News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Dr. Paul Biddle, 53, of Amherst, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with obtaining controlled substances through fraud and identity theft. The drug charges carry a maximum possible term of four years in prison, while the identity theft charges carry a maximum possible term of five years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that Doc McNeil Matthews, 48, of Hollywood, South Carolina, and Mary Jo Thomas-Delaney, 68, of Summerville, South Carolina, were sentenced to prison for their roles in a scheme to embezzle funds from the St. Paul’s Fire...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) scheduled a joint subcommittee hearing for Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Algorithms: How Companies’ Decisions About Data and Content Impact Consumers."
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Norwalk man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for using the internet as part of his efforts to solicit a 15-year-old girl to have sex.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations scheduled a hearing for Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Identity Verification in a Post-Breach World."
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Fifteen members and associates of the white supremacist organization, Aryan Circle, have been charged in a federal indictment with offenses stemming from their roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that operated from January 2017 through November 2017. U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas made the announcement today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: URBANA, Ill., -- A Decatur, Ill., woman, Charissie Davis, was sentenced this afternoon to serve 18 months in federal prison for defrauding the Home Services Program, a Medicaid waiver program. The health care benefit program provides funding to pay personal assistants who aid qualifying disabled individuals in performing household tasks and personal care. With the permission of a doctor, the personal assistant may also perform certain health care procedures.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: Head of Organization Backed by Chinese Energy Conglomerate, and Former Foreign Minister of Senegal, Charged With Bribing High-Level African Officials.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) is committed to producing a comprehensive, pro-growth tax reform package through regular order. Last week, the Finance Committee considered the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a tax overhaul plan that will save a typical American family nearly $2,200. Committee members on both sides of the aisle had the opportunity to ask questions about the proposal and offer amendments.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Keith Bleau, age 51, of Johnsonville, New York, pled guilty today to receiving and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman today announced the sentencing of the former Ballard County Judge Executive and Ballard County Treasurer, in United States District Court, by Senior U.S. District Judge Thomas B. Russell, for their individual roles in securing and then concealing unauthorized bank loans.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON— Today, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke announced her decision to terminate the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Haiti with a delayed effective date of 18 months to allow for an orderly ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: Antitrust agency heads from the United States, Canada and Mexico meet today at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., to discuss their ongoing work to ensure fair and effective antitrust enforcement and increased cooperation among the nations. The meeting includes Assistant Attorney General Makan ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced $98,495,397 in grant funding through the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) COPS Hiring Program (CHP). The Attorney General announced funding awards to 179 law enforcement agencies across the nation, which allows those agencies to hire 802 additional full-time law enforcement officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: Terminix International Company LP (TERMINIX LP) and U.S. Virgin Islands operation Terminix International USVI LLC (TERMINIX, USVI) were sentenced today for violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act in the U.S. Virgin Islands, announced the Department of Justice and the Environmental ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: A criminal complaint was unsealed today charging the head of a non-governmental organization based in Hong Kong and Virginia and the former Foreign Minister of Senegal with participating in a multi-year, multimillion-dollar scheme to bribe high-level officials in Chad and Uganda in exchange for business ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: A Nebraska man was sentenced today to six years in prison for child pornography offenses, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Robert C. Stuart of the District of Nebraska. Robert Louis Bergstrom, 47, of Omaha, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: An operator of multiple purported durable medical equipment (DME) companies pleaded guilty today to fraud charges for her role in a scheme to defraud Healthfirst, a non-profit, New York-based health maintenance organization that administers Medicare Advantage plans and New York Medicaid Managed Care plans.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: The United States Department of Justice today filed a civil antitrust lawsuit to block AT&T/DirecTV’s proposed acquisition of Time Warner Inc. The $108 billion acquisition would substantially lessen competition, resulting in higher prices and less innovation for millions of Americans.
By Fed Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: The federal bank regulatory agencies have amended their respective Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations primarily to conform to changes made by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to Regulation C, which implements the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA).
