News from May 2020
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Government officials issued a warning today, to alert the public about potential fraud schemes related to economic stimulus programs offered by the U.S. Small Business Administration to assist small business owners during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Florida man who operated a durable medical equipment company has been charged for his alleged participation in a Medicare kickback and telemedicine fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh’s North Side has waived indictment and pleaded guilty to violating federal firearms law, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Maurice Fayne, who stars in Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, has been arrested on federal bank fraud charges arising from a Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP") loan that he obtained in the name of Flame Trucking.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the arrest and filing of a criminal complaint charging Travis Ryan Pritchard (36, Green Cove Springs) with online enticement of a minor and attempted online enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. If convicted, Pritchard faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years, and up to a life, in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: A man who possessed child pornography was sentenced on May 12, 2020, to 5 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Today, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against two defendants charged with the murder of two transgender women, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The four-count indictment includes charges...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: Justice Department Sues Atlanta-Based Property Owners and Management Company for Housing Discrimination Against African Americans.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio announced that the Justice Department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) and the Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance have awarded more than $61 million in grant funding to support the Attorney General’s Operation Relentless Pursuit (ORP) initiative. Of that $61 million, Cleveland area law enforcement will receive approximately $10 million in awards.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: Brady Laments Democrats’ New Bill as a “Recipe for a Prolonged Recession".
By DOE Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: On May 13, 2020, the Partnership for Transatlantic Energy Cooperation (P-TEC) Civil Nuclear Energy Working Group held its first webinar meeting, co-chaired by Dr. Rita Baranwal, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, U.S. Department of Energy and Dr. Elena Popescu, General Director for Energy Policies Department, Romanian Ministry of Economy, Energy, and Business Development.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: Victim was found dead from overdose aboard ship at Naval Base Kitsap.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Ten residents of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, have been charged in four separate, but related, Criminal Complaints with violations of the federal narcotics and firearms laws, following a months-long investigation into narcotics trafficking in the City of Pittsburgh and greater Allegheny...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Kelly Wayne Smith, 59, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was arrested and charged by Criminal Complaint with knowingly distributing, and attempting to distribute, child pornography, as well as illegal possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. At Smith’s initial appearance, United States Magistrate Judge Henry S. Perkin ordered Smith detained until trial.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Omnicare Inc., a subsidiary of CVS Health and a leading provider of pharmacy services to long-term care facilities, has agreed to pay the United States a $15.3 million civil penalty to resolve allegations that it violated federal law by allowing opioids and other controlled substances to be dispensed without a valid prescription, DEA Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon announced today.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz.- Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Grand Canyon National Park is increasing recreational access to selected South Rim viewpoints. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Government officials issued a warning today, to alert the public about potential fraud schemes related to economic stimulus programs offered by the U.S. Small Business Administration to assist small business owners during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: Defendant possessed over 100 videos of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Cincinnati man, Lucien J. Lanier, 35, was sentenced to 137 months in federal prison on Wednesday, by U.S. District Judge David L. Bunning, after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, 40 grams or more fentanyl, and 10 grams or more of acetylfentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Marvin Morrison, 37, of Nashua, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison and 4 months home confinement for participating in a conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
