News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former resident of Aliso Viejo who submitted fraudulent bills to insurance companies that sought well over $8 million for tests and services that were never performed was sentenced today to 97 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Marty, South Dakota, man convicted of Sexual Abuse was sentenced on Oct. 30, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats sent letters to both Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt and Inspector General Arthur A. Elkins, Jr. today demanding responses to overdue oversight requests and requesting a formal investigation into former top chemical...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats sent letters to both Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt and Inspector General Arthur A. Elkins, Jr. today demanding responses to overdue oversight requests and requesting a formal investigation into former top chemical...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - An Arlington man has been sentenced to federal prison for soliciting a minor child through social media. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Mario Alvarez-Muniz, 49, a citizen of Mexico and former resident of Taft, entered a guilty plea today to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: The National Parks Arts Foundation has selected Colonel Robert (Bob) Sholly (Ret.) as Veteran-Artist-in-Residence at Big Bend National Park, sponsored by the Big Bend Natural History Association.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: Chemed Corp. and Vitas Hospice Services Agree to Pay $75 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Billing for Ineligible Patients and Inflated Levels of Care.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats sent letters to both Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt and Inspector General Arthur A. Elkins, Jr. today demanding responses to overdue oversight requests and requesting a formal investigation into former top chemical...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: Practice CFO, Diagnostic Testing Laboratory Owner and CEO, and Testing Lab Marketing Agent Previously Pled Guilty to Related Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Michael Mejia, age 20, and Niskauri DeJesus-Toribio, age 19, both of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to commit bank fraud and mail theft. The indictment was returned on Aug. 29, 2017, but remained under seal until the defendants were apprehended on Oct. 18, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: Defendant supervised operation to smuggle methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana around security checkpoints in violation of security requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: Miguel De Paula Arias, 53, of Fort Pierce, was sentenced to 161 months in prison on charges of health care fraud, false statements related to healthcare and aggravated identity theft.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Winnemucca District has woodcutting permits available for purchase at the Winnemucca District Office, 5100 E. Winnemucca Blvd. during regular business hours, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Permits are also available...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Danny Kennedy, the Acting Assistant Director-in-Charge of the Los Angeles Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the indictment today of BENJAMIN CHOW, a/k/a “Ben Chow Zhou Bin,"...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: Man with Short Hair, Mustache, Robs Albuquerque Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Mariano Ramos-Lopez was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for possessing with the intent to distribute nearly a kilogram of heroin, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable William H. Orrick, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: Defrauded Investors Out of More than $10 Million and Caused Tax Loss of Over $1 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Edward A. Garcia, 51, a non-Indian man residing in Isleta Pueblo, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Martin, 58, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years and a $250,000 fine.
