News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two Essex County, New Jersey, men were indicted by a federal grand jury today for their alleged roles in a September 2015 armed robbery of a club in Passaic, New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Marty, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced on March 20, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: U.S. Attorney’s Office to Host Seminar in Asheville on Friday, March 31, 2017, on Investment Fraud Schemes Targeting Elderly Investors.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago father and his twin boys have been sentenced to federal prison terms for recruiting vulnerable minors to engage in sex acts for money.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on March 21, 2017, Naquan Bowie entered a plea of not guilty in District Court in Burlington before Chief United States District Court Judge Christina Reiss to a federal indictment charging him with one count of human...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation is scheduled to incrementally increase releases below Nimbus Dam starting Monday at 8 a.m., from 5,000 cubic feet per second to 15,000 cfs by Tuesday at 10 a.m., to manage Folsom Reservoir inflow. Please be aware, operational adjustments will be made as necessary and may occur on short notice.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on March 7, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement upon news that the Trump administration granted a permit authorizing construction of the Keystone XL pipeline this morning...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill to address the threat of agro-terrorism and mitigate the risks to food put on tables across the country. U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill and Republican Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas introduced the Senate version of the bill earlier...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Rome, NY - Effective April 1, 2017, Fort Stanwix National Monument will no longer sell Senior and Annual Passes. The remaining stock of Senior and Annual Passes will be available for purchase through the end of March on a first-come, first-served basis. The passes may still be purchased at most federal recreation sites that collect entrance fees or by applying at.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former senior official with the General Services Administration and her husband pleaded guilty today to engaging in a nepotism scheme in which they conspired to fraudulently obtain employment from the U.S. government and private federal contractors.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A fugitive captured by the U.S. Marshals at a Suffolk hotel on January 6 pleaded guilty today to being a fugitive from justice in possession of firearms and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Joel Lee Quentin Scott, 22, of Philadelphia, PA, and Jonathan Maurice Scott, 33, of Philadelphia, PA, were charged today by indictment with armed bank robbery and a related firearm charge announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The indictment alleges that on or about Dec. 29, 2016...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced the owner of two northwest Alabama pharmacies to six month’s home confinement for obstructing a Medicare audit, ordered him to pay a $2.5 million fine and prohibited him from working in a pharmacy during his year on probation.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Potomac, MD - On Saturday, March 25, 2017, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal) invites the public to come explore the story of women’s lives and work on the canal. The program will take place at the Great Falls Tavern in Potomac, Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: A physician licensed in Puerto Rico, who was practicing medicine in Miami, was charged in a 16-count indictment unsealed today for his alleged participation in a multi-faceted $20 million health care fraud scheme involving the submission of false and fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid and the illegal distribution of oxycodone and other controlled substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Attorney General Sessions released the following statement on the arrest in Israel: “Today’s arrest in Israel is the culmination of a large-scale investigation spanning multiple continents for hate crimes against Jewish communities across our country. The Department of Justice is committed to protecting ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: A physician licensed in Puerto Rico, who was practicing medicine in Miami, was charged in a 16-count indictment unsealed today for his alleged participation in a multi-faceted $20 million health care fraud scheme involving the submission of false and fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid and the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Allegedly Cashed More than $11 Million in Checks to Pay Workers Under the Table A federal grand jury sitting in the District of Massachusetts returned an indictment on Mar. 22, which was unsealed today, charging two Massachusetts residents who operated a temporary employment agency with conspiring to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Settlement Bars Anticompetitive Information Sharing Between Competitors The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement that will prohibit DIRECTV and its parent corporation, AT&T, from illegally sharing confidential, forward-looking information with competitors.
