News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - The following is a summary of misdemeanor immigration prosecutions from November and December 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2017
News Release: For Filing False Claims. HAMMOND - United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II and Indiana Attorney General Curtis T. Hill, Jr. announced today the filing of a civil Medicaid fraud complaint against former physicians Don J. Wagoner, age 81, of Burlington, Indiana and Marilyn L. Wagoner, age 80, of Burlington...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 29, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has announced it will conduct an environmental analysis of potential modifications to the operation of the Central Valley Project, in coordination with California’s State Water Project, to maximize water deliveries and optimize marketable power generation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced the filing of a felony information charging ALEX REAVES LUNDIN, 25, with conspiracy for her role in a $1 million Ponzi scheme orchestrated by her husband, Jeremy Lundin. LUNDIN will make her initial appearance in U.S. District Court at...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 29, 2017
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - Grand Canyon National Park is implementing immediate Level 2 water conservation measures due to water delivery system issues. At Level 2, mandatory measures require that all concessions operations switch to disposable dishes and utensils; alter menus to use less water for food preparation and dish washing; adopt low water use for hotel room cleaning; and serve drinking water at restaurants by request only.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 29, 2017
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Six defendants charged in an indictment returned in November 2017 appeared in federal court this week and last week to plead guilty to their involvement in a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking organization operating in the Lubbock area.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Iramarie Velez-Mateo, 36, of Tonawanda, NY, and Osvaldo Rivera-Amaro, 47, of Tonawanda, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with attempted possession, with intent to distribute, 500 grams or more of cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years in prison, a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison and a $5,000,000 fine.
By State Newswire | Dec 29, 2017
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump proclaimed January 2018 as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced a Theodosia, Mo., couple pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally trafficking in wild American ginseng.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a single-count indictment on Thursday against Yaniv Gohar, 34, of Berkeley, Orel Gohar, 27, of San Francisco, Eran Buhbut, 32, of Oakland, and May Levy, 26, of Walnut Creek, charging them with conducting an illegal gambling business, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 29, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO, IL - A mechanic who alleged he was terminated after voicing concerns about unsafe working conditions at a bowling center in Lombard will receive a total of $40,000 in back wages as part of a consent judgment signed by the employer with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a single-count indictment on Thursday against Yaniv Gohar, 34, of Berkeley, Orel Gohar, 27, of San Francisco, Eran Buhbut, 32, of Oakland, and May Levy, 26, of Walnut Creek, charging them with conducting an illegal gambling business, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 29, 2017
News Release: The National Park Service is assisting the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) to notify the public about a state proposal to construct and operate emergency telecommunication facilities in Del Norte and Humboldt Counties. The State is accepting comments until Jan. 29, 2018, on a draft...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 29, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Department of the Interior rescinded the Bureau of Land Management’s hydraulic fracturing rule. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 29, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Due to emergency staffing issues, the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument will be unavailable December 30 - January 1. The Monument will re-open on Tuesday, January 2. For more information, please contact BLM’s Albuquerque Rio Puerco Field Office at 505-761-8700.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2017
News Release: The Littleton Police Department and the FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force Are Investigating a Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Nwaehihie H. Onyeaghala, M.D., an internist in Glenn Dale, Maryland, that operates his medical practice in a limited liability corporation named Krystal Medical Associates, LLC, has agreed to pay the United States $1,000,000.00 to settle allegations that he submitted false claims to the United States for medically unnecessary autonomic nervous function tests and peripheral vascular tests.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 29, 2017
News Release: Activities Planned at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in January.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Robert Tomblin, 55, of Phoenix, Ariz., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to interfering and intimidating flight crew members and flight attendants requiring an emergency landing in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California announced that McGregor “Greg" W. Scott was sworn in today as the new United States Attorney by United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr.
