News from November 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count each of conspiracy to defraud the Pennsylvania Medicaid program and health care fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, December 4, at 10:30 am in the John D. Dingell Hearing Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Flu Season: U.S. Public Health Preparedness and Response."
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: Dr. Jeanne E. Germeil, 55, of Aventura, Florida was sentenced today to a total of 210 months in prison after having been convicted at trial of illegally dispensing opioid pain medications and contempt of court pending sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Attorney for the United States, Acting Under Authority Conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515, announced that ANILESH AHUJA, a/k/a “Neil," the founder, chief executive officer, and chief investment officer of Premium Point Investments L.P. (“PPI"), was sentenced to 50 months in prison in connection...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Nov. 25, 2019, Shavonne Saxon, age 32, of Kingston, Pennsylvania, received a sentence of 72 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release, by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, for distributing crack cocaine, and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of her drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Bellingham man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with a scheme to embezzle over $1 million from a Massachusetts company.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - To avoid industry confusion and potential disruptions of construction crane projects, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued an enforcement policy for crane operator certifications issued by Crane Institute Certification (CIC).
By DOE Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. -Workers recently made progress in the deactivation and remediation of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) when they prepared and shipped the first of 22 cold traps stored at EM’s Paducah Site.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: Dear Madam Speaker: Over the years, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has been perhaps the most bipartisan committee in the House of Representatives, a tradition that has translated into its ability to get things done for our districts, the economy, and the American people. This bipartisan...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Bedford man pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston in connection with a kidnapping that began in Concord, Mass., and ended in Connecticut.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, December 4, at 10:30 am in the John D. Dingell Hearing Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Flu Season: U.S. Public Health Preparedness and Response."
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that YOSEF ZIEGLER was arrested in connection with four bank robberies in the counties of Rockland, Dutchess, and Bergen from Jan. 24, 2019, through Oct. 29, 2019. The defendant was arrested this morning in Airmont, New York, and presented in White Plains federal court this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judith C. McCarthy.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) is joining Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) for a video series that began last week aimed at providing the facts on Speaker Pelosi’s partisan plan for fewer cures.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Thursday, December 5, at 10:30 am in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building entitled “Building a 100 Percent Clean Economy: Solutions for Economy-Wide Deep Decarbonization."
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Monroeville, Pennsylvania, was charged in federal court with three conspiracy counts and one substantive count related to the payment of unlawful kickbacks, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: Dr. Ian Reynolds, 71, of Friendswood, Texas, agreed to pay the United States $300,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that he accepted illegal kickback payments from OK Compounding, LLC, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores. This is the twelfth kickback settlement involving OK Compounding, LLC, since November 2018.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Thursday, December 5, at 10:30 am in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building entitled “Building a 100 Percent Clean Economy: Solutions for Economy-Wide Deep Decarbonization."
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND-Darrick Vallodolid, 30, of Hobart, Indiana, and a member of the Chicago-based Latin Kings, was sentenced by Judge Simon to life in prison following his conviction at trial in May 2018 of conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity and conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) launched a public awareness initiative today to inform the public of common risks around the holiday shopping season and encourage basic cybersecurity practices. As the busiest shopping season of the year, the holidays frequently...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Two individuals from Houston and three from the Atlanta area have been charged in U.S. District Court in Providence, R.I., with allegedly participating in online romance scams that bilked more than two dozen people, most of them elderly, out of more than two million dollars.
