Devany, former vice president of Commercial Recovery Systems Inc. (CRS), of Plano, Texas, to prevent future deceptive and abusive debt collection practices, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: Worked With Others to Seek More Than $700,000 in Fraudulent Refunds Two Maryland residents were sentenced today for their involvement in a far-reaching stolen identity refund fraud scheme in which they worked with others to seek over $700,000 in income tax refunds through the filing of fraudulent federal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: Assistant Attorney General John C. Cruden for the Environment and Natural Resources Division made the following statement regarding President Obama’s Presidential Memorandum on Climate Change and National Security. The memorandum announced today establishes a policy that the impacts of climate change ...
