News from July 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2013
News Release: JORDAN A. SANCHEZ, age 27, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty yesterday in federal court before U. S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo, to a one-count indictment charging him with mail fraud, announced U. S. Attorney Dana J. Boente.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on July 18, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Strong, NELSON TRAVIS ALEXANDER, a 47-year-old resident of Box Elder and an enrolled member of the Chippewa Cree Indian Tribe, pled guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Sentencing has been set for Oct. 22, 2013. He is currently detained.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement today after the Senate approved the nomination of Thomas Perez to serve as U.S. Secretary of Labor. The HELP Committee held a hearing for Perez in April and favorably reported his nomination in May.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that two individuals from the Waubay, South Dakota, area have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with Intent to Commit Murder, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, and Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Matthew Earl Ward, age 33, of Elkton, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone and alprazolam. Judge Hollander...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
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By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: Beginning July 19, Obstruction Point Road will be open from Hurricane Ridge to Waterhole at Milepost 3.2. Road crews continue to clear debris and grade the road surface between Waterhole and the road's terminus at the Obstruction Point trailhead.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 18, 2013 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the selection of organizations in 11 states for loans and grants to support job creation efforts and business development, and to strengthen economic growth in rural communities. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) remains ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today that Harry Neuhoff, a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y., has pleaded guilty to tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: Panasonic Corp. and its subsidiary, SANYO Electric Co. Ltd., have agreed to plead guilty and to pay a total of $56.5 million in criminal fines for their roles in separate price-fixing conspiracies involving automotive parts and battery cells, the Department of Justice announced today. LG Chem Ltd., a leading manufacturer of secondary batteries, has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $1.056 million criminal fine for price fixing involving battery cells.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer, his girlfriend, his nephew and two of their associates were sentenced today in federal court for their participation in bribery and alien smuggling activities along the U.S./Mexico border spanning approximately two years, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement with XTO Energy Inc., a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation, to resolve an alleged violation of the Clean Water Act (CWA) related to the discharge of wastewater from XTO’s Penn Township, Lycoming County, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today that Richard R. Whatley, a former owner of Alliance Staffing Management Inc. (ASM), was sentenced to 51 months in prison today for willfully failing to account for and pay over employment taxes. Whatley was also ordered to pay $541,513.61 in restitution to the IRS. Whatley appeared before U.S. District Judge David Nuffer in Salt Lake City.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: Ammie Brothers, 29, of Columbus, Ga., a sergeant in the U.S. Army, pleaded guilty today to unlawfully obtaining personal information from the U.S. Army’s Army Knowledge Online computer system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: The owner of a Los Angeles-area durable medical equipment (DME) supply company has pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud Medicare and Medi-Cal of more than $650,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: An associate of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) gang pleaded guilty today to racketeering charges related to her involvement in the ABT’s criminal enterprise, announced Acting Assistant Attorney Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: Six Colombian nationals were indicted today by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia for the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent James Terry Watson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that Angela Myers, a resident of Baton Rouge, La., was sentenced today in the Middle District of Louisiana to 132 months in federal prison for wire fraud, making false claims, subscribing to false tax returns and aggravated identity theft.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the following enforcement action: Minster Bank (PDF), Minster, Ohio Order of assessment of civil money penalty dated July 16, 2013 The Federal Reserve Board also announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Citizens ...
By Commerce News Now | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: Contradictory news articles about the U.S. auto industry have appeared in recent days.
