News from December 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: Addiction Care Interventions Chemical Dependency Treatment Centers and Owner Steven Yohay Agree to Pay $6 Million and Admit Misconduct; Yohay to be Excluded from Participating in Federal Healthcare Programs and Must Divest Ownership of ACI.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Jeremy Fairbanks, 44, formerly of St. Albans, Vermont, was sentenced on Dec. 18, 2020 upon his guilty plea to two counts of wire fraud: one stemming from his conduct in Vermont, and one relating to a subsequent fraud in Tennessee.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after the United States Trade Representative announced that it will launch formal consultations under the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) against Canada’s implementation of the dairy tariff-rate quota...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reminds importers, brokers, and filers that, beginning on Jan. 25, 2021, they will have to submit an APHIS Core Message Set in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) when they file entry for APHIS-regulated ...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: 2020. The year that has felt like five years in one. This year has tested us all. While holiday celebrations look and feel different this year, I wanted to take some time to raise a glass of eggnog and thank the staff of the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), our government, private sector, and academic partners, and all those on the front lines working tirelessly to keep our nation safe and healthy during this very trying year.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: First DOJ Criminal Case Involving Syndicated Conservation Easements Scheme Defrauded IRS out of More than $250 Million in Taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: Apria Admits It Continued to Seek Reimbursement from Federal Programs When It Did Not Know If Patients Were Continuing to Use Their Non-Invasive Ventilator Rentals and After It Had Information Indicating That Patients Had Stopped Using Their Ventilators.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: I am proud to present legislation that comprises all 12 fiscal year 2021 appropriations bills, a number of items agreed to on a bipartisan basis between authorizing committees, and a coronavirus relief package.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - An Overland Park woman who operated massage parlors in Olathe and Leawood was sentenced today to serve five years of federal supervised release on an interstate prostitution charge, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. In addition, she was ordered to pay a $55,000 fine.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tonight, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR) applauded the House for approving the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (WRDA) as part of the year-end omnibus and COVID relief legislative package.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment Thursday against Sabian Quesada, 22, of Sacramento, charging him with possession with intent to distribute at least 40 grams of fentanyl, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Fraudulently Obtained Funds Intended for Businesses Harmed by COVID-19 Pandemic and Spent $350,000 on Luxury Vehicles.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Monday the latest results of a national enforcement effort called “Operation Broken Promise," targeting for arrest and removal, aliens who promised to voluntarily leave the country, versus face a formal deportation, but never did.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Raleigh man was sentenced today to 114 months in prison for illegally possessing firearms, intending to distribute a myriad of narcotics, and possessing firearms to further his drug trafficking.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, expressing grave concerns that the outgoing Trump Administration may not be adequately preserving records and may be disposing of them without first obtaining his views, as required by law.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: Support for and Accurate Information to Families of Victims is Top Priority for U.S. Attorney’s Office in Northern District of New York.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, key House and Senate Committee leaders announced a bipartisan agreement on legislation to protect patients from surprise medical bills and establish a fair framework to resolve payment disputes between health care providers and health insurance companies.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: Tavonte Donnell Stewart, age 23, from Chicago, Illinois, has been charged with one count of derecho benefits fraud. The charge is contained in a complaint unsealed today in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids. .
By DOL Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor took a range of actions to aid American workers and employers as our nation combats the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: Letter Carriers in East Oakland Victimized by Same Man in Six Different Armed Robberies or Attempted Robberies over Six Weeks.
