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 handling of…
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Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that a federal jury in Cheyenne returned guilty verdicts against a Pennsylvania man and two Florida men related to a stock fraud involving NuTech Energy Resources Inc., a company that claimed to operate coalbed-…
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Devon Energy Corporation, an Oklahoma-based oil and natural gas exploration and production company, and its affiliates, Devon Energy Corp. (Oklahoma) and Devon Energy Production Company LP (collectively, “Devon”), have agreed to pay $6.15 million to resolve allegations…
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DENVER – Extraction Oil and Gas, Inc., an oil and gas company headquartered in Denver, has agreed to pay over $462,000 to resolve allegations that it drilled and operated three oil and gas wells where it removed minerals from federal public lands without permission. …
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Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recognizes National Whistleblower Appreciation Day. This day occurs each year on July 30 to commemorate the...
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An Anchorage woman pleaded guilty today to embezzling nearly $175,000 from the Alaska Native Harbor Seal Commission (ANHSC), which was primarily funded through federal grants issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Bureau of Indian…
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United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that on January 15, 2021 a grand jury indicted BRANDON WALL, age 42, of Ville Platte, Louisiana, for criminal conduct related to oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.
According to the Indictment, WALL engaged in…
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United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that on January 15, 2021 a grand jury indicted PATRICK HUSE, age 40, of Perkinston, Mississippi, for criminal conduct related to oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.
According to the eight-count Indictment, HUSE…