News from April 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, N.J., man today admitted his role in a scheme to illegally obtain and use duplicate credit cards, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: Accused of Using School to Issue Fraudulent Student Visas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Joplin, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to fraudulently receiving federal disaster benefits following the May 22, 2011 tornado.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: BOISE - Douglas L. Swenson, 64, of Eagle, Idaho; Mark A. Ellison, 64, of Boise, Idaho; David D. Swenson, 35, of Boise, Idaho; and Jeremy S. Swenson, 40, of Meridian, Idaho, were indicted today by a federal grand jury in Boise for conspiracy to commit securities fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, and interstate transportation of stolen property stemming from their involvement in the DBSI Group of Companies (DBSI), U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho Wendy J. Olson announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - President Obama's fiscal year (FY) 2014 budget request released today identifies a total of $1.050 billion for the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, continuing the President's commitment to be prudent with taxpayer dollars while setting consistent spending priorities for...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces the unsealing of a seventeen-count indictment charging Tressa V. Guy and Brian E. Simmons with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and multiple counts of wire fraud, access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft. If convicted, they...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today unveiled the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) fiscal year (FY) 2014 budget request of $39.0 billion in net discretionary funding. An additional $5.6 billion for the Disaster ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: Funding Includes more Than $6 million for Smart Grid Projects, Improves Service to Native Americans in the Upper Midwest WASHINGTON, April 10, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced funding for projects to improve electric service in rural areas across 13 states. USDA remains focused ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a joint summary of the activities of the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Working Group, which took place between October 2011 and Mar. 31, 2013. The department and the FTC established the working group to collaborate and discuss ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement with Lee County, Fla. that, if approved by the district court, will resolve allegations that the county discriminated against three Hispanic employees on the basis of race and national origin in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: The United States has filed a civil injunction lawsuit seeking to shut down Mo’ Money Taxes, a Memphis, Tenn., based tax-preparation chain that at one time operated as many as 300 offices in 18 states, the Justice Department announced today. The United States accuses Mo’ Money Taxes and its owners, Markey ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: A federal court in Baton Rouge, La. permanently barred Ann Williams and her tax preparation firm, Ann’s Tax Service, from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The civil injunction order, to which Williams and Ann’s Tax Service agreed without admitting the allegations against them, was signed by Judge James J. Brady of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that President Obama’s FY 2014 Budget proposal totaling $27.6 billion for the Department of Justice identifies over $561.4 million in efficiencies, savings and rescissions while providing resources to increase critical national security programs, and uphold ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: Thirty-four individuals and 23 entities have been indicted and accused of operating an illegal sports bookmaking business that solicited more than $1 billion in illegal bets, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma Sanford C. Coats.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: A member of the Internet piracy group “IMAGiNE” was sentenced today to serve 23 months in prison, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Neil H. MacBride and Special Agent in Charge John P. Torres of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Washington, D.C.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on March 19-20, 2013. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the March 19-20, 2013 meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: FY 2014 Commerce Department budget requests new funds to strengthen manufacturing, promote innovation, and expand exports, finds $195 million in administrative savings U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank today released the Department of Commerce’s fiscal year 2014 budget request , which supports ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON – Acting Secretary of Labor Seth D. Harris today released the U.S. Department of Labor's fiscal year 2014 budget request, which supports President Obama's plan to strengthen the economy and grow the middle class through continued investments in training and resources for job seekers.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
