News from December 2021
By Steven Hughes | Dec 15, 2021
A Louisville pharmacist was recently sentenced to nine months in prison for fraudulently billing health care benefit plans by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: BAY CITY - A former branch manager of JPMorgan Chase Bank pleaded guilty today to theft of government funds and aggravated identity theft, Acting U.S. Attorney Saima S. Mohsin announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Maria Camille Calimlim Touton has been sworn in as Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner by Secretary Deb Haaland. Camille has served as the Bureau of Reclamation’s Deputy Commissioner since January.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, applauded the Senate for passing their bipartisan Domains Critical to Homeland Security Act as part of the FY 2022 National Defense...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Friday Harbor, WA - San Juan Island National Historical Park is proud to announce a contest to design a new logo for our park! The winning designer will receive an award of $500 and a feature story about their work and artistic process on National Park Service websites and social media.This contest is...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: MADISON, Wis. - John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge for U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jacob A. Willox, 28, of Wausau, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Chris Jamison, 18, of Centralia, Illinois, entered a plea of guilty to one.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Tampa, FL - A federal court in Florida permanently enjoined on Friday three residents of Vietnam from operating a pandemic-related scam that targeted American consumers, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: MARQUETTE - Edward Douglas Cornman, 49, of Menominee, Michigan, was sentenced to 18 months in prison today for theft of government funds. He was also ordered to pay $297,768.31 in restitution. Chief U.S. District Judge Robert J. Jonker imposed the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: MISSOULA - A Missoula vascular surgeon who operates vein and surgery centers in Missoula and Kalispell has agreed to pay the federal government $3.7 million to settle alleged False Claims Act violations that he performed medically unnecessary surgeries based on improper techniques and submitted fraudulent bills for payment to federal health care programs, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that NAVORIOUS HILLS, age 41, of Hammond, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on Dec. 14, 2021 to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(1)(A)(i).
By Karen Kidd | Dec 15, 2021
The operator of five Marco’s Pizza locations in Charleston, South Carolina has recently paid $101,027 in civil penalties to resolve allegations made by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of violating child labor laws.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: A Agência do Censo enviou hoje um e-mail a todos os oficiais governamentais qualificados com informações sobre como participar da Operação de Resolução do Questionamento da Contagem (CQR) do Censo de 2020 (página disponível somente em inglês).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that B XPRESS-ELYSIAN FIELDS, LLC, was sentenced today for making false statements in connection with a worksite employment investigation, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001(a)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: An Augusta man has been convicted of fraud by a federal jury who found he committed fraud when he borrowed nearly $3 million to refinance an Augusta apartment complex, and then filed for bankruptcy protection when facing foreclosure.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: For Being A Felon In Possession Of A Firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Kentucky man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston in connection with advertising pornographic images of children via the dark web.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Facing continued dry hydrology, the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation will focus on partnerships and cooperation during the Colorado River Water Users Association’s annual conference Dec. 14 - 16, in Las Vegas. The recent enactment of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (PL 117-58), with historic investments in drought contingency planning on the Colorado River, will be an important backdrop during the event.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that a federal jury in the District of Nebraska found Jonathan D. Rooney, of Winnebago, Nebraska, guilty of manslaughter and destruction of evidence. Rooney, 27, killed Kozee Decorah, 22, and then burned her body and other evidence at an abandoned cabin on the Winnebago Indian Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A New Bedford man pleaded guilty on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, in federal court in Boston to illegally possessing a firearm and selling cocaine.
