News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - Health Management Associates, LLC (HMA), formerly a major U.S. hospital chain headquartered in Naples, Florida, will pay over $260 million to resolve criminal charges and civil claims relating to a scheme to defraud the United States, the Justice Department announced today. The government...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority (VCU), which operates VCU Medical Center and related healthcare facilities in Richmond, agreed to pay $3,994,151 to settle claims for billing overpayments paid by Medicare, Tricare, and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan (FEHB) for services rendered to patients.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Valentino Johnson was sentenced to 114 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Rayfield Roundtree. The sentence was handed down today by the Honorable Vince Chhabria, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Brian Douglas Sheaffer, age 56, of Port Royal, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Sept. 19, 2018, by a federal grand jury with ten counts of mail and wire fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: Put-in-Bay, Ohio - Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial is seeking your input on its Park Accessibility Management Plan. The Memorial has prepared the plan to guide how the park can become universally accessible for park visitors and employees. Preparation of a plan for transitioning to full...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain today announced a $55 million civil settlement with Health Management Associates (HMA) to resolve civil allegations relating to two hospitals in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The resolution of these claims in the Eastern District is part of a larger...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that a Skagway man has been sentenced in federal court for theft of government funds.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: Harkers Island, N.C. - The National Park Service Incident Management Team (IMT) is responding to national parks impacted by Hurricane Florence. At this time, 80 National Park Service employees from 34 parks and 19 states and the District of Columbia are assigned to the incident. The public should not enter closed areas of parks until stabilization and restoration efforts are complete.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Andrew Culliton, 38, of West Seneca, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, methamphetamine, was sentenced to 36 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: Department of Justice Announces the Rollout of an Updated United States Attorneys’ Manual.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Pablo Lugo III, 27, of Lockport, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to possession with intent to distribute, and distribution, of fentanyl. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Hollis Lee Ball, age 45, of Virginia, was sentenced on Sept. 24, 2018, by United States District Court Judge John E. Jones, III to 235 months’ imprisonment followed by a life term of supervised release for production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that an Anchorage woman was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy Burgess to serve eight months in federal prison for defrauding the state of Alaska Medicaid Program out of $90,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man was sentenced in federal court in Boston yesterday for his role in an opioid trafficking conspiracy involving the distribution of fentanyl, heroin, and oxycodone across Massachusetts and Florida.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS - In a public outreach success, the EM Nevada Program gave out 3,400 free activity books and lesson plans to teachers, students, and parents just in time for the 2018-2019 school year.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: (DILLON, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management’s Dillon Field Office is reviewing a plan of operations to remove a mine waste dump for further processing in Madison County.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: DETROIT - On Sept. 25, 2018, the Drug Enforcement Administration established the Southeast Michigan Regional Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Strike Force. This is an unprecedented step to co-locate so many federal as well as state and local resources to address the unique challenges in the southeast Michigan region.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
Release: 301-841-4040WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2018 - Today, Greg Ibach, Under Secretary for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Marketing and Regulatory Programs, announced USDA’s four overarching goals for advancing animal disease traceability to protect the long-term health, marketability and economic viability of the U.S. livestock industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: Health Management Associates, LLC (HMA), formerly a U.S. hospital chain headquartered in Naples, Florida, will pay over $260 million to resolve criminal charges and civil claims relating to a scheme to defraud the United States. The government alleged that HMA knowingly billed government health care...
By State Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement on House passage of the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 2018 (S. 1595)...
