News from February 2017
By State Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Cameron Ammons, age 24, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced February 8, 2017, by the Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon for attempting to rob a Centris Federal Credit Union branch. He was sentenced to two years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release when his incarceration ends. He had previously pleaded guilty to the charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev.-A Henderson, Nev., man was sentenced Thursday to 123 months in prison for possession of more than 600 images of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden of the District of Nevada. As part of the sentencing, U.S. District Judge Lloyd D. George required the defendant to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that John T. Hines, 50, of Swanville, Maine was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to time served in prison (about 10 months) for unlawfully possessing firearms. He pled guilty to the charge on Aug. 30, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: Hyrum, Utah - The Bureau of Reclamation is monitoring Hyrum Dam near Hyrum, Utah, due to unseasonably high reservoir inflow and likelihood of increased releases from the dam. As a precautionary measure, Reclamation issued an Emergency Action Plan Response Level I on Feb. 10, 2017, which is the least serious of the three response levels.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Dan Horsky, 71, formerly of Rochester, New York, who amassed a $220 million fortune in secret foreign accounts, was sentenced today to seven months in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States and to submit a false expatriation statement to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). As part of his plea agreement, Horsky paid a civil penalty of $100 million to the U.S. Treasury for failing to file and filing false Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: Dr. Paul B. Tartell, an ENT physician practicing in Plantation, Florida and his practice Paul B. Tartell, M.D., P.L., have agreed to pay $750,000 to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by billing for surgical endoscopies with debridement and laryngeal stroboscopies that were not provided or not medically necessary.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: HONOLULU - A federal jury today found William Clark Turner, 53, of Kemp, Texas, guilty of one count of interference with a flight attendant. The verdict followed a four-day jury trial. Sentencing is scheduled for June 5, 2017, before Senior District Judge Susan Oki Mollway.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to White House Counsel Donald McGahn today raising concerns that a recently issued Department of Energy (DOE) rule may chill nuclear safety whistleblowers and discourage the reporting of safety violations at our nation’s nuclear...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement today after Hon. Ann Marie Buerkle was designated to serve as Acting Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
By EPA Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Rep. Tom Price, M.D. (R-GA) as the secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
Release: EAST ELMHURST, N.Y. - A new partnership was born this week when officials from the Transportation Security Administration at LaGuardia Airport handed over 10 bags and two boxes filled with more than 400 articles of clothing to the Brooklyn Vet Center to distribute to homeless veterans in need of the dozens of coats, hats, scarves, gloves and other clothing that passengers have left behind at the busy airport’s checkpoints.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Mexican national was sentenced today to 10 years and 11 months in federal prison for his role in a California-to-West Virginia methamphetamine conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Miguel Tafolla-Montoya, 31, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: Pecos, NM:- Beginning March 9, 2017, Pecos National Historical Park will be offering fishing permits for interested anglers along the Pecos River. The 2017 spring fishing season will run from March 9 through April 17.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Derby man pleaded guilty in federal court in Wichita today to stealing mail while he worked as a mail carrier, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: Used stolen identities to file fraudulent tax returns.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to White House Counsel Donald McGahn today raising concerns that a recently issued Department of Energy (DOE) rule may chill nuclear safety whistleblowers and discourage the reporting of safety violations at our nation’s nuclear...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Leawood, Kan., attorney pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a fraud conspiracy, while his former law partner was sentenced for stealing more than $1.2 million from St. Luke’s Health System, a client of their former law firm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - A federal grand jury sitting in St. Louis, Missouri, indicted a St. Louis resident on mail fraud and aggravated identity theft charges relating to a scheme to steal public school employees’ IDs and use them to file federal tax returns, announced U. S Attorney George Beck Jr. for...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: DAYTON - William M. Apostelos, 55, formerly of Springboro, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to charges related to a $70 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded nearly 500 victims. Specifically, Apostelos pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud and conversion of funds from an employee benefit fund.
