News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced an indictment charging LUMINAIRE ENVIRONMENTAL AND TECHNOLOGIES, INC., JOHN D. MILLER JR., 60, and JOSEPH V. MILLER, 57, with conspiracy, multiple counts of wire fraud, mail fraud and falsifying documents. The defendants will make their initial appearances in U.S. District Court at a later date.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Victor Saul, of Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey and a former owner of R&V Medical Supplies LLC (R&V), has agreed to pay $220,000 to resolve civil claims under the False Claims Act. The government’s claims concern allegations of fraud in connection with the sale of durable medical equipment. The civil resolution was announced today by Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Ranson, West Virginia woman pled guilty today to filing a false tax return, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Felicia L. Prysock, age 41, of Wellford, South Carolina, was charged in a thirty-count Indictment by a Grand Jury in Columbia for Aggravated Identity Theft, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, § 1028A; False Statements...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Senior Congressional Democratic leaders sent a letter to the Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) today requesting an investigation into reports that Secretary Tom Price has been using taxpayer funds to book private jets to accommodate his travel.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Two Bureau of Reclamation environmental reviews have been completed clearing the path for new boat launch facilities at East Park and Stony Gorge reservoirs. Construction is expected to begin in fall 2018 following typical seasonal reservoir drawdown and take two months to complete. Funding for the projects will be provided by California State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways grants.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina, John Stuart Bruce, announced that today in federal court, CHRISTINE HICKS THOMAS, 62, of Murfreesboro, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to Illegal Remunerations. Under the terms of the plea agreement, THOMAS faces up...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Sept. 18, 2017, United States District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo sentenced Willie Garcia, age 48, of Edwardsville, Pennsylvania, to 62 months’ imprisonment for possessing with intent to distribute marijuana, and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of his drug trafficking activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Victor Saul, of Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey and a former owner of R&V Medical Supplies LLC (R&V), has agreed to pay $220,000 to resolve civil claims under the False Claims Act. The government’s claims concern allegations of fraud in connection with the sale of durable medical equipment. The civil resolution was announced today by Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent letters to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Merck regarding the NotPetya malware and potential nexus with the drug supply. The letters were signed by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA).
By DOE Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced that the Department of Energy (DOE) has selected eight projects to negotiate for up to $15 million in total DOE funding to optimize integrated biorefineries. These projects will work to solve critical research and developmental challenges ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad, of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that the grand jury indicted Ronald Van Den Heuvel (age: 62) of De Pere, on wire fraud and money laundering charges today. The indictment alleges that Van Den Heuvel fraudulently obtained over $9 million in loans and investments for his eco-friendly “Green Box" business plan but diverted much of the funds to his own purposes.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - On Tuesday, over 600 people gathered to watch a movie telling the story of one of the deadliest hate crimes in recent U.S. history. The screening, which was held at Dore Theater on the CSU Bakersfield campus, was followed by a discussion between representatives from law enforcement agencies and community leaders, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Senior Congressional Democratic leaders sent a letter to the Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) today requesting an investigation into reports that Secretary Tom Price has been using taxpayer funds to book private jets to accommodate his travel.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced an Atlanta man and co-owner of a promotions company to 10½ years in prison for a conspiracy to distribute thousands of MDMA pills, a drug commonly known as “ecstasy" or “molly," through musical “raves," concerts and music festivals he presented across the Southeast.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Joplin, Mo., man who lived in the same apartment where his girlfriend operated a daycare business was indicted by a federal grand jury today for receiving and distributing child pornography over the Internet.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent letters to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Merck regarding the NotPetya malware and potential nexus with the drug supply. The letters were signed by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Four defendants are being transported to Columbus, Ohio, today for federal prosecution in the Southern District of Ohio after being charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute approximately 720 kilograms of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Federal inmate Fernando A. Settles has been sentenced to an additional one year, three months in prison for escaping from the United States Penitentiary’s minimum-security camp in Atlanta, Georgia.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has prepared an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the McCoy Lateral Rehabilitation and Atwater Drain Bypass Project near Merced.
