News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: Orlando, FL - The owner of an Orlando-area pharmacy, who was also a licensed pharmacist, was sentenced today for his role in a kickback scheme involving pain and scar creams that resulted in the payment of approximately $4.3 million in false and fraudulent claims to TRICARE. TRICARE provides coverage for active duty military members and their families, as well as retired veterans.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: DUBLIN, GA: On March 23, 2018, the United States filed a civil forfeiture complaint seeking the possession of 63 pit bull-type dogs that were allegedly involved in a dog fighting venture in violation of the federal Animal Welfare Act. Pursuant to a federal warrant, the animals were seized on March 19...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass. - Rangers and volunteers are excited to greet spring and the local and visiting families it brings. The national seashore has a wide variety of activities planned that will entice children of all ages, history buffs, and nature enthusiasts - no matter the weather. All activities are free.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Neal Edmond Brown, 46, of Canyon, Texas, was sentenced this week by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 135 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in November 2017 to possession of prepubescent child pornography, announced Erin Nealy Cox, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: MILLS, Wyoming -- The Bureau of Reclamation has scheduled a North Platte River Water Information Meeting in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. - A sizable amount of marijuana and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash were seized in Pleasantville Thursday following an investigation by members of a multi-agency Westchester County narcotics task force.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Subcommittee on Environment Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), and Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH), today issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new final determination as part of the Mid-Term Evaluation process for model year 2022-2025 vehicle standards.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - A South Carolina resident, Travis Daron Pitts, 51, was sentenced this morning by Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 120 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in November 2017 to one count of enticement and attempted enticement of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Shamari Delresse Jones, a/k/a “Amari," age 33, of Columbia, plead guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2)...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: Orlando, FL - The owner of an Orlando-area pharmacy, who was also a licensed pharmacist, was sentenced today for his role in a kickback scheme involving pain and scar creams that resulted in the payment of approximately $4.3 million in false and fraudulent claims to TRICARE. TRICARE provides coverage for active duty military members and their families, as well as retired veterans.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: Skagway - Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park and the Vanishing Treasures Program offer a free Log Preservation and Repair Intensive Workshop April 10-19. The workshop focuses on the hands-on skills necessary for repairing and reusing historic log structures. Participants will be working together on an actual structure. The goal is to complete a log cabin by the end of the workshop.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) released this statement following the announcement that Attorney General Jeff Sessions will tap U.S. Attorney John W. Huber to investigate the actions...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Neal Edmond Brown, 46, of Canyon, Texas, was sentenced this week by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 135 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in November 2017 to possession of prepubescent child pornography, announced Erin Nealy Cox, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca District, Black Rock Field Office, Friends of Black Rock-High Rock (FBR), Friends of Nevada Wilderness and Nevada Outdoor School are hosting the annual Black Rock Rendezvous event May 25-28 at the Black Rock Desert.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Elozer Porges and Joel Lowy pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud relating to their participation in a multi-million dollar fraud scheme. Porges and Lowy committed this fraud while serving in the administrative offices of Central...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: On March 26, 2018, a Lake Worth resident was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge Kenneth A. Marra to a total of 20 years in federal prison for producing and transmitting child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Needles Field Office is seeking public comment on an environmental assessment for a proposed communications site at Halloran Springs, San Bernardino County, approximately 13 miles northeast of the community of Baker, just northerly of the I-15.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The owner of a Canadian telemarketing operation was convicted yesterday by a federal jury of mail and wire fraud for having orchestrated a bogus telemarketing scheme that defrauded at least 60,000 victims of over $18 million dollars.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Subcommittee on Environment Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), and Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH), today issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new final determination as part of the Mid-Term Evaluation process for model year 2022-2025 vehicle standards.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: TUPELO, MS: “After 29 years of service on the Natchez Trace Parkway, Michael (Mickey) Phillips retires today, and the Parkway loses a wealth of institutional knowledge," stated Chief of Maintenance Barry Boyd. “Ever since October 1989, Mickey has been a consistent and productive member of the Tupelo maintenance crew.".
