News from January 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - Following the arrests this morning of three defendants who allegedly operated “birth tourism" outfits that catered to Chinese clients, federal authorities today unsealed indictments that charge a total of 19 people linked to three schemes that operated across Southern California and charged clients tens of thousands of dollars to help them give birth in the United States.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced today that collaborative enforcement efforts led by its Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) component and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) resulted in the seizure of nearly 285,000 counterfeit sports-related items worth an estimated $24.2 million, and related investigations led to 28 arrests with 21 convictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - George Tomasack, age 47, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty to making a series of telephone bomb threats in October 2016 against the Pentagon Tours Office and a CNN news affiliate.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: A Miami resident was sentenced today to a total of thirteen years in federal prison for robbing a Miami Shores TD Bank Branch at gunpoint and discharging the firearm during the course of the robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - The University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHSC) at Houston has paid $2,396,769.76 to resolve allegations that its Human Genetics Center misappropriated grant funds the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provided for research related to the impact of genomic variation on individual health...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Tucson Field Office is offering a second round of free firewood permits for collecting downed wood at the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area (LCNCA) Feb. 2-28, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, NV - The Black Rock Field Office, Winnemucca District, Bureau of Land Management, will be seasonally closing a portion of the High Rock Canyon Road to vehicle use beginning February 3. The closure will be between the mouth of High Rock Canyon and about 5 miles below Stevens Camp.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park employees are happy to be back at work and are in the process of resuming all normal visitor services and operations. Park volunteers are also happy to be back, as they were unable to volunteer during the shutdown. Earlier this week our priority was processing payroll so...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH), ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - A federal jury has found Catrell Ivory (27, Orlando) guilty of two robberies, an attempted robbery, and two counts of brandishing a firearm during a robbery, in connection with a series of armed Walmart robberies he committed in Orlando. Ivory faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 24, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A suspect is in custody and charged in a criminal complaint with threatening interstate communication after attempting to ransom the parents of a woman from Tennessee, announced United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: MOAB, UT-With the enactment of the continuing resolution, Arches and Canyonlands national parks resumed operations this week.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Two Malaysian nationals were arrested today and charged with conspiring to illegally export firearms and firearm parts from the United States to an individual located in Hong Kong, China.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: A Los Angeles, California-based dentist pleaded guilty on Thursday to a March 2018 indictment charging him with health care fraud arising from his false and fraudulent billings for crowns and fillings, which were never provided to patients.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - With the enactment of the continuing resolution, staff at Acadia National Park are in the process of resuming full operations. The safety and well-being of park employees and visitors is the top priority during this process. Based on the lengthy duration of the closure, it will take some time to fully assess current conditions, address potential safety issues, and return systems to normal operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: Final defendant convicted in Operation Leaving Las Vegas, which charged 32 individuals.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Ryan Edward Offineer, age 41, of Muldrow, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment, 15 years’ supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $8,500.00 for Possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: Defendant Admitted to Making Profits in Excess of $3.5 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. -Jan. 31, 2019 - In collaboration with the Metro Nashville Police Department and Metropolitan Nashville Mayor David Briley, U.S. Attorney Don Cochran today announced “Project Safe Nashville," the city’s largest-ever interagency effort to fight gun crime.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: Dear Administrator Verma: The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) and the House Committee on Oversight and Reform are examining Medicaid fraud and the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Medicaid expansion. We write regarding a recent Louisiana state audit. State auditors...
