News published on Federal Newswire in April 2017

News from April 2017


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Oklahoma Hospital, Former Hospital Administrator, and Physicians Agree to Pay $1,618,750 to Settle Allegations of Submitting False Claims for Medical Services Provided to Medicare Patients

News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma -NORMAN REGIONAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY d/b/a NORMAN REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM; GREG TERRELL; CHADWICK WEBBER, M.D.; MERL KARDOKUS, M.D.; RICK WEDEL, M.D.; GAUTHAM DEHADRAI, M.D.; BARBARA LANDAAL, M.D.; and SANJAY NAROTAM, M.D., have agreed to pay $1,618,750 to the United States to settle...


Palm Harbor Man Pleads Guilty To Defrauding More Than 1,000 Companies Promising Contracting Preferences With FEMA

News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Michael Pirolo (48, Palm Harbor) has pleaded guilty to wire fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison.


News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Portage, Pa. pleaded guilty in federal court in Johnstown to a charge of conspiring to commit money laundering, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.


News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On April 10, 2017, Shawn Eugene Lee, age 39, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 130 months in prison for each of two separate bank robberies, announced United States Attorney Kevin VanderSchel. The sentences were ordered...


News Release: Orlando, FL - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza today sentenced Julian Villa-Gomez Lemus (32, Visalia, CA) and Fadhle Muqbel Saeed (31, Porterville, CA) for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. For their respective roles in the conspiracy, Lemus was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison...


News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - Joseph Edward Conner was sentenced to 112 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. In addition to the prison term, Conner was sentenced to a 3-year period of supervised release. The sentence was handed down yesterday by the Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, U.S. District Judge, following a guilty plea entered Aug. 22, 2016, in which Conner admitted he intended to possess and distribute the drugs.


Pittsburgh Man Admits Defrauding Pittsburgh-area Banks

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Allegheny County, PA, has pleaded guilty in federal court on a charge of fraud conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.


Davenport Man Sentenced to 130 Months in Prison for Two Bank Robberies

News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On April 10, 2017, Shawn Eugene Lee, age 39, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 130 months in prison for each of two separate bank robberies, announced United States Attorney Kevin VanderSchel. The sentences were ordered...


Twenty-six Individuals Indicted for Smuggling Cocaine Through the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport

News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On April 10, 2017, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against twenty-six defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Bonnie Lynn Recinos, 56, of Mesa, Arizona, was sentenced Monday by United States District Judge Dale A. Drozd to four years and seven months in prison and was ordered to pay over $1.5 million in restitution for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with an investment fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.