News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A North Tonawanda, New York, man today admitted running a large-scale scheme to defraud private and federally-funded health care benefit programs out of millions of dollars by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary compounded medications, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: Charges Include Drug Conspiracy And Counterfeiting.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site will increase its application processing fees for special park use permits and film permits from $50 to $100 beginning on March 15, 2018. The application fee is non-refundable and reimburses the park for expenses associated with processing the application.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Virginia man has admitted to bank fraud, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that today the grand jury returned an indictment charging Timothy Brian Burnette, age 40, of Union Point, Georgia, with two counts of attempted production of child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ahead of tomorrow’s 10 a.m. hearing on Republican calls to further degrade environmental protections along the U.S. border with Mexico, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Donald McEachin...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy and obstruction of justice.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), held a hearing today continuing its record of oversight of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
By DOE Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on “Examining the Impact of Health Care Consolidation:"
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Daneille Archambault, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug distribution charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing examining the New Source Review (NSR) permitting program within the Environment Protection Agency (EPA).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Graham Allen Helms, age 30, of Durant, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 40 months imprisonment, and 3 years supervised release for two counts of Bank Robbery, in violation of Title 18, United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Denise Taylor, age 55, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $21,798.00 for Embezzlement and Theft from an Indian Tribal Organization, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1163. The charge arose from an investigation by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS) today held a hearing reviewing consolidation trends in the health care sector, the reasons behind those trends, and the effects they have on the cost and quality of care.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Virginia man has admitted to bank fraud, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today advanced three bipartisan bills to the House of Representatives for consideration.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: The Congressional Task Force on Election Security, chaired by House Committee on Homeland Security Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) and Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Robert Brady (D-PA) released its FINAL REPORT including ten specific recommendations on what the federal government...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Today U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced the arrest of 18 federal defendants on narcotics and weapons-related charges as part of a multi-agency law enforcement investigation into coordinated criminal activity in Woodland, California. The U.S. Attorney was joined in announcing...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on the Environment hearing titled “New Source Review Permitting Challenges for Manufacturing and Infrastructure:"
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of bank fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
