News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: A title agent and a co-conspirator pled guilty today to federal charges related to their participation in a $10 million mortgage fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: A South Florida home health care owner was charged in an indictment unsealed today for his alleged participation in a $15 million health care fraud scheme involving fraudulent claims for home health services.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: Obed WSR recorded 231,390 visits in 2016, during the National Park Service Centennial. “For over 40 years visitors from around the world have come to Tennessee to revel in one of the nation’s premier places for outdoor recreation," said Superintendent Niki Nicholas. “Indeed, we had our highest visitation in the last 12 years, due in part to the Centennial Find Your Park/Encuentra Tu Parque campaign launched with the National Park Foundation, which reached new audiences.".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that a federal jury has found Jason Sanon (30, Ft. Myers) guilty of conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit trademarks on DVDs and trafficking in DVDs bearing counterfeit trademarks. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for June 1, 2017.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - A Jamaican national in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) died Monday at Lafayette General Hospital in Lafayette, Louisiana. The cause of death is believed to be cardiac arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ELENA ILIZAROV, 44, of Stamford, waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of wire fraud stemming from her use of an identity theft victim’s personal identifying information to submit fraudulent bills to private insurance companies offering dental insurance.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today the results of the March 2017 Federal Grand Jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Leevaughn Walls was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute heroin while on bond in another federal heroin and cocaine trafficking case, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney G. F. “Pete" Peterman, III announces that Clint Jackson Beck, age 37, of Arnoldsville, Georgia was sentenced today to serve more than 15 years (188 months) in Federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The sentence was handed down by Senior U.S. District Court Judge C. Ashley Royal in Athens, Georgia.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos:. We write today regarding our serious concerns over the Department of Education’s (ED) announcement delaying implementation of the Gainful Employment (GE) rule. The Gainful Employment rule is a critical protection for both students and taxpayers. It will encourage improvement...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Chief District Court Judge Wilma A. Lewis, on March 13, 2017, sentenced Abdul Robinson, 39, of St. Croix, to six months in prison for providing contraband in prison and one year in prison for the territorial offense of conflict of interest, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking applicants for applied science projects within the Desert and Southern Rockies Landscape Conservation Cooperatives. This funding opportunity provides funding for applied science projects, including research, to identify how drought impacts natural or...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charge of violating federal firearm laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a hearing to consider the nomination of Robert Lighthizer to be the United States Trade Representative (USTR)...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ELENA ILIZAROV, 44, of Stamford, waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of wire fraud stemming from her use of an identity theft victim’s personal identifying information to submit fraudulent bills to private insurance companies offering dental insurance.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, in partnership with Skagway Traditional Council and Taiya Watershed Council, will begin a project to study eulachon fish in the Taiya River. Eulachon, or hooligan, have been important to area residents for generations. Oil rendered from the eulachon has long...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: MARCH 14, 2017 - The U.S. Census Bureau will offer an embargo period next week for members of the media to view the 2016 population estimates for counties, metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, and Puerto Rico municipios.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - Several sections of the Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail west of Susanville were damaged by heavy winter storms, and the Bureau of Land Management is advising visitors to use caution in the affected areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: Two Identity Document Suppliers Sentenced for Roles in Identity Trafficking Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Khiry T. Aiken, 26, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to bank robbery before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
