News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: A Church Hill, Maryland, resident was sentenced today to 20 years in prison to be followed by a lifetime term of supervised release for enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity and attempting to transfer obscene materials to a minor, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg of the Southern District of Florida and Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By Homeland Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Today House Budget Committee Ranking Member John Yarmuth, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Nita Lowey, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, House Budget Committee Vice Ranking Member Pramila Jayapal, and House Appropriations Committee Vice Ranking Member Derek Kilmer joined with representatives...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A former law enforcement officer has been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with cyberstalking and deprivation of rights under color of law.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Eighty-three alleged leaders and members of the “United Blood Nation" (UBN or Bloods) have been indicted on federal racketeering conspiracy charges and charges related to murder, attempted murder, violent assault, narcotics distribution, firearms possession and Hobbs Act robbery. A...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Missouri Hospitals Agree to Pay United States $34 Million to Settle Alleged False Claims Act Violations Arising from Improper Payments to Oncologists.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An illegal alien found in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty and has been sentenced in federal court to time served on his conviction of Illegal Re-Entry After Deportation, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Thursday, May 25, 2017, to examine the Administration’s budget request for the Treasury Department and current policies to overhaul the nation’s tax code. The hearing, titled “Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Proposals for the Department of Treasury and Tax Reform," will take place at 10:00 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Pam Gardner, 55, of Springfield, Tennessee, pleaded guilty yesterday, to conspiracy to solicit and receive cash kickbacks in exchange for making patient referrals, announced Jack Smith, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans held a legislative hearing on two bills to increase federal transparency, safeguard private and state water rights, and provide certainty to water and power users.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Eighty-three alleged leaders and members of the “United Blood Nation" (UBN or Bloods) have been indicted on federal racketeering conspiracy charges and charges related to murder, attempted murder, violent assault, narcotics distribution, firearms possession and Hobbs Act robbery. A...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Giday Kidane (34, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to theft of government property and aggravated identity theft. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison for the theft count and a mandatory consecutive term of two years in federal prison for the aggravated identity theft count.
By USDA Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Acting Deputy Under Secretary Roger Glendenning today announced that USDA has certified the Innova Ag Innovation Fund IV LP as an investment pool for small and startup rural businesses.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: During Memorial Day weekend, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will provide a variety of special programs on Lookout Mountain.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: MISSOULA - Rodney Lee Zahn, 61, formerly of Madison County, Montana, was sentenced today in federal court for transporting a child in interstate commerce with the intent the child engage in criminal sexual activity, namely sexual abuse of a minor in the third degree. Zahn pleaded guilty to the charge...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 115, the so-called “Thin Blue Line Act." House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) spoke on the House floor in opposition to the bill before its passage. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Former U.S. Secret Service Officer Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Enticement of a Minor and Attempting to Send Obscene Images to a Minor.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: A Fort Lauderdale resident was sentenced yesterday to 108 months in prison by United States District Judge William Zloch for violently carjacking a CarMax employee.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the filing of a criminal complaint charging CHITAKRA RAMUDIT, a/k/a “Lilian Ramudit," LOUIS LITVIN, and MELISSA CHAN with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering...
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Explore the past, present and future of public lands at the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center (NHTIC) at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 27, during the free interpretive program, “Celebrate Your Public Lands!"
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Bismarck, North Dakota, man convicted of Receipt of Images Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of Minors, was sentenced on May 17, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson, in Fargo, North Dakota.
