News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Blue Springs, Mo., man who was caught three times in the same month with illegal drugs and guns, was sentenced in federal court today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: Adolfo Castaneda-Garcia Has Four Previous Removals.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: Two owners of sober homes and alcohol and drug addiction treatment centers pled guilty for their participation in a multi-million dollar health care fraud and money laundering scheme that involved the filing of fraudulent insurance claim forms and defrauded health care benefit programs.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary Price: As Ranking Members of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee, we have the responsibility and privilege of protecting the rights of the more than 74 million Americans who receive health care under the Medicaid and CHIP programs. In light of...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement in reaction to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) release of data concerning oil and gas leasing on federal lands under the Obama administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two members of a family from Indiana were sentenced today for their involvement in an oxycodone conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Linda Vannatter, 74, of Hammond, was sentenced to three years and a month in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. Vannatter’s son-in-law, Steven Jurick, 57, of Valparaiso, was sentenced to two and a half years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado has entered a permanent injunction against EonNutra LLC, two related companies, CDSM LLC and HABW LLC, and their owner, Michael Floren, to prevent the sale and distribution of adulterated and misbranded dietary supplements and unapproved and misbranded drugs, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: Contact Person: JD Rowell (803) 929-3000.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Catherine I. Wilson, 62, of Bedford, with bank fraud after she embezzled nearly $300,000 from her employer, said David A. Sierleja, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shane Michael Aurand, 20, of Gowanda, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with production and distribution of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 30 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: An Orrville man was indicted on fentanyl trafficking charges, said David A. Sierleja, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: Seven people from Cleveland were indicted in federal court for a conspiracy in which they stole nearly $750,000 worth of cell phones and other electronics from shopping malls and kiosks in several states, law enforcement officials said.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The last stop of plutonium processing on the Hanford Site is now one significant step closer to demolition. EM’s Richland Operations Office contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CH2M) recently isolated the main processing facility at the Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) in...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of mail fraud, wire fraud, tax evasion, and money laundering, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: Jackie Woodson Jr., Stella Hester-Jenkins, Terry Rose Each Previously Admitted to Fraud Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Shiftan Shagabaev, 42, of Brooklyn, New York was convicted today for committing student loan fraud, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, voted to support the nomination of Elaine C. Duke to become the next Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Three residents of Duquesne, Pennsylvania, and a resident of New Jersey, have been indicted separately by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on charges of criminal contempt of court, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: Boston Committee invites students to participate in annual event and contests.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Josiah E. Hutton (60, Winter Haven) today pleaded guilty to concealment of assets from a bankruptcy estate. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. Sentencing has been set for June 5, 2017.
