News from January 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the agency has, three months ahead of schedule, completed the removal of Social Security numbers from Medicare cards.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that former Richwood Correctional Center officer, David Parker, pleaded guilty on Jan. 17, 2019 in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to cover up the physical assault of five inmates by himself and other correctional officers in violation of the Constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM recently awarded the Savannah River Site management and operations contractor more than $22.5 million of an available $24.4 million fee for its performance evaluation period of Oct. 1, 2017 through July 31, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Longville woman pleaded guilty on Jan. 24, 2019 to stealing more than $265,000 from her employer and failing to report the income on her tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - On Monday, a federal jury found Stephen J. Dougan, 59, formerly of Granite Bay, guilty of one count of corruptly endeavoring to impede the due administration of the Internal Revenue Laws, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Thomas Abeyta, 35, of Alamo, N.M., made an initial appearance in federal court today on charges of aggravated sexual abuse in Indian Country.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - North Wind Solutions, which operates EM Oak Ridge’s Transuranic Waste Processing Center (TWPC), earned nearly $383,000, or 97 percent of the available fee for the performance evaluation period of Oct. 27, 2017 through Oct. 26, 2018, according to a recently released fee determination letter.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: A jury convicted a Cleveland man on all 14 counts related to using a firearm to deal fentanyl, heroin and other drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A retired Massachusetts State Police Lieutenant pleaded guilty today in connection with the ongoing investigation of overtime abuse at the Massachusetts State Police (MSP).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a West Monroe felon pleaded guilty on Jan. 17, 2019 to unlawfully possessing a pistol.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - San Bernardino man sentenced to more than five years in prison after selling drugs to law enforcement. Maher Diab, 41, was sentenced to 68 months in prions and five years of supervised release on Jan. 14 after being found guilty by a jury earlier this month for distribution of more than five grams of methamphetamine in a controlled purchase organized by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in July 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that a Mississippi couple, KIMBERLY HOMRIGHAUSEN, age 42, and RICHARD HOMRIGHAUSEN, age 35, were charged on Jan. 22, 2019, with conspiracy to pay and receive kickbacks related to compounded medications paid for by TRICARE, a federally funded health care benefit program that serves United States military personnel and their families.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Winnemucca tax preparer was sentenced today to a total of five years in federal prison for his role in a tax return conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Tara Sullivan for the IRS-Criminal Investigation.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, today announced the members who will serve as Republican leaders and members of the five subcommittees for the 116th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A 39-year-old Melissa, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A North Las Vegas resident was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for distributing images of child pornography to his Tumblr account, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich of the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Raymond Brenneis, 59, of Rumford, Maine, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to three years of probation for Social Security fraud and theft of public money. He was also ordered to pay $51,289 in restitution to the Social Security Administration (“SSA"), and $2,376 in restitution to the Maine Department of Health & Human Services (“ME/DHHS").
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 33-year-old Jasper, Texas woman has been sentenced to 320 months in federal prison for child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after publishing a discussion draft of the Tax Technical and Clerical Corrections Act...
