News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Everton Jones, 22, currently residing in Lewiston, was arrested in New York and charged today by criminal complaint in U.S. District Court with distribution of cocaine base, commonly known as “crack.".
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - In a letter sent today to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Representative Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) called on the SEC to investigate whether Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JUDIE OLIVERA was sentenced today to a term of 40 years in prison for her role in the May 2012 home-invasion robbery of victim Miles Klein, which resulted in Klein’s death. On June 26, 2018, GIBRON LOPEZ ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The largest ever health care fraud enforcement action by the Department of Justice includes four Nevada residents who were charged with conspiracy to distribute prescription opioids and health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, in partnership with the Atlanta-Carolinas High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Program, have released an opioid public service announcement to remind Georgians that the opioid epidemic demands the urgent attention of everyone in our community.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - Several Chicago-area medical professionals, including four physicians, are facing federal criminal charges as part of the largest health care fraud enforcement action in Department of Justice history, federal authorities announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: Has Four Prior Drug Trafficking Convictions.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - More than 50 people, including a reputed gang member, are facing criminal charges as part of a joint federal and state investigation into heroin and fentanyl sales in the city’s West Side.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Hopewell Township, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of distribution of fentanyl, which he acknowledged caused the death of a victim identified as L.K., United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
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...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A 58-year-old an illegal alien from Mexico has been sentenced following his conviction of harboring illegal aliens, using a firearm during a crime of violence, illegal re-entry and being an alien in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. J. Matias Picazo-Lucas pleaded guilty March 7, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: National Park Service staff at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial look forward to welcoming visitors to the Outer Banks over the Independence Day holiday next week.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that on June 20, 2018, a grand jury in New Haven returned a 12-count indictment charging ERIC TINGLEY, 42, formerly...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Mountain Medical Services (Mountain Medical) and its owner, Michael Pond, M.D., have agreed to pay $110,000 under the False Claims Act to resolve allegations that they knowingly billed the federal government for services at a higher rate than appropriate, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith.
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 by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, involving 590+ charged defendants across 56 federal districts, including...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the release of grants to help aid in the country’s response to the opioid crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Grandview, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a three-months-long conspiracy that included at least 27 armed robberies, culminating in the armed robbery of a Walgreens in Blue Springs, Mo., in which a suspect was fatally shot by law enforcement officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that former New York State Senator Marc Panepinto, 53, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael J. Roemer to promise of employment, compensation, or other benefit for political activity. The charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: BOISE - U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho Bart M. Davis is alerting the public of several nationwide imposter scams involving individuals claiming to be U.S. Marshals, court officers, or other law enforcement officials. U.S. Attorney Davis is urging people to report the calls their local FBI office...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the release of grants to help aid in the country’s response to the opioid crisis.
