News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Miami-Dade Police Department Officer Michael Freshko has been charged in a criminal information with conspiracy to unlawfully export firearms from the United States to the Dominican Republic, on flights from Miami International Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the unsealing of a charging eight individuals with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance and distribution and possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance. Eric Jean Gilles (Miami, 36), Jimmy Remy...
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Luray, Virginia: Shenandoah National Park managers will temporarily close the area surrounding Corbin Cabin (see map for closure area) to all hiking and backcountry use during two phases of helicopter operations associated with the restoration of the historic cabin. Since the cabin is located in a remote area, a helicopter will be used to deliver and retrieve materials between the cabin and Stony Man Overlook (mile 38.6 Skyline Drive).
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Dr. Horace Junior Davis Illegally Prescribed Opioid Painkillers and Billed Insurance Companies for Services he Never Rendered.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today Minerva Maestre, 49, and Hector Mercado-Torres, 23, both of Dunkirk, were arrested and charged by complaint with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine and crack cocaine; and maintaining a drug involved premises. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Mississippi and the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department announced today that they have completed a thorough, independent investigation into the fatal shooting of Antwun Shumpert on June 18, 2016, by Tupelo Police Department...
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded four Water Conservation Field Services Program grants in the Pacific Northwest Region. The program provides technical and financial assistance to irrigation districts and other entities with water-delivery authority to develop and implement water conservation measures.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Mississippi and the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department announced today that they have completed a thorough, independent investigation into the fatal shooting of Antwun Shumpert on June 18, 2016, by Tupelo Police Department...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: FBI Launches “Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense".
By Homeland Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary of Homeland Security John F. Kelly announced the issuance of an updated National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin pertaining to the homegrown terror threat.
By USDA Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C., May 17, 2017) – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the following video wrapping up Sonny Perdue’s first three weeks as Secretary.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: A broker of identity documents who conspired with others to provide fraudulently-obtained Puerto Rican documents to customers was sentenced to prison today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: A federal court in McAllen, Texas ordered Idalia Padron and Nino’s Home Care Inc. to timely file the business’s federal employment and unemployment tax returns as they become due and pay in full the reported amounts due. The court also entered a money judgment against Nino’s Home Care for more than $2.7 million, which represents its past unpaid employment taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: A former Whitman, Massachusetts police sergeant pleaded guilty today to wire fraud, preparing false income tax returns for clients of his tax preparation business, obstructing the internal revenue laws and misappropriating funds from the accounts of disabled veterans while he was a fiduciary appointed ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Financial Freedom has agreed to a settlement with the United States of more than $89 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) in connection with its participation in a federally insured Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECM) or ‘reverse mortgage’ program, the Justice Department announced today. Financial Freedom is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: For the second time in two weeks, the United States has filed a complaint against UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UHG) that alleges UHG knowingly obtained inflated risk adjustment payments based on untruthful and inaccurate information about the health status of beneficiaries enrolled in UHG’s Medicare Advantage ...
By Labor Gazette | May 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta is traveling to Germany to tour the BMW Group's apprenticeship training facility in Munich and attend the G20 Labor and Employment Ministers' Meeting in Bad Neuenahr.
By DOE Gazette | May 16, 2017
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 16, 2017
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 16, 2017
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
