News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - HEAG Pain Management Center, P.A. (HEAG) and its owner, Dr. Kwadwo Gyarteng-Dakwa (Dr. Dakwa), have agreed to pay $500,000.00 to resolve allegations that HEAG and Dr. Dakwa violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare and Medicaid for medically unnecessary diagnostic testing between...
By Homeland Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) returned two hand-carved sandstone lintels - structural components from 9th and 10th century religious sanctuaries in Northeastern Thailand - at an official commemoration ceremony held Tuesday at Crozier Fine Arts. The sacred lintels had been stolen and illegally exported from Thailand more than 50 years ago.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Ellison C. Travis announced that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced Eddie Darnell Jones, Sr., age 47, of Zachary, Louisiana, to 200 months in federal prison following his convictions for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession with the intent ...
By State Newswire | May 26, 2021
Release: Today, Secretary Blinken designated Ambassador Jean Manes as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim to the Republic of El Salvador. This appointment reflects the importance of our relations with El Salvador. Ambassador Manes previously served as U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador from 2016 to 2019. In almost 30 years...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Also possessed marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
By Homeland Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: PENSACOLA, Fla -- FEMA has approved two grants totaling more than $2.27 million for the state of Florida to reimburse the city of Lynn Haven and the Power South Energy Cooperative for recovery expenses after Hurricane Michael in 2018.
By State Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas), lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, yesterday sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken requesting an explanation from ...
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Kingman, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management Kingman Field Office will conduct a multiple-day prescribed burn on Goodwin Mesa, about 50 miles southeast of Kingman, pending appropriate weather and seasonal conditions, from early June through July 2021. The Goodwin Mesa Burn will cover approximately 6,000 acres of BLM land and will take two to three days to complete.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shaquelle Coleman, 28, of Jamestown, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Medford, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Western Oregon Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet virtually May 17, 19, 21, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore.-A two-count indictment was unsealed today charging a former Klamath Falls, Oregon police officer for stealing methamphetamine and fentanyl from an evidence room.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Also Announced Funding for Community Outreach and Intervention Efforts; Increased State Funding to Hire Additional Prosecutors Builds on 84 Federal Gun Possession Cases Charged in Baltimore Since January 2020 - Despite Pandemic.
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today led a letter with 19 House Democratic colleagues to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) urging them to advance the House-approved Protecting America’s Wilderness and Public Lands Act to President...
By Homeland Newswire | May 26, 2021
Release: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is looking to hire five part-time TSA officers at Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport within the next few months.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: CEDAR CITY, Utah - Beginning May 26, the Bureau of Land Management will implement fire restrictions to prevent losses from human-caused wildfires brought on by extreme drought, high fire danger conditions and the increased use of public lands in Washington, Kane, Garfield, Iron and Beaver counties.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: EVANSVILLE - An Evansville man was arrested on May 21st, 2021 in Evansville on charges related to his alleged distribution of controlled substances to a Henderson County Kentucky woman found dead at a Reed, Kentucky residence in February 2021.
By USDA Newswire | May 26, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is extending deregulation to Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.’s (Pioneer), corn variety developed using genetic engineering, designated as DP56113 maize. The corn variety is engineered for maintenance and ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced criminal charges against 14 defendants, including 11 newly-charged defendants and three who were charged in superseding indictments, in seven federal districts across the United States for their alleged participation in various health care fraud schemes that exploited the COVID-19 pandemic and resulted in over $143 million in false billings.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office join Jarod Forget, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the DEA’s Washington Division, to announce the results of Operation Angels Envy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - Yesterday U.S. District Judge David A. Ezra granted a motion by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas (USAO) to disburse $171,448.24 plus all accrued interest to the victims of the Four Winds fraud scheme. The proceeds will be applied to defendant Gary Cain’s restitution judgment, concluding three years of litigation over Cain’s only significant asset that was at one time valued at over $1.2 million.
