News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Allegany, New York has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of theft of mail by postal employee, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced it will hold a meeting of the Utah Resource Advisory Council (RAC) and Recreation Resource Advisory Council (RRAC). The public is welcome to attend the meeting on Jan. 10-11, 2019, at the BLM Utah State Office, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84101. On Jan. 10, the RAC will meet from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. On Jan. 11, the RAC will meet from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Dec. 10, 2018, Jason W. Junek (age: 42) of Hortonville, Wisconsin, was sentenced by Chief District Judge William C. Griesbach to 15 years in federal prison for sexual exploitation of minor children...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore. - Gonzalo Manzo, 33, of Fresno, California, was sentenced today to 188 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY -- Benjamin D. George and Jody C. Rookstool, and their company, Western Medical Group, have agreed to pay $1,634,844 million to settle False Claims Act allegations, U.S. Attorney for Utah John W. Huber announced today. The settlement concerns conduct initiated by Western Medical and concludes two qui tam actions filed by whistleblowers in December 2013 and February 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: * Steamboat Geyser erupted at about 1:07 a.m. on Saturday, December 8, 2018, and set a new record.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of RYAN RANDALL GILBERTSON, 42, founder of Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc., to 144 months in federal prison, a $2 million fine, and over $15 million in restitution. GILBERTSON was sentenced today by Judge Patrick J. Schiltz in U.S...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on December 6, 2018, Steven Horton, age 40, of Glenwood, was sentenced to 84 months in prison to be followed by 10 years of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose. The defendant pleaded guilty to accessing child pornography on July 24, 2018.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces plenary speakers for the 2019 Agricultural Outlook Forum (AOF), to be held Feb. 21–22, 2019, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Va.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Dec. 11, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today praised the announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers that they are fulfilling President Trump’s pledge to repeal and replace the Waters of the United States rule.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: The United States has intervened in a complaint against Sutter Health LLC, a California-based healthcare services provider, and an affiliated entity, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, (collectively “Sutter”) that alleges that Sutter violated the False Claims Act by submitting inaccurate information about ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: In the Eastern District of North Carolina, a New York resident was sentenced to serve 46 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division. According to court documents, Elias ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice announced that it has received a court order yesterday awarding the United States $857,868 in civil penalties, along with other relief, in the Department’s immigration-related employment discrimination lawsuit against Louisiana-based Technical Marine Maintenance Texas LLC (TMMTX), ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: Three individuals in Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty this week to conspiring to steal more than $2 million in tax refunds from 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 Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ – A U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found that Yuma Regional Medical Center – based in Yuma, Arizona – failed to provide adequate breaks and accommodations for nursing mothers attempting to express breast milk while on the job, violating the Break Time for Nursing Mothers provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By State News Post | Dec 11, 2018
The US State Department published a one page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 11, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 11, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 11, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 11, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
