News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Charles Hubbard, a former police officer with the Auburn, Georgia Police Department, has been sentenced to federal prison for his role relating to conspiracies to commit extortion, traffic drugs, and commit robbery. Co-defendants, Shane J. Mattadeen, Wilfred Rivera, Michael L. Henley, Jr., Shaeib H. Morgan, Clem C. Williamson, and Martin Rosendary, were also charged in the scheme.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 1, 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), delivered the following remarks at a hearing titled, “Examining EPA's Agenda: Protecting the Environment and Allowing America's Economy to Grow."
By EPA Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the Trump Administration’s release of a final rule allowing health insurance companies to offer short-term plans that do not comply with Affordable Care Act (ACA) consumer protection standards...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Somerville man was convicted today by a federal jury of orchestrating disruptive computer attacks on Boston Children’s Hospital and Wayside Youth and Family Support Network.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Xiaoqing Zheng, 56, of Niskayuna, New York, was arrested today in connection with a criminal complaint charging him with stealing trade secrets belonging to General Electric (GE).
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a business meeting to consider the nominations of William Charles McIntosh to be Assistant Administrator, Office of International and Tribal Affairs, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Peter C. Wright to be Assistant ...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a final rule to allow short-term insurance plans for longer periods of time.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former suburban Pittsburgh physician has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of unlawfully distributing controlled substances, conspiracy to unlawfully distribute controlled substances, health care fraud and money laundering, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that a federal jury found a Breaux Bridge man guilty of conspiring with three Lafayette residents to sell heroin.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the Trump Administration’s release of a final rule allowing health insurance companies to offer short-term plans that do not comply with Affordable Care Act (ACA) consumer protection standards...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man who was arrested as part of Project Huntington pled guilty today in federal court to drug and gun charges, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. James Christopher Brady, 47, entered guilty pleas to distribution of crack cocaine and possession of an unregistered...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former suburban Pittsburgh physician has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of unlawfully distributing controlled substances, conspiracy to unlawfully distribute controlled substances, health care fraud and money laundering, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Bubacarr Drammeh, a DAL Global Services, LLC employee, and his wife Matako Drammeh, have been charged with smuggling hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and transporting that money to California. Bubacarr Drammeh has also been charged with bribing airport employees to get the cash through security.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that Jordan Goard, 27, of Fayette County, was sentenced to 100 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Goard’s sentence will run concurrently with a state sentence of over 60 years. Stuart commended the investigation conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the United States Marshals Service CUFFED Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Fred Towle, Jr., pleaded guilty to making and subscribing a false tax return for the calendar year 2012 that underreported business income in order to avoid paying the proper tax owed. The guilty plea was entered before United States Magistrate Judge...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “Examining EPA's Agenda: Protecting the Environment and Allowing America's Economy to Grow ," featuring witness Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal jury has convicted Mark Ian Gaver, age 56, of Bonita Springs, Florida and previously of Middletown, Maryland of eight counts of bank fraud and two counts of money laundering arising from a scheme in which he obtained over $49 million in bank financing for his company Gaver...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa - A former law firm office manager has been sentenced in federal court to 21 months imprisonment, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $827,020.39 in restitution on his conviction of one count of bank fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management’s Southern Nevada District will begin an emergency wild horse gather on or about August 1 from the Nevada Wild Horse Range in Nye County, Nevada, as there is not enough water to support the number of horses in the area. The gather will be conducted by Warner Livestock using the bait and water trap method; no helicopters will be used. The BLM plans to gather and remove approximately 800 excess wild horses.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the Trump Administration’s release of a final rule allowing health insurance companies to offer short-term plans that do not comply with Affordable Care Act (ACA) consumer protection standards...
