News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Peter Calvert-Cata, 21, a member and resident of Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a sexual assault charge. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Calvert-Cata will be sentenced to four years of imprisonment followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the Court. He also will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The operator of rehabilitation clinic in Walnut was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for his role in a $3.4 million Medicare fraud scheme that involved billing for occupational therapy services that were not medically necessary and not provided.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two residents of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of mail fraud and engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 6, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2017
News Release: Fire Island Lighthouse tower opened to the public today after a two-week closure for repair.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Christie Easter, 47, of Fort Worth, Texas, and Toheeb Odoffin, 28, of Chicago, each pleaded guilty today to charges related to their respective roles in a fraud scheme involving “Mystery Shoppers.".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - The 47-year-old owner and operator of Elite P. Care Medical Services has been sentenced for her role in a health care fraud conspiracy that billed Medicare and Medicaid for more than $1 million in fraudulent health care claims, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Cape Cod man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with running a large-scale marijuana operation and then laundering the proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2017
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A former city clerk for the city of Bennington, Kan., was sentenced Monday to a total of 16 months in federal prison in two separate cases of interstate transportation of embezzled funds, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said. She also was ordered to pay $184,000 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - On Friday, March 3, 2017, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. sentenced a former Charlotte business owner to 12 months and a day in prison on embezzlement charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Cameron Garrison, 37, was also ordered to serve two years under court supervision and to pay $116,245.19 as restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - A jury has convicted a Memphis man of possessing a firearm while a convicted felon and possessing a firearm while on school property. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the conviction today.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 6, 2017
News Release: Data Comm, the NextGen technology that is revolutionizing communication between air traffic controllers and pilots, is now helping to enhance safety and reduce departure delays at Miami International Airport, the 12th busiest airport in North America and the largest gateway to Latin America.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 6, 2017
News Release: Dear Mr. Aronin: We write to understand the pricing scheme for Marathon’s recently approved product Emflaza, known by the non-proprietary name deflazacort. Deflazacort, like prednisone, is a steroid and has been used internationally to treat the symptoms of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) for decades.[1] ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2017
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A father and son have been arrested and charged in federal court in connection with a robbery late last week at a United States Postal Service facility in Victorville.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 6, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Hank Johnson (D-GA) sent a letter to the Inspector General of the U.S. General...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2017
News Release: The Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative (WLCI) Executive Committee (EC) will meet beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, and ending at 12:00 p.m. on March 30 (or earlier as necessary). The meeting will occur in the Elk Room at the Wyoming Game & Fish Department, 5400 Bishop Blvd, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after President Trump’s Address to a Joint Session of Congress.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2017
News Release: Ways and Means Announces Markup of Budget Reconciliation Recommendations to Repeal and Replace Obamacare.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Brian LaChance, age 27, of Olyphant, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on March 3, 2017, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph F. Saporito, Jr, to using a facility of interstate commerce to attempt to entice a minor to engage in illegal sexual conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - McArthur Baker, 69, a former U.S. Postal Service employee, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to 21 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Worker’s Compensation Program (OWCP), announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
