News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: United States Intervenes in Second False Claims Act Lawsuit Alleging that UnitedHealth Group Inc. Mischarged the Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Programs.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Medford man, and co-defendant of former NHL player Kevin Stevens, was sentenced in federal court in Boston today in connection with an oxycodone conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: A Cuban national pled guilty yesterday to charges based on a foiled alien smuggling venture from the Bahamas to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ROBERT “BOOZIE" COSSE, JR., age 40, from Port Sulphur, and DEAN “DINO" OCKMOND, JR., age 36, of Vacherie, pled guilty today to crimes related to illegal hunting on the Delta National Wildlife Refuge.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An Elizabeth, New Jersey, man today admitted possessing a shotgun, a rifle, and two handguns despite being a previously convicted felon, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - On May 15, the Bureau of Land Management’s Royal Gorge Field Office authorized two new, non-motorized trails totaling 1.6 miles in the Fourmile-Barbara Whipple trail system east of Buena Vista, Colorado.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense Against Hiring Fraud Scams.
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), today sent a letter to the Office of Government Ethics...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - -On May 16, 2017, Assistant Special Agent in (ASAC) Troy Derby of the Kansas City District Office announced that Joseph Nicko Winters, 45, of Independence, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough, District Court Judge in the United States District Court, Western District of Missouri, to 10 years in federal prison without parole.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: HEYBURN, Idaho - Snake River flows below Minidoka and Milner dams will be decreasing from today through Thursday, May 18, to end flow passing Milner Dam. By late Thursday, only flows necessary to meet irrigation demand below Minidoka Dam will be released from Minidoka Dam, and the flow passing Milner Dam will be at or near zero. These decreases in outflow are necessary to continue the fill of the Upper Snake River storage system.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: BISHOP, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has approved a long-term camping permit program for developed campgrounds in the Eastern Sierra. Under the program, visitors may purchase recreation use permits, which allow camping beyond the established 14 day stay limit for campgrounds managed by...
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: As Denali National Park and Preserve's celebrates its 100th birthday, the park is committed to embracing the next century of inspiration and conservation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Kennedy Harris, Jr. (24, Cocoa) to 30 years in federal prison, followed by a life term of supervised release, for sex trafficking of a child by force, fraud, or coercion, and for producing child pornography. A federal jury found Harris guilty of both offenses on Sept. 29, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Grandview, WV - The National Park Service is recruiting volunteers to assist in staffing the small visitor center in the Grandview area of New River Gorge National River this summer. Duties include answering visitor questions, providing assistance with trip planning, giving directions, distributing park...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - 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: An Akron man was ordered deported for failing to disclose his involvement in a military unit engaged in war crimes in the former Yugoslavia, said David A. Sierleja, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Steve Francis, HSI Detroit Acting Special Agent in Charge.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Financial Freedom Settles Alleged Liability for Servicing of Federally Insured Reverse Mortgage Loans for $89 Million.
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: MAY 16, 2017 - The U.S. Census Bureau will offer a two-day media embargo period for subscribers to view the 2016 population estimates for all local governmental units, including incorporated places, minor civil divisions and consolidated cities. Housing unit estimates will also be released for the nation, states and counties.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Mitchell Weston Miller, 23, of Kaufman, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to serve a total of 84 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea to one count of transporting and shipping child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Carl Burdick, 58, of Henderson, NY, pleaded guilty, before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa, to transporting a minor across state lines for the purpose of engaging in sexual conduct. The charge carries a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life and a $250,000 fine.
