News from November 2011
By State Newswire | Nov 30, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement in response to the Nigerian Senate passing a bill criminalizing same-sex marriages.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2011
News Release: Las Cruces, NM - On Nov. 29, 2011, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging 17 alleged members of a methamphetamine trafficking organization operating in Southeastern New Mexico with conspiracy to violate the federal narcotics laws. Another three individuals were charged with methamphetamine trafficking offenses in criminal complaints also filed on Nov. 29, 2011.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 30, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 “Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano will travel to Paris, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates on Dec.1-6 to join her counterparts at the G6+1 Ministerial Meeting and meet with international security leaders to discuss ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in San Francisco returned a superseding indictment yesterday against a Taiwan aftermarket auto lights manufacturer, its U.S.-based subsidiary distributor and its chairman for participating in an international conspiracy to fix the prices of aftermarket auto lights, the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The owner and operator of a Pompano Beach, Fla.-area assisted living facility pleaded guilty today for his role in a Medicare fraud kickback scheme that funneled patients through a fraudulent mental health company and a Medicaid fraud scheme that billed for assisted living services that ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON — A former executive of a Peruvian airline pleaded guilty today for his role in a conspiracy to fix surcharges on air cargo shipments from the United States to South and Central America following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Department of Justice announced. George Gonzalez, former chief ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON—Ronald James Davenport, of Chewelah, Wash., was convicted Tuesday of filing more than $20 billion in false liens against four federal government officials, the Justice Department and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) announced today. A federal jury in the Eastern ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - William A. Herder of Mifflin Township, Ohio, was arrested today on federal tax charges, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. On Nov. 9, 2011, a federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland returned an indictment against Herder, charging him with corruptly endeavoring to impair and impede the due administration of the internal revenue laws, tax evasion and failure to file tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – New Jersey-based dietary supplement companies Quality Formulation Laboratories Inc. (QFL) and American Sports Nutrition Inc. (ASN), as well as their owner, Mohamed S. Desoky, and managers, Ahmad Desoky Esq., and Omar Desoky, were sentenced today for multiple counts of criminal contempt of court for violating a consent decree entered by the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey on Mar. 16, 2010, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Steven Scott Cantrell, 26, of Crane, Texas, was sentenced today for hate crime charges stemming from a series of racially-motivated arsons in December 2010, including the arson of a historic African-American church as part of an effort to murder a disabled African-American man, the Justice ...
By Fed Newswire | Nov 30, 2011
News Release: The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve, and the Swiss National Bank are today announcing coordinated actions to enhance their capacity to provide liquidity support to the global financial system. The purpose of these actions is to ease ...
By Fed Newswire | Nov 30, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the appointment of Michael S. Gibson as director of the Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation, effective Jan. 1, 2012.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 30, 2011
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that eight mines around the country have received letters putting them on notice that each has a potential pattern of violations of mandatory health or safety standards under Section 104(e) of the Federal ...
By Labor Gazette | Nov 30, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs has awarded a $10 million cooperative agreement to World Vision to combat exploitative child labor in Ethiopia that will focus on child labor in rural areas and the traditional weaving industry.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 30, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Nov. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2011
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Nov. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2011
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Nov. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2011
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Nov. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2011
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Nov. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2011
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Nov. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
