News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that local efforts to increase violent crime prosecutions in the Acadiana area are having a substantial impact.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: Defendant Stole Victim’s Car, Rode Off With Her in It, Tried to Stab Her Before She Jumped Out.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Dr. Jayam Krishna Iyer (66, Clearwater) today pleaded guilty to one count of health care fraud. She faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison, or 20 years, if her offense involves serious bodily injury. As part of the plea, Iyer has agreed to surrender both her DEA registration number that she used to prescribe controlled substances and her Florida medical license, and to a permanent exclusion from the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK - Raymond P. Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Special Operations Division, along with Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Lajbar Lajaward Khan, aka “Haji Lajaward," and Amal Said Said...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: Benjamin G. Greenberg, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Special Agent in Charge Ari C. Shapira for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Miami Field Division; Special Agent in Charge Robert Lasky for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man pleaded guilty Tuesday to robbing a liquor store, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A New York resident has been sentenced in federal court to 60 months in jail on his conviction of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - EM Assistant Secretary Anne White says she is driving the environmental cleanup program forward toward a vision of getting work accomplished safely and completely, and sooner rather than later.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA. - A resident of Texas has been sentenced in federal court to 96 months’ imprisonment, followed by five years’ supervised release on his conviction of conspiring to distribute narcotics, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Thomas A. Gillespie, 44, of East Brady, PA, who was convicted of production of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 204 months in prison and eight years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: PRESS RELEASE. Indianapolis-United States Attorney Josh Minkler announced today that two men from the Muncie area, one a city employee, and the other, a local businessman, have been charged in two separate, but related, indictments in federal court. “The City of Muncie deserves better from its public...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: Oregon FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense Against Disaster Charity Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: This morning, Ariana Fajardo Orshan addressed the Office after being sworn in as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida. She succeeds Benjamin G. Greenberg, who has been serving as the chief federal law enforcement officer for the district since March 4, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) applauded the recent signing of H.R. 4318, the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) Act of 2017. Hatch introduced this legislation along with Ranking Member Wyden (D-Ore.), House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-Mass.) earlier this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA. - The former owner of a Bridgeville, PA Suboxone clinic pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of unlawfully distributing controlled substances and health care fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man admitted today that he possessed a firearm as a previously convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A man pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to using his home computer and printers to produce nearly $30,000 in counterfeit U.S. currency, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered opening remarks at the Committee’s latest hearing exploring ways to address high health care costs through transparency. In her remarks, Senator Murray...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Sheridan County, Wyoming, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses due to flooding that occurred between May 26 and June 21, 2019, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: Teton Interagency Firefighters continue to monitor the Leigh Canyon Fire in Grand Teton National Park, located about one mile above Leigh Canyon from the west side of Leigh Lake. No growth has been identified on the fire and is estimated at three and a half acres. Limited smoke may be visible from the fire area. The cause of the fire is unknown.
