News published on Federal Newswire in July 2020

News from July 2020


Two Men Charged With Illegally Possessing Firearms

News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a criminal complaint charging JARVAE JOSIAH SOMERVILLE, 27, and RONALD DONTE FINLEY, JR., 25, with one count each of possession of a firearm by a felon.1 SOMERVILLE and FINLEY made their initial appearances earlier today before Magistrate Judge ...


News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that Arturo David Aguilera-Viveros, age 36, of Adams County, Colorado, pleaded guilty yesterday to Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute 500 Grams or More of Methamphetamine and 100 Grams or More of Heroin, as well as Illegal Reentry After Deportation. The Denver Office of the FBI joined in this announcement.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that physician assistant Sarah Malstrom will pay $25,000 to resolve allegations that she received kickbacks from the company formerly named Aqua Pharmaceuticals, in order to incentivize Malstrom to prescribe Aqua’s dermatology drugs.


Chairman Larson Announces a Subcommittee Hearing on the Impact of COVID-19 on Social Security and its Beneficiaries

News Release: House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on “The Impact of COVID-19 on Social Security and its Beneficiaries" on Friday, July 17th, at 12:00 PM EDT.


Tampa Man Sentenced To Four Years In Federal Prison For Credit Card Offenses

News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington today sentenced Yosvani Concepcion Izqueirdo (31, Tampa) to four years in federal prison for access device fraud and aggravated identity theft.


News Release: Luray, Virginia: Shenandoah National Park is pleased to announce the selection of Jennifer Manzella, a printmaker, as the July Artist-in-Residence. Because of Jennifer’s experience living in a variety of environments, including several major northeast cities and thru- hiking the entire Appalachian Trail...


News Release: Jason Taylor, Superintendent at Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, in Skagway, Alaska, has been selected as Director for the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, Rocky Mountain Research Station, in Missoula, Montana.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Universal Health Services, Inc., UHS of Delaware, Inc. (together, UHS), and Turning Point Care Center, LLC (Turning Point), a UHS facility located in Moultrie, Georgia, have agreed to pay a combined total of $122 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act for billing for...


Savannah man indicted for setting fire that damaged city's Code Enforcement Office

News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Savannah man has been indicted for setting a May 3 fire that burned the city’s Code Enforcement Office.


Former MS-13 Gang Leader in Queens Indicted for Murder in-Aid-of Racketeering

News Release: Defendant Allegedly Ordered the Killing of a Rival Gang Member.


News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Today, U.S. District Court Judge Raúl M. Arias-Marxuach sentenced Juan Laureano-Miranda, a.k.a. “Juanchy" to 78 months imprisonment and 72 months of supervised release for his involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy, announced United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow. Immigration...


Two Members of Family-Run Heroin Trafficking Ring Sentenced

News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Two Portsmouth men were sentenced this week to a combined 33 years in prison for their roles in a family-run heroin-trafficking organization that trafficked at least one kilogram of heroin throughout Hampton Roads and sold handguns, rifles, and shotguns with the drugs.


Bay Area Physician Agrees to Pay $400,000 To Settle Allegations Of False Medicare Charges

News Release: A settlement agreement was finalized today in federal court in which a Bay Area physician, Dr. Parvez Fatteh, agreed to pay $400,000 to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by charging the Medicare Program for physical and occupational therapy services rendered by unlicensed persons...


New Haven Man Admits Illegal Possession of Two Guns

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that CARLOS BARNES, also known as “Buddha," 29, of New Haven, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to possession of firearms by a previously convicted felon.


Chairs Nadler and Maloney Statement on Roger Stone Commutation

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) released the following joint statement on President Trump's decision to commute the sentence of Roger Stone...


News Release: Compounding Pharmacy Mogul Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering.


Altercation in North Seattle leads to federal gun charge

News Release: Felon caught with sawed-off shotgun following fight.


Department of Energy Announces American-Made Solar Prize Round 3 Finalists and Launches Round 4

News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the 10 teams that are advancing to the final phase of the American-Made Solar Prize Round 3, the $3 million competition designed to incentivize the nation’s entrepreneurs and strengthen domestic solar manufacturing. DOE also announced the launch of Round 4 of the Solar Prize, inviting more U.S. innovators to compete and potentially transform their ideas into prototypes ready for industry testing.


Reclamation announces public teleconference negotiation for water service contract with Santa Barbara County Water Agency

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has scheduled a teleconference negotiation session with Santa Barbara County Water Agency and member units to amend the current water service contract.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the South Central Tennessee Development District, Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.