News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: New York Hospital Operator Agrees to Pay $4 Million to Settle Alleged False Claims Act Violations Arising from Improper Payments to Physicians.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: Atlanta Woman Wanted for Murder by APD Arrested.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 56-year-old legal permanent resident alien who resided in Matamoros has been ordered to prison following his conviction of methamphetamine trafficking, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. A federal jury convicted Martin Araiza-Jacobo on June 14, 2017, for conspiracy to...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: On Saturday, Sept. 30, Fort Stanwix National Monument will offer a bicycle tour in honor of the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal and 240th anniversary of the Battle of Oriskany. This special tour will be approximately 12 miles round trip, beginning at Bellamy Harbor Park in Rome, NY at 10 a.m.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: Good afternoon. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing on resolving taxpayer disputes with the Internal Revenue Service. I would also like to thank our witnesses for being here today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: Law Enforcement Recovered 5 Pounds of Heroin and Two Firearms at Vancouver, WA Home.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: Vincent Maffucci charged with stealing in excess of $200,000 in connection with the Catholic Church’s World Youth Day 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: Shi Luang Peng, 68, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged by Information with one count of theft of government funds, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. According to the Information[1], the defendant received retirement benefits intended for his mother, after his mother’s death in July 2008 until March 2016. The defendant’s alleged actions resulted in a loss to the government of approximately $94,606.51.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Noble U. Ezukanma, 57, of Fort Worth, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jane Boyle to 200 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $34,003,151.24 in restitution for his role in an over $50 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - United States Attorney Christopher P. Canova is urging North Florida residents and businesses to be aware of and report suspected fraudulent activity related to hurricane relief operations and federal funding for victims of Hurricane Irma.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney John Stuart Bruce announced that today in federal court, Kenneth preston blevins, 29, of Lexington, South Carolina, was sentenced to 51 months imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release for theft and conversion of government property by Senior United States District Judge W. Earl Britt. BLEVINS was also ordered to pay $289,276 in restitution. BLEVINS previously pled guilty to that charge on May 1, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health markup of 7 Medicare Part B bills...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Michelle Renee Whitman, aka “Michelle Renee Weaver" and “Raven," 46, of Amarillo, Texas, was sentenced today for printing counterfeit checks that were used at various stores and banks, announced John Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, John Stuart Bruce, announced that yesterday in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III sentenced RICKIE MARKIECE ATKINSON, 35, of Raleigh, to 240 months of imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach man pleaded guilty today to child pornography crimes including enticing minor victims to produce child sexual abuse images online.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Aug. 30, 2017, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment against seven individuals for conspiracy to engage in firearms trafficking without a license, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The agencies ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced the unsealing of the Superseding Indictment of LOUIS AGE, JR., age 68, LOUIS AGE, III, aka “BIG LOU," age 47, STANTON GUILLORY, aka “NAN NAN," age 23, KENDRICK JOHNSON, age 40, and RONALD WILSON, aka “TANK," age 43.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) today formally invited Equifax CEO Richard Smith to testify before #SubDCCP on October 3rd, 2017. After receiving a briefing from Equifax last...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Lee’s Summit, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today after police officers found thousands of fake driver’s licenses during a search of his residence.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: MEEKER, Colo. -Thursday the Bureau of Land Management will begin gathering up to 100 wild horses that have strayed from the designated Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area in northwestern Colorado.
