News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces today that Kevin Rakin, the former Chairman and CEO of Advanced BioHealing (ABH), has agreed to pay the government $2.5 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that he knowingly allowed ABH sales representatives to use kickbacks...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2019
News Release: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is seeking public comment regarding the implementation of a $14 per night camping fee for the Beehives Primitive Campground at Ferry Swale. Public comments will be accepted from June 6 through July 24, 2019. The Beehives Primitive Campground is located near Page...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 6, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a hearing on legislation to address hazards found in everyday products...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 6, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited ASARCO - a metal smelting company - for electrical hazards after an arc flash caused three workers to suffer severe burns at its facility in Hayden, Arizona. The company faces $278,456 in penalties for two willful violations and one serious violation.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2019
News Release: At approximately 1:30 p.m. on June 5, 2019, rangers at the Buffalo Point Visitor Center were notified that a man was unresponsive near the Buffalo Point river access in the park’s Lower District.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2019
News Release: Anthony Dobbins, 51, of East St. Louis, Illinois, will serve 201 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine, influencing a federal official by threat, and mailing threatening communications, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Steven D. Weinhoeft, announced today. Dobbins committed his offenses while on federal supervised release for a 2001 armed bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2019
News Release: Defendant Filed a Fraudulent Will to Have Victim’s Body Cremated and Her Estate Transferred to Him.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Dr. Nathan Hanflink of Mt. Dora, Florida, agreed to pay $911,136.75 to settle allegations that he received improper payments for making referrals to Greensburg, Pennsylvania drug testing lab Universal Oral Fluid Laboratories, and caused false claims to be submitted to Medicare for drug testing services, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2019
News Release: Dan Johnson Sentenced to Over One Year in Prison After Improperly Charging Over $44,000 to Office Credit Card.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal indictment against NATHAN DANIEL BROOKS, 37, charging him with three counts of possessing contraband in prison. BROOKS made his initial appearance today before Magistrate Judge Leo I. Brisbois in U.S. District Court in Duluth, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., area man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 6, 2019
News Release: Dear Secretary Azar and Administrator Verma...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Martin Anderson, of New Martinsville, West Virginia, had his initial appearance in federal court today after being indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in Wheeling this week for firearms violations, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2019
News Release: Distributed Drugs and Was Present When Another MMP Member Shot a Victim Multiple Times in the Head and Chest Outside a Downtown Baltimore Nightclub.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 6, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Thursday, June 13, at 10 am in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building on nuclear waste cleanup. The hearing is entitled, “Cleaning Up Communities: Ensuring Safe Storage and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel."
By DOL Newswire | Jun 6, 2019
News Release: Senator Murray, joined by patients, shared stories of families struggling with prescription drug costs and outlined her plans to help bring costs down
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Jay B. Ledford, age 55, of Westlake, Texas and Las Vegas, Nevada pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and a money-laundering transaction in excess of $10,000, arising from a $550 million investment fraud scheme that operated from 2013...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 6, 2019
News Release: “I’m glad the FCC took action to allow more blocking of robocalls, but I’m disappointed the Commission’s ruling doesn’t ensure consumers don’t foot the bill for stopping these calls. Consumers should not have to pay one cent more of their hard-earned money to get rid of these illegal and unwanted calls. The Committee will markup consumer-focused legislation soon to stop the robocall epidemic."
By EPA Newswire | Jun 6, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Thursday, June 13, at 10 am in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building on nuclear waste cleanup. The hearing is entitled, “Cleaning Up Communities: Ensuring Safe Storage and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel."
By DOE Newswire | Jun 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to allow phone companies to automatically block illegal and unwanted robocalls from reaching consumers.
