News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Para-Plus Translations, Inc., a New Jersey corporation that contracts with federal and state agencies for interpretation, transcription and translation services, together with its owners, Robert Santiago, III and Sonia Santiago (collectively “Para-Plus"), will pay the United States, Delaware and New Jersey a total of $1.5 million (“Settlement Amount") to settle False Claims Act allegations, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2017
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, Robert Bandfield, a U.S. citizen and resident of Belize, and Gregg R. Mulholland, a dual U.S. and Canadian citizen, were sentenced to 6 and 12 years in prison, respectively. In May 2016, Bandfield pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracy for setting up an elaborate...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 6, 2017
News Release: Dear Commissioners: We write to provide additional evidence that necessitates an investigation of Representative Tom Price’s stock market trading activities prior to his confirmation as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. As detailed in our request for an investigation last week, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Isaac Kannah, 51, of Philadelphia, PA, who was charged in an October 2012 indictment with perjury and obstruction of justice, was arrested on Jan. 10, 2017, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations Special Agents in Philadelphia. The charges carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in coordination with state and federal partners has evaluated data related to the status of greater sage-grouse (GRSG) populations and habitat throughout Utah. The vast majority of GRSG populations throughout Utah remain at normal population and habitat...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Brittany Brooks, 28, of Randallstown, Pennsylvania, was convicted for money laundering, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2017
News Release: TWIN FALLS, ID -- The Bureau of Land Management recently announced new appointments or re-appointments of members to Idaho’s Twin Falls District citizen-based Resource Advisory Council (RAC), which advises the agency on public land management issues. The RACs are composed of members with diverse interests and backgrounds.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2017
News Release: Defendant is One of 104 Individuals Federally Charged as a Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 6, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, led by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senate Democrats kicked off the final 24 hours of debate on the Senate floor on the nomination of Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education. The Senate is expected to hold a final vote to confirm her nomination on Tuesday at 12:00pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert Pritchett, 21, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to production of child pornography, before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum of 30 years.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) outlined his views for a responsible repeal and replacement of Obamacare and said that while Republicans are united in achieving repeal and replace, reconciling initial policy differences is a natural part of the legislative process that is needed to build consensus.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A former telecommunications employee of Lincoln Land Community College, John H. Martinez, 47, waived indictment and pled guilty to a scheme that defrauded the college of nearly $700,000 over seven years. Martinez, of the 4600 block of Lily Lane, Springfield, Ill., appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Tom Schanzle-Haskins on Friday, Feb. 3.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Robert Lee Petty, 43, of Virginia Beach, was sentenced today to 17 1/2 years in prison for production of child pornography. Petty was also sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release to be completed upon his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2017
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that EDUARD ZAVALUNOV, a manager of two health care clinics in Queens, New York, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, mail fraud, and health care fraud...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man today admitted downloading sexually explicit videos and images of children to his home computer, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By State Newswire | Feb 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) today introduced a measure in the House of Representatives underscoring support for the U.S.-Australia alliance. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, introduced an identical resolution with bipartisan support in the Senate.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2017
News Release: Fadi Yassine, age 42, a Lebanese citizen, was arrested last evening as he disembarked an international flight arriving in New York City.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2017
News Release: PLANO, Texas - Trinity Pharmacy in Carrollton, Texas, and one of its owners, Jonathan Paul Lipe, have agreed to pay the United States $400,000 to settle alleged violations of the Controlled Substances Act in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2017
News Release: FBI Richmond Recognizes State Refugee Coordinator for Community Service.
