News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Adrian Selever, 27, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, was sentenced to 53 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: PROVO, Utah - Deportation officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested a convicted sex offender who has been wanted by ICE since 2010, and was on ICE’s Top 10 Most-Wanted list.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that four previously deported aliens were indicted separately by a federal grand jury with illegal re-entry into the United States by a previously deported alien.
By State Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: Benin Man Sentenced to Prison for Stolen Identity Refund Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA -Jeff R. Andlinger, 36, of Benwood, West Virginia was sentenced today to 24 months incarceration for heroin trafficking, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement after Speaker Ryan and Leader McConnell unveiled their tax reform framework...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that William Marks, 45, Columbus, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James Peterson to seven years in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it. This prison term will be followed by four years of supervised release. William Marks pleaded guilty to this offense on July 18, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina------AnMed Health, a South Carolina hospital based in Anderson, South Carolina, has agreed to pay over $7 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false Medicare claims. The settlement announced today resolves allegations that AnMed Health...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) joined Maria Bartiromo today to discuss the release of a unified tax reform framework by the Senate Finance Committee, House Ways and Means Committee and Trump administration. On her show, Mornings with Maria, Hatch emphasized the importance of lowering middle-class tax rates, as well as the corporate tax rate to help U.S. businesses compete globally and increase paychecks for hardworking Americans.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: A Cleveland man was indicted in federal court for firing a shotgun during a carjacking in Euclid, law enforcement officials said.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today delivered the following opening statement at a markup of legislation to improve Medicare programs and policies, and expand evidence-based welfare solutions.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Edison Adult Medical Daycare (Edison), its former owner, Dinesh Patel, and current owners, Daxa Patel and Satish Mehtani, have agreed to pay the United States and the State of New Jersey $2.72 million to resolve allegations that Edison improperly billed and received payments from Medicaid...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - The United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) has reached a settlement under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with Hidalgo County, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Title II prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability by a state or local government...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal court in Illinois permanently enjoined a Metropolis, Illinois caviar supplier from distributing adulterated food, the Department of Justice announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: Dear Administrator Verma: The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is continuing to examine the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Medicaid expansion. As part of this inquiry, I write to request information from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - In San Antonio today, 35-year-old Bandido Outlaw Motorcycle (OMO) San Antonio Centro Chapter member Norberto Serna, Jr. (aka “Hammer") of San Antonio pleaded guilty to a federal charge in connection with the murder of Hells Angel Anthony Benesh in 2006 announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Damari Roulhac, age 26, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was convicted on Sept. 26, 2017, of charges arising from the hit and run of a United States Park Ranger. The two-day trial was held before United States District Court Judge James M. Munley in Scranton.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: An attorney from Stow was indicted on tax charges, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman and IRS Special Agent in Charge Ryan L. Korner.
By State Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives passed H. Res. 311, legislation that recognizes the work of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) toward stability, prosperity, and peace in Southeast Asia.
