News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - Three employees of the of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Texas (SDTX) were among the 179 members of the Department of Justice recognized by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director Monty Wilkinson at the 33rd Director’s Awards Ceremony today in Washington D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Anthony Scullark, also known as “A.J." and “Ace," 31, of Norwalk, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - Corey Megill Brown, 47, the former Pastor of Second African Baptist Church in Savannah, was sentenced today by District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood to 28 months in prison for defrauding his former church and its parishioners of money for over 6 years. In addition to his prison sentence...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The alleged mastermind of a foreclosure-avoidance scam that targeted distressed homeowners has been arrested on federal charges that he orchestrated a bankruptcy fraud scheme that brought in more than $7 million from victims.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry attended the Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity inaugural meeting, where he and other Cabinet members discussed their commitment to agricultural and rural American communities. Officials from more than 20 executive agencies and offices participated in yesterday’s meeting with Secretary Perry.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Michelle Martinez, administrative officer for the Camden office of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey, was one of 179 members of the Department of Justice recognized by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director Monty Wilkinson at the 33rd Director’s Awards Ceremony today in Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Springfield for heroin distribution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The Justice Department announced today that Genesis Healthcare Inc. (Genesis) will pay the federal government $53,639,288.04, including interest, to settle six federal lawsuits and investigations alleging that companies and facilities acquired by Genesis violated the False Claims Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: Genesis Healthcare Inc. Agrees to Pay Federal Government $53.6 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating to the Provision of Medically Unnecessary Rehabilitation Therapy and Hospice Services.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Hot SpringsRapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Attempted Enticement of Minors Using the Internet was sentenced on June 13, 2017, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 45-year-old Houston man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey Amundson announced today that CARL D. WRIGHT, age 48, of Central, Louisiana, was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Judge James J. Brady to a term of imprisonment of 72 months, following WRIGHT’S convictions for bank fraud and making false...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) today announced the departure of Committee Staff Director Jason Knox and the appointment of Cody Stewart as his replacement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Assistant U.S. Attorney’s Joseph M. Tripi and Michael S. Cerrone of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of New York were two of 179 members of the Department of Justice recognized by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director Monty Wilkinson at the 33rd Director’s Awards Ceremony today in Washington D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA-Joined by numerous police departments, sheriff’s offices, and state and federal agencies at a press conference June 16, 2017-Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry announced the arrests of 51 people on child exploitation charges as part of Operation Broken Heart.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Debra Breneman, Chief of the Appellate Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Tennessee, was one of 179 members of the Department of Justice recognized by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director Monty Wilkinson at the 33rd Director’s Awards Ceremony today in Washington D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: Grand Prairie Chief of Police and Dallas Assistant Chief of Police will also attend.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Charles V. Stanley Jr., 63, of Southern California, was arrested on Wednesday in Los Angeles on a 15-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Sacramento charging him with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, mail fraud and wire fraud, as well as separate counts of bank fraud, wire fraud and mail fraud, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden, New Jersey, man was sentenced today for his role in a crack cocaine distribution conspiracy, one of three members of a drug trafficking organization sentenced this week, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael L. Collyer and Chelsea Rice were one of 179 members of the Department of Justice recognized by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director Monty Wilkinson at the 33rd Director’s Awards Ceremony today in Washington D.C.
