News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Dr. Anthony Conrardy, age 61, and Dr. William McCutchen, III, age 46, were found guilty yesterday of unlawfully distributing Schedule II narcotics by a federal jury in Detroit, MI, acting United States Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch announced today. Dr. Anthony Conrardy was convicted of five counts of unlawfully distributing Oxycodone and Dilaudid, and Dr. William McCutchen, III was convicted of four counts of unlawfully distributing Oxycodone.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: The House of Representatives today passed the Small Business Health Fairness Act (H.R. 1101), legislation that would expand health care coverage and lower costs for working families. Introduced by Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX), chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, and Rep. Tim Walberg ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Department of the Interior’s Lease Sale 247 for oil and gas parcels in the Gulf of Mexico brought in over $274 million for over 900,000 acres in the Outer Continental Shelf offshore Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Victoria Foster, 55, of East St. Louis, Illinois, entered pleas of guilty to two counts of false claims against the United States by a paid tax preparer assisting in the preparation of a false federal tax return, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Richard Ruiz Leyva, 36, of Las Cruces, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to assaulting federal and local law enforcement officers. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Leyva will be sentenced to 82 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Matthew Czap, age 68, formerly of Newark, Delaware, entered a plea of guilty to a one-count Felony Information charging him with structuring financial transactions to avoid currency reporting requirements. The defendant faces up to 10 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security stands in solidarity alongside our friends in the United Kingdom in condemning the terrible attack at Parliament today. With our partners in federal law enforcement, we are in close ...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON— On Wednesday, March 22, Secretary Kelly met with Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez to discuss bilateral and regional security and economic issues of mutual interest. During the meeting, President Hernandez outlined ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 22, 2017 – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced additional steps to keep the food supply safe for American families in light of the recent investigations of Brazil’s meat industry. While none of the slaughter or processing ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: A grand jury in Baltimore, Maryland returned an indictment on March 9, which was unsealed yesterday, charging a chiropractor with one count of corruptly endeavoring to impede the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and six counts of filing false tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein for the District of Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: A former FBI contractor pleaded guilty today to making false statements to FBI agents in connection with an official FBI investigation. Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Assistant Director in Charge Andrew W. Vale of the of the FBI’s Washington Field Office and Acting Inspector General April Stephenson of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Inspector General (DOE-OIG) made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: A Broward County, Florida woman was sentenced in Miami, Florida for her role in connection with the operation of a Jamaican-based fraudulent lottery scheme, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: A Dakar, Senegal, man was sentenced to 60 months in prison today for his involvement in a counterfeit DVD and CD ring. Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney John A. Horn of the Northern District of Georgia, Special Agent in Charge ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: A South Florida resident pleaded guilty for his role in a Jamaican-based fraudulent lottery scheme, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Outbreak was the largest public health crisis ever caused by a pharmaceutical product Barry Cadden, the owner and head pharmacist of New England Compounding Center (NECC), was convicted today by a federal jury of racketeering and mail fraud in connection with the 2012 nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Kept Withholdings and Social Security and Medicare Contributions – Spent Funds on Personal Travel and Ranch A Houston, Texas business owner pleaded guilty today to one count of failing to pay over employment taxes, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez for the Southern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: ZTE Corporation pleaded guilty today to conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) by illegally shipping U.S.-origin items to Iran, obstructing justice and making a material false statement.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON – Northern California paid a hefty toll for storms that brought heavy rain and snow in January 2017. The overabundance of moisture led to flooding and mudslides, the downing of large numbers of trees and power lines, and mass evacuations.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 22, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
