News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - JIMMY WAYNE SMITH, 37, of Oklahoma City, has pleaded guilty to using interstate wire communications to defraud his employer of hundreds of thousands of dollars, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Ohio County Magistrate Harry A. Radcliffe, III, has admitted to tax fraud, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Jonathan D. Larsen, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Two men have been sentenced in federal court in Boston for their roles in a cocaine conspiracy operating in and around the Taunton and Worcester areas.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: WINTER HARBOR, MAINE - On Saturday May 11 join park rangers to celebrate “Junior Ranger Day" with a day full of free family activities and outdoor events. Meet at Eliot Hall on the Schoodic Point campus near the water tower, rain or shine. Event is open from 1-4 pm and geared toward children ages 12 and under accompanied by an adult.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: OAKLAND -Cardelle Divon Peter was sentenced to 80 months in prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition after having been previously convicted of a felony, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed down today by the Honorable Jeffrey S. White, United States District Judge.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA), Subcommittee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR), and...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that US WorldMeds LLC (USWM) has agreed to pay $17.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., by paying kickbacks to patients and physicians to improperly induce prescriptions of its drugs, Apokyn® and Myobloc®. USWM is a pharmaceutical manufacturer headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - Representatives from EM, cleanup contractor CH2MHILL BWXT West Valley (CHBWV), and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) recently presented checks to Bertrand Chaffee Hospital, Mercy Flight, and the West Valley Fire District 1 on behalf of the West...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: A former resident of Fort Lauderdale, Florida was sentenced to over twelve years in prison and ordered to pay over $7 million in restitution for orchestrating an international property fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A total of six men are now in custody following the return of a 41-count indictment alleging a cocaine and marijuana trafficking conspiracy, conspiracy to commit money laundering and 39 substantive drug and money laundering violations, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
Release: LIHUE, Hawaii - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hosting a two-day recruitment event later this week to hire Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) to work at Lihue Airport (LIH).
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON -The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) today released the inaugural set of National Critical Functions. These are functions used or supported by government and the private sector that are of such vital importance to the United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A California man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for distributing methamphetamine from California to Massachusetts.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Has Extensive Criminal History Including Six Violent Offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Donald Ray White, 69, Hannibal, MO, was sentenced to a year and a day in prison and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $289,412.02 for embezzling monies from Antioch Baptist Church of Hannibal in which he was the treasurer in a scheme that lasted over two decades.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: COVE CREEK, Ark. - EM and the University of Arkansas collaborated to successfully complete the decommissioning of a 1960s-era nuclear reactor this month.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- An Ironton, Ohio man who possessed drugs and guns in Huntington was sentenced to eight years in prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Stuart commended the investigation conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) and the Huntington Police Department.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee today released the draft fiscal year 2020 Legislative Branch funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. The legislation funds the Legislative Branch of the U.S. government, including the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressional Budget Office, and Capitol Police.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Senate Finance Committee today released a report finding Medicaid’s supplemental payments, totaling approximately $50 billion in federal spending annually, often lack basic transparency and largely lack auditing tools to ensure taxpayer dollars are being spent appropriately or effectively.
