Officials emphasize interagency partnership, public awareness as keys to protecting communities from wildfire BOISE, ID–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2013. During a visit to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise, Idaho today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell outlined the Federal Government’s efforts to ensure collaboration in protecting[Read More…]
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Energy Department Launches Public-Private Partnership to Deploy Hydrogen Infrastructure
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2013. The Energy Department today launched H2USA — a new public-private partnership focused on advancing hydrogen infrastructure to support more transportation energy options for U.S. consumers, including fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). The new partnership brings together automakers, government agencies, gas suppliers, and the hydrogen and fuel cell[Read More…]
Energy Department Announces Regional Winners of University Clean Energy Business Competition
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2013. Underscoring the Obama Administration’s commitment to support the next generation of energy leaders, the U.S. Energy Department today announced the six regional winners of its National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition. The initiative inspires university teams across the country to create new businesses and commercialize promising energy[Read More…]
Detroit-Area Clinic Owner Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison for Role in $19 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 13, 2013. A Detroit-area adult day care center owner was sentenced today to serve 40 months in prison for billing for unnecessary psychotherapy services, or services that were not provided, as part of a health care fraud conspiracy which led to more than $19 million in fraudulent Medicare[Read More…]
C.R. Bard Inc. to Pay U.S. $48.26 Million to Resolve Medicare False Claims Act Claims
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2013.C.R. Bard Inc. has agreed to pay the U nited States $48.26 million to resolve claims that it knowingly caused false claims to be submitted to the Medicare program for brachytherapy seeds used to treat prostate cancer in violation of the False Claims Act. Bard is a[Read More…]
High Ranking Gulf Cartel Member Sentenced in Washington, D.C., to 35 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking
Highest Ranking Gulf Cartel Member to Be Convicted by a U.S. Jury in the Past 15 Years Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2013. Aurelio Cano Flores, a Mexican national and high ranking member of the Gulf Cartel, was sentenced today to serve 35 years in prison for conspiring to import multi-ton quantities[Read More…]
Las Vegas Physician Sentenced for Tax Evasion and Failing to File Income Tax Returns
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2013. Robert David Forsyth, of Las Vegas, was sentenced late Friday in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas to 27 months in prison for income tax evasion and failing to file income tax returns, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. He was also[Read More…]
Detroit Area Home Health Agency Owner Sentenced to 60 Months for Role in $13 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 13, 2013. A Detroit-area home health care agency owner was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for causing the submission of over $1 million in false and fraudulent billing to Medicare as part of a $13.8 million health care fraud conspiracy. The sentence was announced by Acting[Read More…]
Generic Drug Manufacturer Ranbaxy Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Pay $500 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations, cGMP Violations and False Statements to the FDA
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2013. In the largest drug safety settlement to date with a generic drug manufacturer, Ranbaxy USA Inc. , a subsidiary of Indian generic pharmaceutical manufacturer Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited, pleaded guilty today to felony charges relating to the manufacture and distribution of certain adulterated drugs made at two[Read More…]
Convicted Terrorist Sentenced to Life in Prison for Plotting to Kill Witnesses in His Terrorism Trial
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2013. At a hearing today in federal court in the Eastern District of North Carolina, Hysen Sherifi, 29, of Raleigh, N.C., was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge W. Earl Britt to life in prison. Sherifi’s co-defendants, Shkumbin Sherifi, 23, and Nevine Aly Elshiekh, 48, were also[Read More…]
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