News from November 2017
By DOE Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for a contract to provide a variety of services at the Hanford Site, called the Hanford Mission Essential Services Contract (HMESC). The total estimated value of the contract is up to approximately $4 billion over a period of up to ten years, including option periods. The current Mission Support contract at Hanford held by Mission Support Alliance expires on May 25, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: A Miami-area, Florida man pleaded guilty today for his role in a $63 million health care fraud scheme involving a now-defunct community mental health center located in Miami that purported to provide partial hospitalization program (PHP) services to individuals suffering from mental illness.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William Grady, the Dutchess County District Attorney, announced today that KATHY SCOTT and GEORGE SANTIAGO JR., both former New York State Correction Officers, were convicted yesterday of the Nov. 12, 2013...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited K & A Produce, operating out of Staten Island, New York, for failure to pay for produce.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM has named Nolan Jensen the EM Federal Project Director of the Year for demonstrating exceptional leadership in an Idaho Site construction project that saved taxpayers $6.4 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William Grady, the Dutchess County District Attorney, announced today that KATHY SCOTT and GEORGE SANTIAGO JR., both former New York State Correction Officers, were convicted yesterday of the Nov. 12, 2013...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, and the United States Marine Corps today dedicated new engravings on the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial to include the Afghanistan and Iraq campaigns.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: GREENVILLE - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Greenville has returned indictments charging BRIAN ALLEN GARDNER, age 39, of Wilson, SEAN JASON HARSTINE, age 31, of Lucama, CRYSTAL MARIE PATE, age 32, of Bailey, JAMES MADISON PARKER, age 27, of Wilson, with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamines and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: The FBI and Los Alamos Police Department are investigating an armed bank robbery that occurred at Los Alamos National Bank in White Rock, New Mexico on Nov. 21, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A tax preparer was sentenced today to 13 months in prison for preparing fraudulent income tax returns on behalf of her clients, causing losses of over $130,000, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Christopher Arnold Jiongo, 57, of Houston, Texas, appeared this morning before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater and was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $3,786,595 in restitution for his role in a diamond investment scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: Sayfullo Saipov Charged With Terrorism and Murder in Aid of Racketeering in Connection With Lower Manhattan Truck Attack.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense Against the Dangers of Using Social Media While Traveling.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: Jackson, TN - On Nov. 20, 2017, a federal grand jury charged a Honduran man found in possession of multiple firearms in Jackson, Tennessee, in a 33-count indictment. D. Michael Dunavant,U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the indictment today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 35-year-old illegal alien from Honduras has been sentenced to federal prison for assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol (BP) agent, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. A federal jury returned a guilty verdict Aug. 17, 2017, against Hernan Cortez-Mazariegos following a one-day trial and approximately two hours of deliberations.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Romel Wilson was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for trafficking heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine base in April 2015, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that Jacob A. McClure, age 23, of Papillion, Nebraska, was sentenced yesterday by the Honorable John M. Gerrard to three year’s probation, 160 hours of community service, eight consecutive weekends in jail and ordered to pay restitution of $4,679.00 to Rochester Armored Car, Inc. McClure had previously pled guilty to one count of bank larceny.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN -George E. Compton, Jr., 63, of Sturgis, Michigan, was sentenced to 28 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today. Compton previously pled guilty to executing a health care fraud scheme from Jan. 1, 2013, until June 30, 2016, when he repeatedly billed numerous...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
