News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced today an expansive health care fraud enforcement operation across the Gulf Coast, involving charges against a total of 11 individuals across four federal districts for their alleged involvement in...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will celebrate the 26th annual National Public Lands Day on Sept. 28 with a wide range of volunteer opportunities as well as designation of a fee-free day at public lands sites around the country.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee's oversight hearing on FAA aviation certification.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today held a business meeting to consider and report 21 energy and water-related measures to the full Senate, including bills to promote energy storage, grid security and modernization, cleaner industrial technologies, and energy efficiency.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: The Justice Department announced today a significant health care fraud enforcement operation across Florida and Georgia, involving charges against a total of 67 individuals across four federal districts for their alleged involvement in various schemes to defraud Medicare and Medicaid. The conduct allegedly...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Gulf Coast Health Care Fraud Law Enforcement Action Results in Charges Against 33 Individuals.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JULIAN DE JESUS CASTILLO, 35, pleaded guilty yesterday in Hartford federal court to possession of contraband in a federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Marvin Danilo Aquino a/k/a Marvin Padilla, age 23, of Amsterdam, New York, was sentenced today to serve 25 months in prison for making a false statement in a passport application and aggravated identity theft.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The 13-mile Scenic Drive at Red Rock Canyon will be open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. starting October 1. This change happens yearly and is necessary as days become shorter and the sunset is earlier after the end of Daylight Saving Time. The Visitors’ Center will continue to be open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Today, Committee Democrats convened a markup of H.R. 2474, the PRO Act, far-reaching legislation that will increase the coercive influence of unions, subject more workers to unwanted unionization, and undermine the rights of workers and employers. Instead of increasing transparency and accountability to serve union members better, this bill diminishes the rights of workers and employers while providing a political gift to union special interests.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: LONDON, Ky.- Charles R. Hubbard, 56, of Pineville, Kentucky, was sentenced to 94 months in federal prison Monday, for conspiring with others to distribute an aggravated amount of methamphetamine in Harlan County and Bell County, by U.S. District Judge Robert E. Wier.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that Jaime Gabriel Grimaldi Pena, a.k.a. “Eric" and “Gabriel," age 44, of Baton Rouge, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Departmental Operations Chair Marcia L. Fudge of Ohio, and Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Chair Stacey Plaskett of the Virgin Islands released a statement Wednesday following reports that the U.S. Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina -- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Jason Cory Dix, age 42, of Lexington, was sentenced to 99 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. United States District Judge J. Michelle Childs of Columbia imposed the sentence. After 99 months, Dix will remain under court-ordered supervision for an additional 3 years. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: United States Files False Claims Act Complaint against Participants in Hospital Development Project for Improperly Obtaining Government-Insured Loan and Misusing Loan Funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - A federal grand jury returned an indictment, charging five defendants with federal drug trafficking offenses. The indictment was announced by Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Lourdes Suero, 46, of Biddeford, Maine, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Torresen to five months in prison and three years of supervised release for using a facility of interstate commerce to promote prostitution. After completing her prison sentence, Suero must serve up to five months of home confinement as a condition of supervised release. She pleaded guilty on March 18, 2019.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, held a hearing entitled, “Don’t Vape: Examining the Outbreak of Lung Disease and CDC’s Urgent Warning Not to Use E-Cigarettes" focused on the outbreak of lung illness associated with using e-cigarette...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: DENVER -- The National Park Service begins searching for the next generation of employees to preserve and protect the country’s special resources for the enjoyment of current and future generations. Starting on October 7, 2019, the National Park Service will begin releasing the first of thousands of seasonal summer jobs for 2020 on USAJobs.
