News published on Federal Newswire in May 2019

News from May 2019


The US Transportation Department published a one page proposed rule on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page proposed rule on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a five page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Surgical Funding Facilitator and Physician Charged in Alleged Nationwide Scheme to Defraud Women in Connection with Transvaginal Mesh Litigation

News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, a six-count indictment was unsealed charging Wesley Blake Barber, the owner of Surgical Assistance Inc. and Medical Funding Consultants LLC, and Christopher Walker, a licensed urogynecologist and owner of MedSurg Holdings LLC, for their roles in an alleged scheme to defraud women across the United States in connection with surgeries to remove transvaginal mesh (TVM) implants.


Glendale Man Arrested on Federal Charges of Shooting Laser Pointer at Helicopter Operated by the City of Riverside

News Release: RIVERSIDE, CA-A Glendale man was arrested on Monday, May 20, 2019, on federal charges of intentionally aiming a laser pointer at a law enforcement helicopter.


News Release: Tampa, FL - The United States has filed a complaint in intervention against Doctor’s Choice Home Care Inc (Doctor’s Choice), Timothy Beach, and Stuart Christensen alleging False Claims Act violations arising from the alleged payment of kickbacks in the form of sham medical director agreements and payments...


Webster Parish Nonprofit Director Indicted for Stealing More Than $1 Million from Feeding Program

News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that Myrna Thomas Quarles, 58, of Cotton Valley, Louisiana, was indicted by a federal grand jury for taking more than $1 million from a federal feeding program meant for low-income children.


42 arrested throughout Colorado in one of the state's largest black-market marijuana takedowns

News Release: DENVER - Forty-two people were arrested this week in one of the largest black-market marijuana enforcement actions in Colorado history.


News Release: Following a five-day trial before U.S. District Court Judge Robert. N. Scola, Jr., a jury convicted Tamara Jeune, a/k/a “Tamara Voltaire", 44, of West Palm Beach, of criminal tax offenses arising out of a five-year scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).


Three Parents in College Admissions Case Plead Guilty

News Release: BOSTON - Three parents charged in the college admissions case pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston.


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man was sentenced on federal firearms charge, said United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Michael D. Williams, 50, was sentenced to 72 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and violating the terms of his supervised release. The investigation was conducted by the Charleston Police Department, with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).


Risch and Menendez Welcome President of Marshall Islands to U.S. Capitol

News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez, (D-N.J.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, met this week with President Hilda Heine of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.


St. Croix Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Possess Cocaine at Henry E. Rohlsen Airport

News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Don-Luke George, 24, of St. Croix, pled guilty on May 23, 2019, in District Court to one count of Conspiracy to Possess Cocaine with Intent to Distribute, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.