News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: Skin Care Doctors, P.A. and its CEO allegedly engaged in improper Medicare billing.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged David L. Dobbins, 38, of Urbancrest, Ohio, with seven charges related to distributing heroin, fentanyl and cocaine - including distribution that resulted in death - in a superseding indictment returned on November 30th, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm. BLM Fillmore Field Office. 95 East 500 North. Fillmore, Utah 84631. “Helicopter and motorized vehicle usage is a critical tool when managing wild horses and burros on the open range," said Trent Staheli, West Desert District Wild Horse and Burro Specialist. “These management tools...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement in support of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to not impose duplicative and burdensome financial assurance regulations on hardrock mines under the Superfund statute. EPA’s decision properly recognizes concerns ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former Kansas bank executive was charged in an indictment filed today for his participation in a bank fraud scheme to obtain a $15 million construction loan from 26 Kansas banks based on allegedly false information contained in the loan documents.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that GEORGE DOUMANIS and EMANUEL PANTELAKIS, a/k/a “Manny," each pled guilty today to defrauding investors in Terminus Energy, Inc., a publicly traded penny stock. DOUMANIS and PANTELAKIS each pled guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud before U.S. Magistrate Judge Debra Freeman. They will be sentenced before U.S. District Judge Andrew L. Carter on April 9, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Maryland woman was sentenced today to 20 months in prison for bank fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A South Jersey man today admitted defrauding New Jersey state health benefits programs and other insurers of $800,000 by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick and N.J. Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Fayetteville defense contractor was sentenced today to five years in prison for his role in multiple conspiracies to overbill the federal government by more than $15 million on government contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Christopher E. Lemon, age 37, of Carthage, was sentenced on Thursday by U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves to a term of 480 months in federal prison for second degree murder, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, Christopher Freeze, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Christopher Smith, Special Agent in Charge of the National Park Service- Investigative Services Branch.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Alrenzon Yazzie, 20, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Sanostee, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to an involuntary manslaughter charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Ruston man was sentenced Thursday to 24 months in prison for cyberstalking a woman and posting nude pictures of her on various websites.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: FBI El Paso Announces Digital Billboard Campaign to Highlight Reward Offer in the Death of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Rogelio Martinez in the Line of Duty Near Van Horn, Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: A Brownstown Township man was sentenced to 5 years in prison today after pleading guilty to defrauding the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency out of over $726,000, announced Acting United States Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a former professional basketball player and representative for the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to a charity fraud scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE SELECTS URBAN PARK CONCESSIONAIRES TO OPERATE VISITOR SERVICES AT KATHERINE LANDING WITHIN LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations scheduled a hearing for Friday, December 8, 2017, at 9 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Role of the Department of Energy in Energy Sector Cybersecurity."
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that today Gregory Bethea, 50, Milwaukee, pleaded guilty and was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 21 months in federal prison for credit card fraud. Bethea was also ordered to pay $62,888.48 in restitution to Discover Financial Services.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former Kansas bank executive was charged in an indictment filed today for his participation in a bank fraud scheme to obtain a $15 million construction loan from 26 Kansas banks based on allegedly false information contained in the loan documents.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a man from Minden pleaded guilty to possessing a revolver.
