News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A jury convicted a Hilliard couple of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and health care fraud yesterday evening following a two-week trial before U.S. District Judge Algenon L. Marbley.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Aseante Romaree Taylor, 21, of Gulfport, entered a guilty plea yesterday before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to theft of a firearm from a licensed firearms dealer, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: FORT WAYNE -Valentina Marinkovic, 18, of Romania, had a six count indictment returned against her, one count for executing a scheme to defraud a financial institution and 5 counts for possessing access device making equipment, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By State Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding reports that the Trump Administration will withdraw all American troops from Syria...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Health Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed four public health bills. The bills now head to President Trump’s desk to be signed into law.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A former Franklin Township police officer has pleaded guilty to using excessive force as a law enforcement officer.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TX - A National Park Service plan has been finalized to protect the natural and cultural resources of Big Bend National Park from the harmful effects of non-native plants, such as African buffelgrass, Lehman lovegrass, and tamarisk (saltcedar).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - DeAndre Spencer, age 27, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to an armed carjacking.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -Two Birmingham men pled guilty in federal court to carjacking and the use of a firearm during a violent crime, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: A Solon man was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to defraud the Cleveland Clinic out of more than $2.7 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Reno man who actively sought babysitting opportunities with families with young girls so he could potentially exploit the children was sentenced Tuesday to 84 months in prison to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Dr. Irfan Siddiqui and his vascular surgery practice, Heart and Vascular Institute of Florida (HAVI), have agreed to pay the United States $2,230,000 to resolve allegations that, from Jan. 2, 2011, to June 30, 2018, Dr. Siddiqui and HAVI violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to federal health programs for reimbursement of vein ablation procedures.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, man who was arrested with three kilograms of heroin, a loaded, stolen Glock 22 pistol with a high-capacity magazine, and tens of thousands of dollars in cash in his possession made his initial court appearance today in Newark federal court, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today released a report summarizing its findings after concluding its bipartisan investigation into allegations of opioid-dumping in West Virginia. The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), spent more than 18 months investigating large quantities of opioids sent to rural towns.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Morgan County Sheriff ANA WOODARD FRANKLIN has been charged in a one-count information charging failure to file a tax return announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and IRS-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Thomas J. Holloman.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kelly D. Brady, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, announced that DAVID McKEMMIE, JR., 30, of Windsor, was arrested today and charged by federal criminal complaint with possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement after the Senate failed to pass the bipartisan SELF DRIVE Act during the 115th Congress. This landmark legislation would have established the first national framework for the safe and innovative development of self driving cars in the U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Five Kansas City, Mo., area residents were charged in federal court today for their roles in a drug-trafficking conspiracy after law enforcement officers seized approximately 25 pounds of methamphetamine during an undercover operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Kevin Caramucci, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the IRS-Criminal Investigation Dallas Field Office, and Gary Smith, Special Agent in Charge, Southern Field Division, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), announced that Chief United States District Judge Brian S. Miller has sentenced John and Wendy Dunn for their roles in defrauding the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that the Honorable Richard G. Andrews sentenced former Wilmington Trust Chief Credit Officer William North, age 59, to 54 months’ imprisonment and a $100,000.00 fine. Judge Andrews also sentenced former Wilmington Trust Controller Kevyn Rakowski, age 65, to 36 months’ imprisonment.
