News from July 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA) today released the following statements regarding the International Trade Commission’s (ITC) report on the competitive conditions affecting the U.S. aluminum industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Jason May, 40, of Lamar County, Mississippi, and Gerald Jay Schaar, 46, of Biloxi, Mississippi, have each been charged by Criminal Information for their roles in a multi-million dollar compounding pharmacy health care fraud conspiracy, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Harold Brittain...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Bloomington, Ill., man, Braman Benjamin Broy, 22, has been sentenced to 68 months (5 years, 8 months) in prison for receiving child pornography. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Michael M. Mihm ordered that Broy remain on supervised release for eight years following his release from incarceration. Broy will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: FBI, Deming Police Investigate Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price, M.D., announced today the largest ever health care fraud enforcement action by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, involving 412 charged defendants across 41 federal districts, including 115 doctors, nurses...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: National Park Service. Homestead National Monument of America. 8523 W. State Hwy 4. Beatrice, NE 68310. 402-223-3514 phone. 402-228-4231 fax. www.nps.gov/home. National Park Service News Release. - Aug. 13, 2017. Susan Cook 402-223-3514. Homestead National Monument of America. Announces. Parking and Transportation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: As part of the largest coordinated Health Care Fraud enforcement action to date, Federal and state authorities arrested two Austin psychologists who own and operate Psychological A.R.T.S., P.C., announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: SINGAPORE-The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) signed a milestone Maintenance Agreement Guidance (MAG) yesterday with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS). The agreement allows for mutual surveillance conducted on certified repair stations located abroad for each of the agreement partners.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA - Daniel Roger Alo, 46, a Georgia penal resident, was sentenced earlier this week by U. S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood to 29 years in federal prison for his role in running a drug trafficking ring from a Georgia prison cell that operated throughout the Southeast.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 52-year-old Houston man has been sentenced in Laredo federal court to a 94-month-term of imprisonment for attempting to import 17 kilograms of methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Octavio Gomez-Solis pleaded guilty March 6, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: FBI Seeks Special Agent Candidates at Recruiting Event.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that SONNY SCOTT, age 37, of New Orleans, was sentenced today for his conviction stemming from a Federal Gun Control Act violation: possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: This Case is a Result of the Largest Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action in Department of Justice History.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: Spokane, WA -The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Spokane District is committed to keeping public landscapes healthy and productive. Because of this the district has issued a fire restrictions order on public lands administered by the BLM in eastern Washington. The order is effective July 14, 2017 at...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: Defendant Lured Victim to Apartment and Fatally Shot Him.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: (MILES CITY, Mont.) - Concerns over hot, dry weather and the resulting heightened fire danger has prompted the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to institute fire restrictions on lands it manages in Harding County, S.D.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement after Senate Republicans unveiled a revised version of their health care bill...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has returned separate indictments charging two central Ohio health care companies and the people who own them with health care fraud. One company allegedly billed government insurance programs for unnecessary medical procedures and the other is accused of billing government insurance programs for pain and scar creams that recipients said they never requested or wanted.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: Cache of loaded, high-powered firearms, camouflage equipment, MDMA allegedly seized during traffic stop on Rte. 95 by Rhode Island State Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price, M.D., announced today the largest ever health care fraud enforcement action by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, involving 412 charged defendants across 41 federal districts. Of those charged, over 120 defendants were charged for their roles in prescribing and distributing opioids and other dangerous narcotics.
