News from March 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), with assistance from local law enforcement, arrested a pharmacist and his accountant Tuesday for allegedly conspiring to commit $134 million in health care fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Acting United States Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea announced that David E. Eckerle, M.D., a Madison, Wisconsin physician, entered into a settlement agreement to pay $110,000 to resolve civil allegations that he violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) related to the manner in which he was prescribing opioids and other controlled substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Kenneth Rawson, 35, of Manchester, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for committing a bank robbery, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today. Additionally, Rawson was ordered to pay restitution to the bank in the amount of $790.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: Cincinnati -Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) is awarding a new contract to RSI Services, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN), an 8(a) certified small business and Alaska Native Corporation, for cleanup services at the DOE/National Nuclear Security Administration Naval Reactors Kesselring Site, (KS) located in West Milton, NY.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Donyell Williams, 26, and Johnny Greer, 20, of Michigan, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with fleeing and evading a checkpoint operated by federal law enforcement in a motor vehicle in excess of the legal speed limit and with eluding examination and inspection by immigration officers. The charges carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison and $250,000.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore, in partnership with the International Fiber Collaborative (IFC), announces the fourth annual student art exhibition, Connect with the Rhythms of Nature on the Southern Outer Banks. The art show will be on display for the public’s enjoyment through Monday, September 5, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: Defendant Never Notified SSA of her Son’s Death and Continued to Receive His Social Security Disability Checks for Nearly 24 Years.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Carlos Leeper, of Wheeling, West Virginia, has admitted to his role in a drug conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced the six subcommittee vice chairs for the 117th Congress...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
Release: DOE Nanoscale Science Research Centers Support QIS Research to Advance Energy, Economic, and National Security
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Law Enforcement and Mohave County Sheriff’s Office are seeking information regarding those responsible for the vandalism of a grazing allotment boundary fence on the Arizona Strip near Colorado City, AZ. The boundary fence, located within Short Creek...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Johnston-based real estate investment firm, the company’s founder, and a person who held himself out to be a negotiator on behalf of financially distressed homeowners but who was, in reality, associated with the real estate investment firm, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges they participated in a series of schemes to defraud homeowners and financial institutions.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans, announced that INDIAN RIDGE SEAFOOD COMPANY, LLC, ("INDIAN RIDGE SEAFOOD") a Louisiana Limited Liability Company located in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, was sentenced today before U.S. District Court Judge Susie Morgan to a fine of $10,000, and a special assessment of $125 for the illegal sale of oysters in violation of the Lacey Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - Doctor Hugo A. Rojas, owner of Hugo A. Rojas, M.D., P.A., and Family Clinics of San Antonio, has agreed to pay $350,000.00 under a civil settlement to resolve allegations he violated certain provisions of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and the False Claims Act (FCA), announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux and U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rashad Liverpool, 28, and Robert Tillery, 45, were each sentenced on Friday, by the Honorable James A. Crowell IV, Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips. The two former SunTrust Bank employees each pled guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI") in New York, Matthew Modafferi, Special Agent in Charge of the Northeast Area Field Office of the U.S. Postal Service, Officer of Inspector...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced the six subcommittee vice chairs for the 117th Congress...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared for spring break travel, but what can travelers do to be prepared for airport checkpoint screening during a pandemic? TSA shares these five tips to help you through your checkpoint journey that you can use right now that will help you stay healthy and stay secure when going through the security screening process.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced the six subcommittee vice chairs for the 117th Congress...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge today sentenced a Bessemer man on child pornography charges, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Katrina W. Berger.
