News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2017
News Release: A mother and son were convicted of crimes related to a $7 million home healthcare fraud conspiracy in which they provided forged documents and fraudulent forms to bill for services that were not provided.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 37 months’ imprisonment on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 23, 2017
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia - Nature can be a great inspiration! Now is the time for local students to celebrate nature and use their creativity to craft an entry for the Youth Arts in the Parks 2017 Appalachian Spring Wildflower Art Contest. The contest entry deadline is almost here.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on Jan. 23, 2017, the Honorable Laurie Smith Camp, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska, sentenced Anthony Whitewater, 24, and Marcus Blackhawk, 27, to the custody of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons after they...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2017
News Release: JAN 23 - CONCORD, NH - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that Tony Aoude, 45, of Derry, New Hampshire pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges related to the sales of synthetic cannabinoid products.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2017
News Release: Brunswick, GA- Joseph Mincey, 28, of Brunswick, Georgia, was sentenced today in federal court by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood to 6 years in prison on drug trafficking and firearms related charges. Mincey previously pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine and marijuana with intent to distribute and to possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, W. Va. - Donna S. Brown, 65, of Clarington, Ohio, was sentenced by Senior Judge Frederick P. Stamp in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia today to 121 months in prison for defrauding investors of more than 800 investment accounts totaling more than $31 million. Brown...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2017
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Jan. 23, 2017, Marcus Anthony Brown, age 27, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by Chief District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to five years in prison after pleading guilty to felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Brown was ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) today released the following statements after the Administration announced that the United States has withdrawn from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2017
News Release: Washington River Protection Solutions Agrees to Pay $5.275 Million to Settle False Overtime and Premium Pay Allegations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Andrew Byerly Birge assumed the duties of Acting U.S. Attorney by operation of law following U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles, Jr.’s resignation last Friday at noon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2017
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - The United States has filed a complaint intervening in an alleged kickback scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 23, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Ajit Pai today congratulating him on his appointment, and asking him to make several commitments that will increase the likelihood of a successful term.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 23, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Ajit Pai today congratulating him on his appointment, and asking him to make several commitments that will increase the likelihood of a successful term.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Rep. Pompeo has been a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee since 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2017
News Release: (NEW YORK - - James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, and Department of Social Services Commissioner Steve Banks announced today the indictment and arrest of seven defendants, ...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today issued the following statement after President Trump took executive action to reinstate the Mexico City Policy, which will ban the performing and promotion of abortion services for all foreign non-governmental organizations.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Rep. Pompeo has been a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee since 2011.
By State Newswire | Jan 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding President Trump’s reinstatement of the Global Gag Rule...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed eleven Energy and Commerce Committee bills, furthering the committee’s proven record of success. The House of Representatives passed four public health bills and two other committee bills earlier this month.
