News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that WORLD HEALTH CLINICIANS, INC. (“WHC"), its Chief Executive Officer, SCOTT GRETZ, and a physician formerly employed by WHC, DR. GARY BLICK, have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments in which they will pay $650,830 to resolve allegations that they violated the federal and state False Claims Acts.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Tania Thompson-Rapley, 57, of Philadelphia, PA, pleaded guilty to stealing $50,000 from a legally blind Philadelphia homeowner. Thompson-Rapley falsely pretended to be a lawyer to help the victim pay the real estate taxes on his home. Thompson-Rapley then assisted the victim secure a bank...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Every April, the Justice Department’s Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) leads communities across the country in observing National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) to honor crime victims, promote their rights and recognize those who advocate on their behalf. This year’s NCVRW will be held April 8-14, 2018 with the theme of Expand the Circle: Reach All Victims.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the following statement on the letter sent to him by the committee's ranking member, Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), and committee member Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Brigantine, New Jersey, man appeared in federal court today to face allegations that he robbed a PNC Bank in Marlton, New Jersey, on Dec. 8, 2017, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) announced the Sustainability in Manufacturing partnership. Through this partnership fostered by DOE’s Better Plants program , DOE and the NAM will work together to help U.S. manufacturers drive energy productivity improvements and accelerate adoption of energy efficient technologies.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore. - On Monday, April 9, 2018, Sean Jeffrey Haga, 32, of Bandon, Oregon, pleaded guilty to one count of child sexual exploitation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that TODD J. MILLER, 36, of New York, N.Y., has been charged by federal criminal complaint with intentionally conveying to law enforcement false information about an explosive device on a train traveling to Connecticut.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets and the applications (apps) we load onto them have become indispensable to our daily lives-both personal and professional. On the business side, more and more government agencies and private-sector entities are adopting mobile systems to improve business operations and employee efficiency.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that SPYROS PANOS, a former orthopedic surgeon, who was previously convicted of health care fraud, was charged with wire fraud, health care fraud, and aggravated identity theft, in connection with a...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: Release Date: 4/10/18. Contacts: Jody Mays, jody_mays@nps.gov, 229 924-0343, ext. 115. NR18-08. “As the wounded died, we stacked them in a corner". Former POWs shared their experiences during events at Andersonville National Historic Site. ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - Former prisoners of war stood as living...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) and full committee Vice Ranking Member Kathy Castor (D-FL) today issued the following statement calling for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt to resign...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: In observance of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, April 8-14, 2018, United States Attorney Brandon Fremin of the Middle District of Louisiana will be participating in several local events observing National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, including “An Evening of Remembrance" event hosted by the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office and a Crime Victims’ Rights picnic hosted by the East Baton Rouge District Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that TODD J. MILLER, 36, of New York, N.Y., has been charged by federal criminal complaint with intentionally conveying to law enforcement false information about an explosive device on a train traveling to Connecticut.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released the following statement on Equal Pay Day, the date when women’s wages finally catch up to what men were paid in the previous year. Murray also called for...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Democrats sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General’s office today urging the independent office to take over the review of Administrator Scott Pruitt’s potential ethics violations, which was requested by the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) last week.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today announced a hearing for Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at 10:15 a.m. in 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “From Core to Edge: Perspective on Internet Prioritization."
By DOE Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - With almost 85 percent of the targeted buried transuranic waste removed from the Idaho Site’s Subsurface Disposal Area, EM and cleanup contractor Fluor Idaho are designing a cap to cover the 97-acre Cold War landfill and further protect the underlying Snake River Plain Aquifer.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Norfolk man was sentenced today to 74 months in prison for receiving images of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: Nashville, Tenn. - April 9, 2018 - Two Tennessee health care executives were charged in an indictment unsealed today for their alleged participation in a $4.6 million Medicare kickback scheme involving durable medical equipment (DME).
