News from February 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CLIFFE R. BODDEN was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 74 months in prison for participating in an investment scheme that defrauded foreign investors out of nearly $1 million. As part of the scheme...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Yesterday evening, Feb. 21, 2013, a Federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Luis Francisco Alicea-Colón, Pedro Carlos Calderón-Andino, Astrid Martínez-Valentin, and Karen Coralis Torres-Ilarraza with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute controlled...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: SAN JOSE, Calif. - An owner-operator of a Monterey County Commercial Strawberry Farm was sentenced on Monday to 12 months and one day in prison for submitting fraudulent claims to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Community Credit Corporation which resulted in his receiving over $223,000 in federal crop disaster assistance, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2013
News Release: Peoria, Ill. - A federal grand jury today returned an indictment charging a Peoria, Ill., teacher with enticement of a minor. Amanda May Ludwig, 28, a teacher at Manual High School in Peoria, Ill., was previously arrested and charged with the offense in a federal criminal complaint filed on Feb. 4, 2013.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 21, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON— The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today launched the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) , an online resource for cybersecurity career, education, and training information.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 21, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, February 21 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Economic Research Service (ERS) today announced a new mobile application to bring its widely-read Amber Waves magazine to readers via their digital devices. Launched earlier today at USDA's 89th annual Agricultural Outlook Forum in ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 21, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2013 – Agriculture Under Secretary Kevin Concannon today announced tough new measures as a part of USDA's ongoing effort to ensure integrity in the nation's nutrition safety net, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2013
News Release: A 76-count indictment was unsealed yesterday charging four former officials of the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) and a related company with numerous charges relating to salmonella-tainted peanuts and peanut products, the Justice Department announced today. Stewart Parnell, 58, of Lynchburg, Va.; ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2013
News Release: Two men were arrested today on charges of allegedly extorting a Detroit-area restaurant owner, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade for the Eastern District of Michigan and Robert D. Foley III, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Detroit Field Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2013
News Release: The United States has asked a federal court in Camden, N.J., to bar Doris E. Baules, who operates D’Vazquez Tax Solutions, from preparing tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. According to the government complaint, Baules continually and improperly claimed the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) on her clients’ returns to enable them to receive erroneous tax refunds. The suit alleges that the defendant improperly increases their EITC claims.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has asked a federal court in Detroit to permanently bar Calvin Carter and brothers Raheen Stroud and Laron Stroud, who do business as E-File Tax Pros LLC and Tax King, from preparing federal tax returns. The civil injunction suit alleges that Carter and ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 21, 2013
News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Feb. 16, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 362,000, an increase of 20,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 342,000. The 4-week moving average was 360,750, an increase of 8,000 from the previous week's revised average of 352,750.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 21, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has reached a settlement with the Cleveland-based Sherwin-Williams Co. that will provide $80 million to current and past participants of its Employee Stock Purchase and Savings Plan. The agreement is the result of an investigation by the department’s Employee ...
By State News Post | Feb 21, 2013
The US State Department published a one page notice on Feb. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 21, 2013
The US State Department published a two page notice on Feb. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 21, 2013
The US State Department published a one page notice on Feb. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 21, 2013
The US State Department published a three page notice on Feb. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 21, 2013
The US State Department published a one page notice on Feb. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 21, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 21, 2013
The US State Department published a one page notice on Feb. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
