News from October 2019
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: NAPA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation, Central California Area Office, has temporarily closed Reclamation-managed facilities at Lake Berryessa due to red flag warnings, Public Safety Power Shutoffs and public health and safety concerns after 5 p.m. on Oct. 29 until further notice.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, held a hearing entitled, “The Trump Administration’s Syria Policy: Perspectives from the Field" focused on President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. military forces from Syria.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former Pennsylvania-licensed physician has been sentenced in federal court to a total of 11 years and four months (136 months) in prison on his conviction for conspiracy to illegally distribute oxycodone, conspiracy to commit health care fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and Social Security fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2019 — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the establishment of the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program. This program, as required by the 2018 Farm Bill, creates a consistent regulatory framework around hemp production throughout the United States.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2019 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the opening of the 2020 scholarship application cycle for the USDA/1890 National Scholars Program. The program aims to increase the number of students studying agriculture, food, natural resource sciences, and other agriculture-related disciplines. The program is available through the USDA Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement (OPPE).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury indicted two Greensboro, North Carolina, women yesterday with conspiring to defraud the United States and for failing to pay over employment taxes, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina Matthew G.T. Martin.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: A resident of Orleans Parish, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the United States with regard to tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: A Texas entrepreneur was sentenced to 36 months in prison today for fraudulently soliciting hundreds of thousands of dollars in political contributions through several scam-PACs that he founded and advertised as supporting candidates for the Office of the President of the United States during the 2016 ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), a component of the Department’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP), has released awards totaling more than $2.3 billion to state victim assistance and compensation programs, funding thousands of local victim assistance programs across the country and providing millions in compensation to victims of crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: A computer software development company owner was sentenced to 24 months in prison today for failing to account for and pay over employment taxes withheld from his employees’ wages, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney R. Trent Shores for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: A Miami, Florida, business owner pleaded guilty today to failing to pay over employment taxes, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Two former owners and an employee of an ambulance services provider headquartered in Guam pleaded guilty yesterday for their roles in a health care fraud and money laundering scheme that resulted in a loss to the United States of approximately $10.8 million. This is one of the largest single Medicare ambulance fraud cases prosecuted nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: The owner of a Greenville, Ohio, glass company was sentenced to 14 months in prison today for failing to truthfully account for and pay over employment taxes, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: The former CEO of a Missouri hospital pleaded guilty today for his role in a pass-through billing scheme in which the hospital was used to submit fraudulent claims for toxicology and blood testing, resulting in multiple insurance companies and the Missouri Medicaid program paying over $100 million in claims.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: A Tennessee medical doctor and an advanced practice registered nurse were charged in an indictment unsealed today for their roles in unlawfully distributing controlled substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: A Jordanian National was sentenced to 36 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to bring aliens to the United States and actually bringing Yemeni aliens through Mexico to the United States.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Federal bank regulatory agencies finalized a rule that simplifies capital requirements for community banks by allowing them to adopt a simple leverage ratio to measure capital adequacy. The community bank leverage ratio framework removes requirements for calculating and reporting risk-based capital ratios for a qualifying community bank that opts into the framework.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: BOSTON, MA – The U.S. Department of Labor has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to hold The Roof Kings LLC and its owner, Craig Galligan, in civil contempt for not fulfilling the terms of an order issued by the First Circuit in 2018. The order enforces a settlement agreement between the company and the Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
By Labor Gazette | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: MONTGOMERY, AL – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Diaz Professional Construction LLC for exposing employees to falls at a Montgomery, Alabama, residential worksite. The framing contractor faces $31,879 in penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: BRAINTREE, MA – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Dollar Tree Stores Inc. for unsafe storage of material, obstructed exit routes and blocked electrical panels at the retailer's Falmouth, Massachusetts, store. The company faces $458,436 in penalties.
