News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Terrence Sawtelle, a/k/a “Terry," 49, of Dexter, Maine pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to conspiring to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: SAVANNAH, Ga. - Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS") Secretary Alex M. Azar III, announced today the largest ever health care fraud enforcement action involving 601 charged defendants across 58 federal districts, including 165 doctors, nurses and other licensed...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex M. Azar III, announced today the largest ever health care fraud enforcement action involving 601 charged defendants across 58 federal districts, including 165 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals, for their alleged participation in health care fraud schemes involving more than $2 billion in false billings.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: Used various social media accounts to communicate vulgar and sexually explicit messages to young women.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: Business Owner Who was Arrested as Part of Operation Wire-Wire Sentenced to Seven Years in State Prison for Laundering Money in a Business E-mail Compromise Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that THOMAS J. HALLERAN, 36, of Cheshire, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, heroin and/or fentanyl.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), Boston served an arrest warrant for a Brazilian national after his arrest June 22 by the Barnstable County Sheriff’s office on charges of rape, assault and battery and solicitation of a felony. The man...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lake Havasu Field Office is extending the deadline by 45 days for the public comment for the Bouse and Cactus Plain Travel Management Plan and Environmental Assessment. The new deadline for public comment is Aug. 13.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: Largest National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action in Department of Justice History Resulted in Total of 76 Doctors Charged and 84 Opioid Cases Involving More Than 13 Million Illegal Dosages of Opioids.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., June 28, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today reassured America’s farmers, ranchers, foresters, and producers that they will not have to bear the brunt of China’s retaliatory tariffs resulting from trade disputes. President Trump has been holding China accountable for its history of unfair trade practices and intellectual property theft. Perdue made the remarks during an appearance on CNBC’s Squawk Box this morning.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., June 28, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today highlighted a new report showing the positive impacts of President Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) on American farms. Six months after the President signed the tax cuts and reforms into law, the U.S. Department ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 28, 2018 – A new study from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows that when it comes to handwashing before meals, consumers are failing to properly clean their hands 97 percent of the time. Rushed handwashing can lead to cross-contamination of food and other surfaces, resulting in foodborne illness.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex M. Azar III, announced today the largest ever health care fraud enforcement action involving 601 charged defendants across 58 federal districts, including 165 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: A Honduran man pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday for his role in a conspiracy to launder into the United States more than $1.3 million in foreign bribe payments and public funds from the Republic of Honduras. Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Deputy Director Thomas D. Homan of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: The former chief financial officer of Bankrate Inc., a publicly traded financial services and marketing company formerly headquartered in North Palm Beach, Florida, pleaded guilty today for his role in orchestrating an accounting and securities fraud scheme that caused more than $25 million in shareholder losses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: Former Chief Counsel Raphael A. Sanchez of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Office of Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA) was sentenced to 48 months in prison for a wire fraud and aggravated identity theft scheme involving the identities of numerous aliens, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and ICE Principal Legal Advisor Tracy Short.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury in London, Kentucky, today returned a two-count indictment charging Brandon McIntosh, a former deputy of the Rockcastle County Sheriff’s Office, with violating the civil rights of an arrestee by using excessive force against him and then filing a false report to obstruct the investigation of that assault.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice today posted solicitations for four public safety grants. Applicants for these FY 2018 grants will be required to certify compliance with new conditions to these grants that will increase information sharing and other cooperation between federal, state, and local law enforcement. These new grant conditions will ensure that federal immigration authorities have the information they need to enforce immigration laws and keep our communities safe.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: As part of its annual examination of the capital planning practices of the nation's largest banks, the Federal Reserve Board on Thursday did not object to the capital plans of 34 firms and objected to the capital plan of one firm.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland on Thursday published Browsing to Borrow: "Mom & Pop" Small Business Perspectives on Online Lenders. The report examines small business owners' perceptions of online lenders and their understanding and interpretation of the information that online lenders use to describe their credit products.
