News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Wilson, 30, formerly of Hamburg, NY, pleaded guilty to wire fraud before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, Commissioner of the Police Department for the City of New York (“NYPD"), announced that KEVIN STERLING, a/k/a “Lion," was sentenced to 37 years in prison and ALONZO VERNON, a/k/a “Zoe," was sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Randy Payton, 35, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Churchrock, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a voluntary manslaughter charge. Payton entered the guilty plea under a plea agreement that recommends that he be sentenced to a term of imprisonment within the range of seven to 13 years followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing examining Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) oversight of the 340B drug pricing program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Nicholas G. Peacock, 33, of Salisbury, North Carolina, pled guilty yesterday in the U.S. District Court in Pensacola to enticement of a minor and interstate travel for illicit sexual activity. The guilty plea was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Taunton man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for coercing and attempting to coerce seven minors into sending him sexually explicit images and for producing and distributing child pornography.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing on “Powering America: Examining the State of Electric Industry through Market Participant Perspectives:"
By DOE Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed four Energy and Commerce Committee bills aimed at boosting America’s hydropower infrastructure, energy security, and providing states and local communities flexibility when it comes to implementing EPA’s onerous ozone standards.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell signaled that the Senate would attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) after the Senate’s latest version of Trumpcare failed to gain enough votes to pass...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held its first hearing as part of its recently announced “Powering America" series. The Powering America series provides members the opportunity to explore electricity markets, learn more about electricity generation, distribution, and consumption, and the resiliency of the electric grid.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: The 2018 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill would place the health and safety of the American people at risk by slashing critical funding for climate change and environmental enforcement which threatens lives and livelihoods. Ideological policy riders continue the assault on our environment by undermining the Administration’s ability to keep our land, water, and air clean and protect threatened species.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: RENO, N.V. - Local physician Dr. Robert Rand pleaded guilty today to involuntary manslaughter of a patient and unlawful distribution of oxycodone to another patient, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 23, 2017, before U.S. District Judge Miranda Du. At the time of sentencing, Rand faces a maximum of eight years in prison on the manslaughter count and a maximum of 20 years in prison on the drug count.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Additional Visas for Temporary Workers Provided Until End of Current Fiscal Year WASHINGTON — U.S. businesses in danger of suffering irreparable harm due to a lack of available temporary nonagricultural workers will be able to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today charging Mohammed Reza Rezakhah, 39 and Mohammed Saeed Ajily, 35, both Iranian nationals, with a criminal conspiracy relating to computer fraud and abuse, unauthorized access to, and theft of information from, computers, wire fraud, exporting a defense article without a license, and violating sanctions against Iran. The court issued arrest warrants for both defendants.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: Ohio based Foundations Health Solutions Inc. (FHS), Olympia Therapy Inc. (Olympia), and Tridia Hospice Care Inc. (Tridia), and their executives, Brian Colleran (Colleran) and Daniel Parker (Parker), have agreed to pay approximately $19.5 million to resolve allegations pertaining to the submission of false claims for medically unnecessary rehabilitation therapy and hospice services to Medicare, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: Three United Kingdom nationals and former traders of major banks voluntarily surrendered to the FBI and were arraigned on a charge arising from their alleged roles in a conspiracy to manipulate the price of U.S. dollars and euros exchanged in the foreign currency exchange (FX) spot market, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: A Florida businessman was sentenced today to 57 months in prison in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida for conspiring to commit tax and bank fraud, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: An Evergreen, Alabama, teacher was sentenced to 27 years in prison for production of child pornography, possession of child pornography, and travel in foreign commerce for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced that it will fine BNP Paribas S.A. and certain of its U.S. subsidiaries $246 million for the firm's unsafe and unsound practices in the foreign exchange (FX) markets.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 17, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
