Today, the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) honored three teams and one individual from the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the 25th Annual CIGIE Awards Ceremony. Featuring Interior Secretary…
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Acting United States Attorney Nicholas Vassallo announced today that two men were sentenced to prison after being convicted of fraud and identity theft crimes arising from a securities fraud involving NuTech Energy Resources Inc. The sentencing hearing took place on…
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DENVER—The United States Attorney’s Office t0day announced that PDC Energy, Inc., an oil and gas company headquartered in Denver, Colorado, has paid $194,000 to resolve allegations that it drilled, and then operated, an oil and gas well that removed federal minerals…
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Today, Inspector General Mark Lee Greenblatt is recognizing National Whistleblower Appreciation Day by honoring whistleblowers who have helped identify fraud, waste, and abuse at the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI).
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Acting United States Attorney Nicholas Vassallo announced today that JOHN ELDON RIMMASCH, 47, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and WASATCH RAILROAD CONTRACTORS (“WASATCH”), incorporated in Wyoming in 2005, …
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United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that JOHN ELDON RIMMASCH, 47, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and WASATCH RAILROAD CONTRACTORS (“WASATCH”), incorporated in Wyoming in 2005, were found guilty by a federal jury on five counts of wire fraud and one count of knowing…
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A former official with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) was sentenced today to two years and six months in prison for his role in a bribery scheme involving a federal contract and committing $1.5 million in tax fraud.
Frederick J. Leavitt, 50, of Henderson,…
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NEW ORLEANS – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that PATRICK HUSE, age 40, of Perkinston, Mississippi, pled guilty today to a violation of Title 33, United States Code, Section 1321(b)(3) and 1319(c)(1)(A).
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Relda Martinez, 57, of Prewitt, New Mexico, was sentenced in federal court on Feb. 10 to five years of probation and 50 hours of community service for federal program fraud. Martinez pleaded guilty on July 14, 2021.
A federal grand jury indicted Martinez on Oct.…
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AMARILLO, TX – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found that the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management violated procedures for safe…