News from October 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Felon in Possession of Firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Black Hawk, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly aiding another individual in the theft of property belonging to the South Dakota Army National Guard between September 2012 and March 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Dominic Tyrel Holland, 27, of Las Cruces, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to a bank robbery charge and admitted robbing the First Light Federal Credit Union in Las Cruces N.M., on July 31, 2013. Holland entered his guilty plea without the benefit of a plea agreement.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Newport, Wash., Oct.31, 2013 – The Colville National Forest and its nonprofit partner, Choose Outdoors, announce the kickoff of the 2013 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree tour with a cutting ceremony on Friday, Nov. 1, 2013. The "Peoples Tree" will be harvested and is scheduled to arrive in downtown Newport, Wash., that afternoon. The tree will visit 22 cities on its way to Washington, D.C., arriving on November 25th.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: McAllen Area Man Allegedly Prepares Tax Returns Claiming False Deductions and Credits The United States has filed a lawsuit asking a federal district court in McAllen, Texas, to permanently bar Hector Rangel Jr. from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: A federal jury in Houston has convicted Gwendolyn Climmons-Johnson, 53, of multiple counts of health care fraud for submitting false and fraudulent claims to Medicare for ambulance services.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Vladimir Kats, 41, of Brooklyn, N.Y., pleaded guilty today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote to money laundering and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. The charges stem from his role in running Liberty Reserve, a company that operated one of the world’s most widely used digital currency services and allegedly laundered more than $6 billion in suspected proceeds of crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Vernon Harrison, of Montgomery, Ala., was sentenced to serve 111 months in prison and three years supervised release, along with an order to pay $82,791 restitution, for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme , announced Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department's ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division Kathryn Keneally and U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag for the Northern District of California announced that Noemi Rubio Baez, of Salinas, Calif., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to file false claims for tax refunds with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and to aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department announced a settlement today with the Warren County, N.C. Board of Education that resolves a lawsuit the department filed on behalf of Army Reserve soldier Dwayne Coffer under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA).
By Fed Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the following enforcement action: United Bank Limited, Karachi, Pakistan, and United Bank Limited New York Branch, New York, New York (PDF) Written Agreement dated Oct. 28, 2013 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
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 announced on Thursday that their existing temporary bilateral liquidity swap arrangements are being converted to standing arrangements, that is, arrangements that will ...
By Fed Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board announced on Thursday the approval of fee schedules, effective Jan. 2, 2014, for payment services the Federal Reserve Banks provide to depository institutions (priced services).
By Commerce News Now | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: The United States has been the world’s largest recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI) since 2006. Every day, foreign companies establish new operations in the United States or provide additional capital to established businesses. With the world’s largest consumer market, skilled and productive ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker Remarks at the SelectUSA 2013 Investment Summit Thank you. Good morning! I am thrilled to welcome all of you to the first-ever SelectUSA Investment Summit.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: President Obama will address the first-ever SelectUSA 2013 Investment Summit today, hosted by the U.S. Department of Commerce, which is being held October 31-November 1 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today launched the inaugural SelectUSA 2013 Investment Summit , telling the more than 1,200 attendees from nearly 60 countries, 47 states, the District of Columbia and three U.S. territories that the United States is open for business. During the event, the Commerce ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: A new report from the U.S. Commerce Department and the President's Council of Economic Advisors spotlights the array of factors that have made the U.S. the destination of choice for foreign direct investment (FDI). The joint report, released at the inaugural SelectUSA 2013 Investment Summit , also documents the positive impact FDI is having on the U.S. economy, including job creation, higher research and development spending and export growth.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Thank you. Good morning! I am thrilled to welcome all of you to the first-ever SelectUSA Investment Summit.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: President Obama will address the first-ever SelectUSA 2013 Investment Summit today, hosted by the U.S. Department of Commerce, which is being held October 31-November 1 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel.
