News from June 2018
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: ATLANTA - The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the largest ever health care fraud enforcement action by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, involving 590+ charged defendants across 56 federal districts, including 150+ doctors, nurses, and other...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama this week charged five employees, including a district and an operations manager, of an Alabama-based compounding pharmacy with participating in a conspiracy to generate prescriptions and defraud health care insurers and prescription drug administrators out of tens of millions of dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: National Enforcement Action Brings Charges against 601 Individuals Responsible for Over $2 Billion in Fraud Losses and 84 Opioid Cases Involving 13 Million Illegal Dosages.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - In another massive law enforcement action targeting health care fraud, federal authorities here announced today criminal cases naming a total of 33 defendants - including doctors, pharmacists and an attorney - who have been charged in a wide-range of schemes that collectively attempted to bilk public and private insurance programs out of more than $660 million.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A new report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommends that the Department of Energy (DOE) take several steps to modernize the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The Fourth of July is quickly approaching, and for those planning to get outdoors on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, there are some very important things to remember before you venture out for a day or weekend of fun. The most important reminders are to be safe, responsible and diligent in how you use and leave public land.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ELTON WELLS, age 39, and JUSTIN CRAFT, age 29, of New Orleans, were sentenced today after pleading guilty to several drug charges, including conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute one hundred grams or more of heroin. CRAFT also pled...
By State Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: nd Security Act, offered by Representatives McCaul and Kelly, includes a provision I authored requiring all U.S. government employees traveling abroad on official business to receive a security briefing from the State Department on potential threats. Frankly, it is shocking that this isn’t already required.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Brandon Mardell Woods, 33, of St. Louis, was charged in a federal indictment charging him with two felony count of interference with commerce by threats or violence; two felony counts of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence; two felony counts of carjacking; and one felony count of felon in possession of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) will issue a prospectus on June 28, 2018 soliciting proposals for a concession contract for marina services at the Kettle Falls Marina located within Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS - 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: An Akron man was indicted on federal drug and firearms charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A new report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommends that the Department of Energy (DOE) take several steps to modernize the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - Two men were arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston in connection with illegally using the identity of another individual to apply for two business loans.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: BISMARCK, N.D. -- The Bureau of Reclamation would like to notify the public that discharging and/or possession of "Fireworks" is illegal on all U.S. Bureau of Reclamation land as per the Code of Federal Regulations (43 CFR Part 423.30).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Valerie Chu (619) 546-6750.
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 EPA Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A new report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommends that the Department of Energy (DOE) take several steps to modernize the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).
By USDA Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - One large step closer to delivering on promised certainty, U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announce the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 passed the Senate on a strong bipartisan 86-11 vote.
