News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: A Fostoria man was indicted for recording himself sexually assaulting young boys and having more than 1,000 images of child pornography, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Today, as the Department of Justice recognizes the 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the nationwide rollout of an initiative aimed at increasing awareness and reporting of sexual harassment in housing. The announcement includes an interagency...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Today, as the Department of Justice recognizes the 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the nationwide rollout of an initiative aimed at increasing awareness and reporting of sexual harassment in housing. The announcement includes an interagency task force...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: U. S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that NORWIN CASTELLON-LOPEZ, age 35, a citizen and national of Nicaragua, pled guilty yesterday to a one-count Bill of Information for illegally re-entering the United States having previously been deported as an illegal alien and having previously been convicted of a felony.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A 45-year-old Porter man has again been sent to prison, this time for three federal charges to include distribution, receipt and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Eric Furzland is a sex offender who has been required to register since his conviction for indecency with a child in 1997 in Harris County. He pleaded guilty Oct. 12, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Today, as the Department of Justice recognizes the 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the nationwide rollout of an initiative aimed at increasing awareness and reporting of sexual harassment in housing. The announcement includes an interagency task force...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen will speak at the 2018 RSA Conference on Tuesday, April 17 at 1:05PM EDT/10:05AM PDT. Secretary Nielsen will lay out the Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity priorities and policies in addition to addressing the cyber threats affecting the United States today. Following her remarks, Secretary Nielsen will also participate in a fireside chat on cybersecurity issues. Secretary of Homeland SecuritySpeech
By USDA Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., April 12, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today issued the following statement on the release of the 2018 Farm Bill: “I applaud Chairman Conaway and the House Agriculture Committee for their diligence and hard work in crafting the 2018 Farm Bill. The trend of low ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey H. Wood for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Attorney Grant C. Jaquith for the Northern District of New York, Regional Administrator Pete Lopez for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and New York State Attorney General Eric T. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Flint, Michigan, has returned an indictment, which was unsealed yesterday, charging two managers of a healthcare management services company with failing to pay over payroll taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and a third employee of the company with attempting ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that on Apr. 12, the Madoff Victim Fund (MVF) began its second distribution of $504 million in funds forfeited to the U.S. Government in connection with the Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (BLMIS) fraud scheme, bringing the total distributed to over ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Today, as the Department of Justice recognizes the 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the nationwide rollout of an initiative aimed at increasing awareness and reporting of sexual harassment in housing. The announcement includes an interagency task force ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Thank you for inviting me here this evening. I am delighted to be part of the celebration of the talented nominees and winning authors that have contributed to our understanding of antitrust law. It’s also wonderful to look out and see so many friends and familiar faces. This is a great way to kick off ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Flint, Michigan, has returned an indictment, which was unsealed yesterday, charging a Michigan business owner with filing a false tax return and failing to file tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Kansas City, Kansas, returned an indictment, which was unsealed yesterday, charging a Jefferson County, Kansas, man with seven counts of willful failure to pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister for the District of Kansas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that Rotech Healthcare Inc., a Florida-based respiratory equipment supplier, has agreed to pay $9.68 million for knowingly submitting false claims for portable oxygen contents to Medicare. As part of the settlement, Rotech admitted that it knowingly billed portable ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Zhang Xiao Dong (a.k.a. Mark Zhang), of Shanghai, China, pleaded guilty in Dallas to committing mail fraud in connection with a scheme to sell mislabeled dietary supplements, the Department of Justice announced today. Zhang was the sales manager for Genabolix USA Inc. and Shanghai Yongyi Biotechnology ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Banner Health has agreed to pay the United States over $18 million to settle allegations that 12 of its hospitals in Arizona and Colorado knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare by admitting patients who could have been treated on a less costly outpatient basis, the Justice Department announced today. Headquartered in Arizona, Banner Health owns and operates 28 acute-care hospitals in multiple states.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Federal Bureau of Investigation Deputy Director David L. Bowdich, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Acting Administrator Robert W. Patterson, U.S. Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary James Walsh, and U.S. Marshals Service Acting Associate Director Derrick Driscoll today announced the addition ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: A Miami escort service owner pleaded guilty today to filing a false tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg for the Southern District of Florida. According to court documents, ...
