News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: Defense Contractor ADS Inc. Agrees to Pay $16 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Concerning Fraudulently Obtained Small Business Contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: Father, Mother and Daughter Allegedly Laundered $2.9M Obtained Through Fraudulent Life-Insurance Policy.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senate HELP Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) issued the following statement on a new report released today by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation finding President Trump’s actions to destabilize health care as the leading cause for insurers seeking higher premium increases for 2018...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: The sky is the limit at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore). Join park rangers and astronomers from the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society (GTAS) on Monday, August 21 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Dechow farm in the National Lakeshore’s Port Oneida Rural Historic District...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert Brown a/k/a Pee Wee, 54, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine, was sentenced to time served and 1 year of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Josh Jones (619) 546-9744.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park (ADIP) programs with the public throughout 2017. In addition, the community is invited to lend a hand to save native rainforest through the park’s Stewardship at the Summit (SAS) volunteer program and enjoy a fee-free day on Sat. Sept. 30 (National Public Lands Day).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: HAGATNA, Guam - War in the Pacific National Historical Park is hosting a Solar Eclipse Viewing Program Tuesday, August 22 at 2:00 am at the T. Stell Newman Visitor Center. Join Park Rangers as we remotely connect to the extensive NASA coverage of the total solar eclipse over the United States on our large theater screen. NASA’s coverage will include high-quality viewing of the eclipse from ground based telescopes, high altitude balloons, research aircraft, and satellites.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was indicted today in federal court in Worcester in connection with using the identity of a disabled Medicare beneficiary for 17 years.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the award of a contract to S&K Logistics Services, LLC of Byron, GA for the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Technical Assistance Contract (TAC). This contract is an Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) from...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A Wheeling man pled guilty today to failing to update his sex offender registration, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Virginia Beach, Virginia-based contractor ADS Inc. and its subsidiaries have agreed to pay the United States $16 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly conspiring with and causing purported small businesses to submit false claims for payment in...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - Ralph Herman Fox Jr., 60, of Graceville, Florida, was arraigned today in the U.S. District Court in Panama City after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging him with production and possession of child pornography. The indictment was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that AVANEESH KRISHNAMOORTHY, who worked as a vice president and risk management specialist for a Manhattan-based investment bank (the “Investment Bank"), pled guilty earlier today to a criminal Information...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jeffrey John Olson, age 56, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was indicted on August 8, 2017, by a federal grand jury for wire fraud and bank fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: FBI and Springfield Police Ask for Help to Identify Bank Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that an Adrian, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for drug trafficking and illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that four Schuylkill County residents were indicted on August 8, 2017, by a federal grand jury for allegedly participating in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy from July 2016 through May 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jeffrey John Olson, age 56, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was indicted on August 8, 2017, by a federal grand jury for wire fraud and bank fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged William E. Young, 54, of Columbus, with one count of cyberstalking in an indictment returned here today.
