News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: The Office of the United States Attorney announced that Jonathan Day, 42, of Portland, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to 80 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute bath salts, fentanyl, and heroin and for distributing heroin. Day pleaded guilty to the charges on April 1, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - In unrelated cases, two Lubbock, Texas, men, who each pleaded guilty in September 2016 to one count of attempted enticement of a minor, were sentenced on Friday to hefty federal prison sentences, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - A 46-year-old man, Ronald Hinshaw, who admitted writing numerous bad checks in U.S. Post Offices in Texas, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to serve 60 months in federal prison, a sentence higher than that recommended by the advisory U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: Detroit-Area Neurosurgeon Sentenced to 235 Months in Prison for Role in $2.8 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: Resources from MyMoney.gov and ChooseMyPlate.gov support financial health for families WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2017 – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the 2015 Expenditures on Children by Families report , also known as "The Cost of Raising a Child." The report, developed by economists ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: Tax Pioneer, a Detroit-area tax return preparation business, and its alleged owner, Dieasha Davis fraudulently maximize tax refunds by falsifying income and deductions on tax returns, according to a civil complaint filed by the Justice Department today. The suit, filed in federal court in Detroit, seeks to permanently bar Davis and Tax Pioneer from preparing federal tax returns for others.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: Oliver Schmidt, a Volkswagen (VW) engineer, was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed today for his alleged role in a nearly decade-long conspiracy to defraud U.S. regulators and U.S. Volkswagen customers by implementing software specifically designed to cheat U.S. emissions tests in hundreds of thousands of Volkswagen “clean diesel” vehicles.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch delivered the following statement on the recent deaths of the two officers in Florida at the beginning of today’s event commemorating National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month: “Good afternoon, everyone. Before we begin, I want to take a moment to address ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: Former Hancock County Sheriff’s Deputy Mark A. Cowden, 51, of Weirton, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for using excessive force against an arrestee. Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and Acting U.S. Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen of the Northern District of West Virginia made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: Justice Department Issues Report as Part of the Commemoration of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month As part of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch today announced the Justice Department’s National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has moved to intervene in Disability Rights Florida Inc., v. Julie Jones, a private lawsuit alleging that the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) failed to protect the rights of inmates with disabilities in violation of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: A Detroit-area neurosurgeon was sentenced yesterday to 235 months in prison for his role in $2.8 million health care fraud scheme in which he caused serious bodily harm to patients by performing unnecessary invasive spinal surgeries.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced her intent to establish the Advisory Council on Trade Enforcement and Compliance (ACTEC) within the Department of Commerce. The ACTEC will provide a dedicated forum for stakeholders to advise the Secretary on trade enforcement and agreement compliance matters, thereby advancing the competitiveness of U.S. firms and workers.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: VERONA, N.J. – Acting on a complaint in June 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found employees of one of the area’s largest general contractors working in an unprotected 10-foot deep excavation at a suburban New Jersey high school, in violation of federal safety and health laws.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: SAINT ROSE, La. – A routine investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs found that Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits of Louisiana, LLC, systemically discriminated against black applicants in its hiring practices at its St. Rose warehouse facility. The company has entered into a consent decree to resolve the department’s claims.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 9, 2017
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 9, 2017
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 9, 2017
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 9, 2017
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 9, 2017
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
