News from June 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - Six women from Flushing, New York, and Little River, South Carolina, were arrested on June 16 and 17, 2021, on charges involving conspiracy, bribery, and operating illegal massage parlors offering prostitution and indicted on June 22, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 3460, the State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2021...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Columbus, Ohio man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Rick Allen (R-GA) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on building a stronger retirement system...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - A Laurel man was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for being a felon in possession of multiple firearms, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca of the Southern District of Mississippi and Kurt Thielhorn, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ga. - A former Columbus-based attorney has pleaded guilty to mail fraud after a U.S. Secret Service investigation revealed he had stolen a settlement fee from two clients in a personal injury case.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C. - Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, held a hearing on “An Epidemic Continues: Youth Vaping in America."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Ryan Nicholas Wolf, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 46 months of incarceration for child pornography possession, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: Medford, ORE. - Starting July 6, Soda Mountain Road will be closed Mon-Fri from 8 AM to 5 PM while the Bureau of Land Management installs culverts and performs road improvements. 30 culverts will be replaced, at 2-3 culverts a day, and the closure is estimated to take 3-4 weeks. Residents and visitors will be able to access the road between 5 PM and 8 AM.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STEVEN BARNES, 70, of Ansonia, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, oxycodone.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Dina Titus (D-NV) during today’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan W. Sharp announced that Drake C. Chrastil, Sr., 51, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for Possession of Child Pornography. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Chrastil to 168 months’ imprisonment to be followed by...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal jury today convicted Armando Daniel Calderon of four charges related to methamphetamine trafficking, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon. The verdict follows a one and a half week jury trial before the Honorable William Alsup, Senior United States District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: EL PASO - Federal authorities in El Paso are seeking a civil injunction against 40-year-old Wayzata, Minnesota resident Scott Boynton and his business, Boynton Companies, Inc, d/b/a RELYmedia, in an effort to combat alleged fraud related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: Today, the House passed H.R. 2062, the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act, which uses older workers as pawns to advance a special interest and pro-trial lawyer agenda.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 3849, the Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching (ACCESS) Act of 2021...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal jury today convicted Armando Daniel Calderon of four charges related to methamphetamine trafficking, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon. The verdict follows a one and a half week jury trial before the Honorable William Alsup, Senior United States District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: EL PASO -El Paso Ear, Nose & Throat Associates (EPENT) has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicaid, Medicare and other federal healthcare programs by upcoding evaluation and management codes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Joshua Tanner, age 36, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on June 21, 2021, by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to 36 months’ imprisonment for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: Wednesday, June 30, 2021 - 10:00 AM EDT.
