News from December 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today questioned Acting IRS Commissioner and Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy David Kautter about his role as both a politically appointed head of tax policy and the traditionally non-partisan head of tax administration...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Dominique Romando Turner, age 24, of Greenville, South Carolina, entered a guilty plea in federal court to “Conspiracy to Carry a Firearm During a Crime of Violence," a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(o); “Felon in Possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A former corrections officer at the federal prison for women in Alabama pleaded guilty Tuesday to committing a sexual act with an inmate and lying about his contact with her while he worked at the facility, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, Miami Field Office, Assistant Special Agent in Charge James F. Boyersmith.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault by Striking, Beating, or Wounding was sentenced on Dec. 19, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: A Rocky River man was sentenced to more than two years in prison for laundering money from investors and using at least some of it for personal expenses, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman and IRS Special Agent in Charge Ryan L. Korner.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - U.S. District Judge Sara L. Darrow today ordered William R. Jones, 68, of Geneseo, Ill., to serve eight months in federal prison for theft of government funds and making false statements about his military service to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Jones was also ordered...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RICKEY ROBERSON, age 49, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to one count of theft of federal grant funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Rhode Island jewelry distributor pleaded guilty today to federal charges that he orchestrated a long-running fraud scheme that defrauded a debtor finance company of more than $3.6 million dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Donald Crangle was charged with theft of government funds from the Social Security Administration (SSA) and making false statements to the Veterans Administration (VA) in relation to his receipt of disability benefits from those agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Used skimming machines in gas pumps to steal credit card numbers and identities.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Yesterday a federal jury returned guilty verdicts on all counts against four men from Philadelphia, Basil Bey, 28, Reginald White, 31, Tyrik Upchurch, 30, and Amin Wadley, 26, in connection with their participation in a large heroin and crack cocaine distribution group. Bey, White, Upchurch...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Dear Mr. Azar: On Dec. 15, 2017, the Washington Post reported that the Trump Administration has prohibited officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other parts of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from using a number of words or phrases in documents prepared...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on Nov. 30, 2017, a federal grand jury in Hartford returned a six-count indictment charging ISAIAH HALLIDAY, 18, of Hartford, with robbery and firearm offenses stemming from a scheme that victimized several individuals who sought to purchase items over mobile classifieds web apps.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Rhode Island jewelry distributor pleaded guilty today to federal charges that he orchestrated a long-running fraud scheme that defrauded a debtor finance company of more than $3.6 million dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - Two Taunton brothers were sentenced yesterday in connection with attempting to extort and threaten violence against the co-owner of a suboxone clinic in Quincy as well as embezzling money from the clinic.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of 27 members to the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board. Twenty-five of the appointees will serve three-year terms. Two appointees will serve the remaining one-year portion of vacant positions.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that pharmaceutical company United Therapeutics Corporation (UT), a seller of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) drugs, has agreed to pay $210 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to Medicare patients through a purportedly independent charitable foundation.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Portland, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Oregon and Washington is proud to announce the latest BLM Facts, our annual illustrated almanac answering the diverse and detailed questions one may have about public lands in the Pacific Northwest. The BLM continues to serve the American family...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
Release: Washington, DC, Dec. 20, 2017 - Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) issued national program guidance that gives Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program state operators new flexibility to make their operations more efficient while improving customer service.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Citizen of the Dominican Republic Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Stolen Identity Refund Fraud.
