News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: Nine defendants were sentenced in federal court for participating in a massive insurance fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: An eight-count indictment was unsealed today in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging Edward Ambrosino with wire fraud, tax evasion, making and subscribing to false corporate tax returns, and failing to file a return or pay tax. The indictment was returned under seal...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: This year's eight-week program begins on June 26 and ends on August 18. A total of five young men and five young women will be selected from Humboldt and Del Norte counties at a public drawing. Participants will be paid the California minimum wage of $10.50 per hour for a 40-hour work week. All participants...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A man who used an elaborate ruse to meet minor girls over Facebook and attempt to coerce them into unlawful sexual activity was sentenced today to 10 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: A Massillon woman was charged with defrauding financial institutions out of more than $2 million by having escrow funds on home purchases deposited into her personal account, Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja said.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, yesterday held the committee’s fourth infrastructure hearing to examine the potential for infrastructure improvements that boost energy and mineral development in Alaska. The hearing focused on the positive impacts infrastructure would have on the state, including job creation and lower energy costs for Alaskans.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent letters to the U.S. Department of Education yesterday questioning Robert Eitel’s involvement at the Department of Education while...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: BLAST (Building Lasting Relationships Between Police and Community) Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas ‐ The owner of a durable medical equipment company has entered a guilty plea to defrauding Medicaid of more than $3 million, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: TUPELO, MS - The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to “Beavers: Making a Splash" a special Junior Ranger program held at the Parkway Visitor Center on Saturday, April 15, 2017, at 10:00 am. Beavers are incredible animals that can turn the tiniest stream into a flooded wetland...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GLEN PORTER, also known as “Kuran," 32, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 57 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement calling on House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes to recuse himself from the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and interactions between Russia and Trump campaign advisers...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - The owner of a trash company was charged today in federal court in Boston in connection with defrauding the operator of the Fall River Landfill out of approximately $473,000 in disposal fees.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: WEAVERVILLE, Calif. - The Trinity River Restoration Program (TRRP), a multi-agency program with eight Partners established by the Department of the Interior, will host a public informational meeting to present the recommended 2017 spring restoration flow releases from Lewiston Dam and gravel augmentation plans. TRRP staff will be available to answer questions on the presentations. The public meeting will be held...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: Settlement Includes 3-Year Exclusion From TRICARE Program.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: AXTELL, Utah- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced it is offering a public tour of the Axtell Contract Off-Range Corrals (facility) in Axtell, Utah on Wednesday, April 19, 2017. The facility is one of two locations in Utah that provides care to wild horses removed from the range.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: Over a century has passed since 2,240 passengers and crew set sail from Southampton, England on April 10, 1912 for a transatlantic voyage on a luxury steamship enroute to the Port of New York. Four days later, on the night of April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg then plunges to the North...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On March 31, 2017, Bradley R. Cornelsen, age 40, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 48 months’ imprisonment following his convictions on five counts of wire fraud. Additionally, he was ordered to serve three years of...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Monclaire Saint Louis, 29, and Ulriste Tulin, 40, both from of Carrefour, Haiti, were each sentenced to 20 years in prison today for conspiracy to commit hostage taking, hostage taking and using a firearm during a crime of violence. Both men were ordered to pay $49,000 in restitution to their victims, and will be removed from the United States upon release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: Defendant Also Pleads Guilty in Separate Threats Matter.
