News from January 2017
By DOT News Wire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: PHMSA Final Rule Requires Faster Notification Following Pipeline Accidents. The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today issued a final rule entitled, "Operator Qualification, Cost Recovery, Accident and Incident Notification, and Other ...
By DOT News Wire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: November 2016 North American Freight Numbers
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: Defendant Used Money to Pay Bills and For Personal Purposes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: The United States announces that it has settled allegations under the False Claims Act with the University of Pennsylvania Health System (“UPHS") for improperly billing Medicare for stent procedures two interventional cardiologists performed at Pennsylvania Hospital between 2008 and 2012. UPHS voluntarily disclosed the allegations to the U.S. Attorney’s Office and has agreed to pay $845,000 to resolve the matter. The cardiologists no longer work at Pennsylvania Hospital.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Randolph man was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston for two bank robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - The Department of Justice yesterday filed a consent decree in United States District Court that seeks a permanent injunction against the Irvine-based VivaCeuticals Inc. (doing business as Regeneca Worldwide) and its chief executive officer, Matthew A. Nicosia, to prevent violations of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA). As part of the settlement with the Justice Department, the defendants have agreed to cease all operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Christopher Taggart, age 56, of Fountain Inn, pled guilty today in federal court in Anderson, to possession of child pornography, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252A. United States District Judge Timothy M. Cain of Anderson accepted the plea and will impose sentence after he has reviewed the presentence report, which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - After a three-day trial, a federal jury found Kulwant (Ken) Singh Sandhu, 56, of Tracy, guilty today of two counts of making harassing interstate telephone calls, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. The trial was held before U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Jeffrey Everson, 28, of Philippi, West Virginia, pled guilty to methamphetamine distribution today, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: Beginning Jan. 2, 2017, entrance fees to Mesa Verde National Park have increased. The new fees are.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: Company also will contribute $200K to National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: Kiara Nicole Hall, 20, of Mount Morris, Michigan, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on Jan. 18, 2017, for wire fraud. Hall was arrested in Rawlins, Wyoming. She received 15 months of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: Operated Web Sites, Springfield Store That Sold Counterfeits from China.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Vern Buchanan (R-FL) today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Examining the Effectiveness of the Individual Mandate under the Affordable Care Act" on Tuesday, Jan. 24, at 2:00 PM in room 1100 of the...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Three defendants from the Canadian group High On Life appeared Thursday, Jan. 19, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Carman at the Yellowstone Justice Center in Mammoth Hot Springs, WY. Two defendants attended the hearing in person and one defendant was on the phone. Charles...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Jay Gaccione, 39, of Westerly, was arraigned in U.S. District Court in Providence today on a nine-count federal indictment returned on Tuesday charging him with production, distribution and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. sentenced Bret Allan Nichols, 32, of Paradise, today to 30 years in prison for production of child pornography to be followed by a lifetime term of supervised release, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. The 30-year sentence is the maximum punishment allowed by the statute.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A Connecticut investment manager has been arrested for allegedly operating a multi-million dollar fraud scheme that swindled approximately 30 individuals, including victims who reside in the Chicago area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The Western Union Company, a global money services business headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, has agreed to forfeit $586 million and enter into agreements with the Justice Department, the Federal Trade Commission, and several United States Attorney’s Offices, including the Central District of California.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Geena Lauren Milho, 25, of Williston, North Dakota was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court to 36 months in prison followed by 3 years supervised release for conspiracy to distribute heroin, oxycodone and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S.
