News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Shreveport Prosthetics, Inc. (“SPI") has agreed to pay $1.6 million, plus interest, to the federal government to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act for false supplier billings to the Medicare program.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas resident pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to fraudulently obtaining nearly $1.2 million in Social Security Administration (SSA) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: Dr. Richard Samuel Piazza, D.O., admitted writing opioid prescriptions to individuals he knew were selling the pills on the street.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sparks, Nevada, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LARELL DAVID, 30, of New York, New York, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to one count of access device fraud stemming from a scheme through which he defrauded Lowe’s home improvement stores in several states of more than $183,000.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers sent a letter to the bipartisan leadership of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) calling for inclusion of the Utilizing Significant Emissions with Innovative Technologies (USE IT) Act in the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (FY21 NDAA).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Parkersburg man pled guilty today to a federal charge related to the trafficking of methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Andrew Martin Hopkins, 57, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: For Their Roles in Home Invasion Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-A Bend, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for placing a hoax bomb at the Deschutes County Courthouse on July 29, 2019, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Elaine M. Levidow (60, Fort Myers) with 10 counts of wire fraud and one count of Federal Student Assistance fraud. If convicted, Levidow faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each wire fraud count and up to 5 years in federal prison for the financial aid fraud count.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), Committee Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-DE), and Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) announced a bipartisan agreement on changes to an hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) amendment to S. 2657, American Energy Innovation Act. Kennedy and Carper offered the original HFCs amendment earlier this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Skyland Washington, 32, of New Iberia, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. for Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. Washington was sentenced to 36 months (3 years) in prison, followed by 2 years of supervised release. Washington previously pled guilty to the charge in United States District Court on Feb. 13, 2020.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, commended Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings after today's announcement that the state of Delaware is suing 31 fossil fuel companies on behalf of the state's residents ...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
Release: NEW YORK - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is in the process of installing new acrylic barriers at security checkpoints throughout LaGuardia Airport as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to implement initiatives to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: For Calling In A Bomb Threat To A South Bend FedEx Facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: One Defendant Agrees to Sentence of Ten Years in Federal Prison; Law Enforcement Seized Kilo Quantities of Drug, a Loaded Gun, and More Than $50,300 in Drug Proceeds.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2020-18. September 9, 2020To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory OfficialsEffective Aug. 25, 2020, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) removed the Mexican fruit fly (Mexfly) quarantine area ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RANDY MARCHI, 39, formerly of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role in a large-scale heroin trafficking ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography and Transportation of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - On September 4, 2020, United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Jason Wickett, age 47, of Little Sioux, to 200 months in prison and eight years of supervised release to follow his prison term for distribution of child pornography announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Wickett pleaded guilty to the offense on April 22, 2020.
