News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Alabama Resident and Ringleader of Multi-Million Dollar Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Schemes Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Oversight and Investigations Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on “Examining U.S. Public Health Preparedness for and Response Efforts to Seasonal Influenza:"
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: The former owner and chief executive officer of a Nashville, Tennessee-based telemarketing company pleaded guilty this morning to overseeing a fraudulent scheme in which limited-benefit health plans were sold to consumers as traditional health insurance, and to violating a federal court order that in...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Raleigh has returned indictments charging BERNABE RAMIREZ-RAMIREZ, age 22, of Mexico, DOMINGO BARTOLON-LOPEZ, age 29, of Mexico with Illegal Reentry of a Deported Alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: Defendant Admits Making Unauthorized Charges, Writing Fraudulent Checks.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA). Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Hearing on “Implementation of Coast Guard Programs". March 7, 2018. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). The Subcommittee is convening today to examine the implementation of certain Coast Guard programs, including...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Reno man pleaded guilty yesterday to robbing a US Bank located inside a Safeway, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson of the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Logan County man pled guilty today to a federal gun crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Joshua Edie, 34, of Chapmanville, entered his guilty plea to being a prohibited person in possession of firearms. U.S. Attorney Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the Chapmanville Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: Series Will Focus on Impact and Effective Response WASHINGTON, March 7, 2018 – Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced USDA is hosting a series of monthly roundtables on opioids through the summer.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: In a speech to the California Peace Officers' Association’s Legislative Day, Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced that the Justice Department has filed a legal action against the State of California, Governor of California Jerry Brown, and Attorney General of California Xavier Becerra, seeking ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: Today, the Department of Justice entered into a conditional settlement agreement with the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and will begin to produce additional documents related to Operation Fast and Furious. The conditional settlement agreement, filed in federal court in Washington D.C., would end six years of litigation arising out of the previous administration’s refusal to produce documents requested by the Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: UPMC Hamot (Hamot), a hospital based in Erie, Pennsylvania – and now affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) – and Medicor Associates Inc. (Medicor), a regional physician cardiology practice, have agreed to pay the government $20,750,000 to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: The former owner and chief executive officer of a Nashville, Tennessee-based telemarketing company pleaded guilty this morning to overseeing a fraudulent scheme in which limited-benefit health plans were sold to consumers as traditional health insurance, and to violating a federal court order that in ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: A paralegal specialist for the San Diego Division of the FBI pleaded guilty today to embezzling nearly $160,000 in government funds, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Special Agent in Charge James K. Cheng of the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General’s Los Angeles Field Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that an officer at the Leflore County Juvenile Detention Center in Greenwood, Mississippi was charged with assaulting two juveniles in his custody. The indictment, which was returned on Feb. 21, 2018 but unsealed today, alleges that Edward Gibson, 28, punched ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: The former employee of a New Orleans law firm pleaded guilty today to tax evasion, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Interim U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans for the Eastern District of Louisiana. According to court documents, ...
By Labor Gazette | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON, TX – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, a Houston-based pool construction company, South Bay Gunite Inc., will pay $115,786 in back wages to 68 employees to resolve violations of the overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: BENSALEM, PA – The U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Strong Contractors Inc., a Bensalem carpentry framing company, for safety and health hazards at a worksite in Lansdale. The company has been fined $213,318.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, FL – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Jax Utilities Management Inc., a Jacksonville utilities contractor, for exposing employees to trenching hazards. The company faces proposed penalties of $271,606.
By DOE Gazette | Mar 7, 2018
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
