Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. A Georgia man was sentenced today to 262 months in prison for engaging in sexually explicit conduct with minors and producing images and videos of that conduct during trips to Thailand, and transporting the child pornography into the United States. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell[Read More…]
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New Jersey Man Charged with Conspiracy to Provide Material Support To ISIL
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. A Bergen County, New Jersey, man was charged today with conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, announced Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman of[Read More…]
Man Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Charge in Connection with Rope Tied Around Neck of James Meredith Statue on Ole Miss Campus
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. The Justice Department announced that Graeme Phillip Harris pleaded guilty today in federal court to threatening African-American students and employees at the University of Mississippi by helping place a rope around the neck of the James Meredith statue on campus. According to documents filed in connection[Read More…]
Covenant Hospice Inc. to Pay $10.1 Million for Overcharging Medicare, Tricare and Medicaid for Hospice Services
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. On June 18, Covenant Hospice Inc. agreed to pay $10,149,374 to reimburse the government for alleged overbilling of Medicare, Tricare and Medicaid for hospice services, the Department of Justice announced today. Covenant Hospice Inc. is a non-profit hospice care provider which operates in Southern Alabama and[Read More…]
Montana Drug Operation Convicts 20 Defendants, Seizes 25 Guns and More Than Half a Million Dollars in Meth
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. The U.S. Attorney’s Office announces today the completion of a Montana operation that convicted 20 defendants for methamphetamine, firearm and money laundering charges, resulting in the seizure of more than half a million dollars worth of meth. Operation Highline Crystal Highway joined more than a dozen[Read More…]
Miami Dade Police Department Detective Charged with Civil Rights Offenses for Stealing Property from Motorists and Obstructing Justice
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. Today, the Justice Department announced that a grand jury in the Southern District of Florida charged Miami Dade Police Department (MDPD) Detective William Kostopoulos, 47, with using his law enforcement authority to violate motorists’ civil rights. The indictment charges Kostopoulos with making traffic stops of three[Read More…]
National Medicare Fraud Takedown Results in Charges Against 243 Individuals for Approximately $712 Million in False Billing
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced today a nationwide sweep led by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force in 17 districts, resulting in charges against 243 individuals, including 46 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical[Read More…]
Attorney General Lynch Delivers Remarks on the Shooting Incident in Charleston, South Carolina
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015 Good morning. Before we begin today’s announcement, I want to take a moment to address the heartbreaking and deeply tragic events at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina – a crime that has reached into the heart of that community. The Department of Justice has[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on Pope Francis’s Encyclical on Climate Change
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. I welcome His Holiness Pope Francis’s encyclical, and deeply admire the Pope’s decision to make the case – clearly, powerfully, and with the full moral authority of his position – for action on global climate change. As Pope Francis so eloquently stated this morning, we have[Read More…]
Statement by the Vice President and Dr. Jill Biden on the Shooting in Charleston, South Carolina
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. Hate has once again been let loose in an American community. And the senseless actions of a coward have once again cut short so many lives with so much promise. Our hearts ache with sorrow with the entire Emanuel AME Church family as they seek solace and[Read More…]
