News from September 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) called on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price to provide further details about the HHS Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) recent “Early Alert" concerning potential abuse or neglect of Medicare beneficiaries in federally funded skilled nursing facilities (SNF).
By USDA Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Former Utah CEO Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 41-year-old Plano, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Lisa Benincasa, 54, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of theft of government monies, was sentenced by U.S. Magistrate Judge Marian W. Payson to 75 days in prison followed by four months at a residential reentry center. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution of $6,472.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Edward N. Levine, 64, of Novato, Calif., was convicted Thursday for conspiracy to violate the Lacey and Endangered Species Acts and to a violation of the Lacey Act by knowingly selling black rhinoceros horns to an undercover agent from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), announced the Justice Department. Sentencing has been set for December 15. Levine’s co-defendant, Lumsden Quan, was sentenced in December 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an indictment charging Mark Porter, age 58, a former resident of Draper, Utah, with using force and the threat of force to injure, intimidate, and interfere with an African-American man because of his race after moving in nearby. The indictment, returned by the grand jury Wednesday, was unsealed Friday morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an indictment charging Mark Porter, age 58, a former resident of Draper, Utah, with using force and the threat of force to injure, intimidate, and interfere with an African-American man because of his race after moving in nearby. The indictment, returned by the grand jury Wednesday, was unsealed Friday morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Khalid Fahide Carter, a/k/a “Friend," age 23, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Sept. 13, 2017, to 123 months’ imprisonment by Chief United States District Court Judge Christopher...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) discussed tax reform with Ylan Mui on CNBC today. Highlights below...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 34-year-old former Corpus Christi man has taken into custody following the return of an indictment alleging a scheme to defraud his former employer of more than $160,000, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Washington, D.C., lawyer pleaded guilty today to distributing videos of child sexual abuse.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
Release: Washington, DC, Sept. 15, 2017 - American families coping with the aftermath of Hurricane Irma will receive much needed nutrition relief, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced. Notably, packages of American grown and produced nutritious USDA Foods will be available across hurricane-stricken areas in Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A federal inmate pleaded guilty today, to bribing a corrections officer at the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky (“FMC Lexington") to smuggle prohibited items into the prison.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Washington - Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that Japan is expanding market access for U.S. chipping potatoes, resuming imports from Idaho for the first time in 11 years.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Contact: DOI Media Contact: Interior_Press@ios.doi.gov. West Glacier, MT - Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced that Glacier National Park has begun urgently needed stabilization work at the Sperry Chalet dormitory building to prepare for winter. This is a critical first step in...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Salem, Ore. - Volunteers are invited to join the Bureau of Land Management for a National Public Lands Day event at the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area on Saturday, September 30. The all-ages event will be one of many offered across the country that day to celebrate service in our nation’s treasured public lands. As stewards, the BLM manages public lands for the benefit of current and future generations, supporting conservation as we pursue our multiple-use mission.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- On Sept. 14, 2017, Joshua Alan Belcher, 23, of Madisonville, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, Chief U.S. District Judge, to serve 151 months in prison for distributing and possessing child pornography. Following his release from prison, Belcher will be supervised by the U.S. Probation Office for 20 years and required to register with the sex offender registry in any state in which he resides, works, or attends school.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that FRANCIS ASSIFUAH, a/k/a “Francis Assif," was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for participating in a massive scheme to defraud consumers by placing unauthorized charges for text messaging services...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Gregory R. Lee, 52, of Columbus, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court today to production of child pornography.
