News from August 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) requesting they conduct additional research looking at questions pertaining to hospital consolidation and the financial impact it has on Medicare patients and the program.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), announced a hearing for Thursday, September 6, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Federal Efforts to Ensure Quality of Care and Resident Safety in Nursing Homes."
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that Perrotta Pharmacy Inc., DBA Perrotta’s Super Drug, in Lawrence has agreed to pay $30,000 and enter into a Corrective Action Plan with the government to resolve allegations that Perrotta’s Super Drug failed to keep proper records of controlled substances and maintain effective controls against drug diversion.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GEORGE GAROFANO, 26, of North Branford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to eight months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for engaging in a phishing scheme that gave him illegal access to more than 200 Apple iCloud accounts, many of which belonged to members of the entertainment industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Maryland man who was employed as a personal care aide pled guilty today to a federal charge of health care fraud stemming from a scheme in which he submitted more than $66,000 in false claims to the District of Columbia Medicaid program.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 90 months’ imprisonment, followed by six years’ supervised release on her conviction of conspiracy to distribute narcotics, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: DAYTON, Ohio - David Kirkwood, 62, of Dayton, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 70 months in prison and five years of supervised release for running a pill mill in Dayton.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: HONOLULU - The Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Hawaii announced today that former Maui Police Department (MPD) Officer Anthony Maldonado, 29, of Kahului, Hawaii, was sentenced yesterday by Senior United States District Judge Helen Gillmor of the District of Hawaii to 24 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and required to pay $1,917.70 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Lance Wilson, 31, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Santa Fe, N.M., to 60 months in prison for his conviction on an assault charge. Wilson will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the conviction of SHAWN ROBERT DOOLING, 52, for orchestrating a multi-million dollar wind energy fraud scheme. Following a six-day trial before U.S. District Judge Paul A. Magnuson, the jury found DOOLING guilty on all counts.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: Mauricio Alvarez, 49, of Miami, Florida, pled guilty today, before U.S. District Court Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga, to misconduct or neglect of a ship officer that resulted in the death of an individual, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1115.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: GUNNISON, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Gunnison Field Office in partnership with the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DRMS) will close 25 abandoned mine features on the Alpine Loop Scenic Byway between Silverton and Lake City beginning on Sept. 4, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA. - A resident of Sewickley, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of unlawfully distributing controlled substances, conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and health care fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2018 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today unveiled a new webpage featuring information about the importance of rural e-Connectivity and the ways the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing to help deploy high-speed broadband infrastructure in rural America.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Hawaii announced today that former Maui Police Department (MPD) Officer Anthony Maldonado, 29, of Kahului, Hawaii, was sentenced yesterday by Senior United States District Judge Helen Gillmor of the District of Hawaii to 24 months ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice established the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, when billions of dollars in federal disaster relief poured into the Gulf Coast region, which opened opportunities for criminals to exploit people during vulnerable times. The NCDF, a ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) today announced 57 grants totaling over $18 million to help campuses respond to the crimes of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking. OVW’s Grants to Reduce Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) today announced 54 grants totaling $32 million through its Improving the Criminal Justice Response to Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that it reached a settlement agreement with Clifford Chance US LLP, a large, international law firm with its U.S. headquarters located in New York. This agreement resolves the Department’s investigation into whether the law firm engaged in hiring discrimination ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Montgomery, Alabama returned an indictment, which was unsealed today, against a resident of Phenix City, Alabama for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin Sr. for the Middle District of Alabama.
