News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Moldova pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy and damaging a computer, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Waltham man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a scheme in which he defrauded hundreds of customers of the now-defunct Tom Harper Cruises of more than $2.9 million in cruise trip deposits.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), welcomed Wyoming's own William “Bill" T. Panos to the committee. Mr. Panos is the director for the Wyoming Department of Transportation.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park’s 2017 Biennial Research Conference “People and Stewardship: Using Research for Management" will be held on March 1-2 at the Estes Park Town Hall. The park hosts one of the largest research programs in the National Park System, with more than 100 research permits active each...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: Sedro Woolley, Wash. - The National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service invite the public to participate in a series of informational open houses regarding the proposed alternatives for the restoration of grizzly bears to the North Cascades Ecosystem. The alternatives are described in the...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: Visitors now have access to Yosemite Valley via Hwy 120.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “Oversight: Modernizing our Nation's Infrastructure." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: A Cleveland woman was charged in federal court for aiding and abetting the filing of false tax returns, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Troy Stemen, Acting Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation, Cincinnati Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: Three Nigerian Nationals from South Africa Convicted in International Cyber Financial Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A sales representative for multiple healthcare companies was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with obstructing an investigation into kickbacks paid to medical professionals.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Comprehensive Health Services, Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $3,818,881 to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that it submitted false claims to the United States by double-billing and mischarging for medical services in connection with work performed on an Internal Revenue Service (“IRS") contract.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: CONTACT: Barbara Burns. PHONE: (716) 843-5817. FAX #: (716) 551-3051. BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Roberto Leon, 24, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to possession with intent to distribute, and distribution...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks at a committee oversight hearing on “Modernizing our Nation's Infrastructure." The hearing focused on the infrastructure needs of the country, particularly in rural communities.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: CRAIG, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Little Snake Field Office in Craig is reminding people planning to collect shed antlers in Northwest Colorado this year to avoid disturbing big game animals currently facing the stress of a hard winter.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Modernizing Energy and Electricity Delivery Systems: Challenges and Opportunities to Promote Infrastructure Improvement and Expansion."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Deshaun Lipscomb, age 24, of Bushkill, Pennsylvania, Pablo Martinez, age 27, and Orrett Campbell, age 37, both of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, were indicted on February 7, 2017, by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and firearms charges.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy announced today that DOE will commence a sale of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in late February, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr (D-MI), along with Congressional Black Caucus Chair Cedric Richmond (D-LA) and House Judiciary Committee Members Reps. Henry C. “Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), and Jamie Raskin (D-MD), today released the following joint statement after the Republican led House Committee on Administration voted on party lines to repeal the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) yesterday...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Join staff and fellow volunteers on Saturday, February 4, and Saturday, Feb. 18, to help with two stewardship programs at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 57 months’ incarceration, followed by four years of supervised release on his conviction of violating federal drug trafficking and firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
