News published on Federal Newswire in October 2013

News from October 2013


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Rescheduled Wounded Warrior Deer Hunt Will Close Big Spring Area for Visitor Safety

News Release: VAN BUREN MO: Originally scheduled for October 19th - 20th, 2013 at Big Spring, the Wounded Warrior Mobility Impaired Hunt for military service members has been rescheduled for Veterans Day Weekend November 9th - 10th.While the hunt is taking place, the Big Spring area will be closed to the public for visitor safety. The lodge and cabins will still be accessible however.


News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement with All Battery Sales and Service (ABS) of Everett, Wash., to resolve a lawsuit it filed on behalf of Curtis Kirk, a U.S. Army reservist. The lawsuit alleged that the company violated the Uniformed Services Employment...


FEMA fraud charges for Hurricane Sandy disaster relief

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of New York. Monday, Oct. 28, 2013.


News Release: In El Paso 47-year-old El Paso attorney Marco Antonio Delgado, a.k.a. Marco Delgado Licon, faces up to 20 years in federal prison after a jury convicted him of conspiracy to launder up to $600 million in illegal drug proceeds announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Dennis Ulrich.


Public may encounter logging activity this fall south of Parshall

News Release: KREMMLING, Colo. - Hunters and other public land users could encounter logging activity and increased heavy truck traffic in the coming weeks on Bureau of Land Management-administered lands about 10 miles south of Parshall.


BLM Incorporating Additional Analysis into Draft Uncompahgre Resource Management Plan

News Release: MONTROSE, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Uncompahgre Field Office will include the proposal from Citizens for a Healthy Community, the Conservation Center and others in the draft Uncompahgre Resource Management Plan.


News Release: Company Pays $300,000 Fine For Violating Export Control Act.


Co-Owner Of Company That Originated $30 Million In Fraudulent Mortgages Pleads Guilty

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. B The co-owner of a mortgage company that was responsible for a long-running, large-scale mortgage fraud that caused losses of more than $30 million today admitted his role in the scheme, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


Point Reyes National Seashore to Host National Recycling Collection on November 15, 2013

News Release: On November 15 at the Bear Valley Visitor Center, from 10 am to 2 pm, Point Reyes National Seashore will host an electronic waste (e-waste) recycling collection, joining thousands of local organizers holding recycling events across the country to celebrate America Recycles Day, the only nationally recognized day dedicated to promoting and celebrating recycling in the United States.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - In advance of next week’s House Foreign Affairs Committee field hearing on human trafficking, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the Committee, today introduced H.R. 3344, the Fraudulent Overseas Recruitment and Trafficking Elimination (FORTE) Act of 2013, legislation that combats the growing problem of international human trafficking.


News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, D-Md., today introduced legislation to keep taxpayer dollars from being awarded to irresponsible or criminal contractors and grantees, H.R. 3345, the Stop Unworthy Spending Act (SUSPEND Act).


News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Missouri man who coached youth tennis has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for soliciting a minor girl he coached to send him sexually explicit photos of herself, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today. The defendant also was ordered to pay $15,000 in restitution.


News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that William G. Hallowell, 28 of Walthill, Nebraska was sentenced in federal court in Omaha for a burglary on the Omaha Indian Reservation. The Honorable John H. Gerrard sentenced Hallowell to a 21 month term of imprisonment concurrent with his Omaha Tribal Court sentence for the same offense. After his release from prison Hallowell will begin a three year term of supervised release.


Wabaunsee County Woman Admits Embezzling From Bio-Security Research Institute

News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Wabaunsee County woman has pleaded guilty to embezzling from the Bio-Security Research Institute at Kansas State University, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.


News Release: BOISE - United States Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced today that her office's Financial Litigation Unit collected $2,715,051.85 in criminal fines, assessments, and restitution, and $31,441,799.34 in civil debts for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2013. In addition, the Asset Forfeiture Unit...


Alabama Man Pleads Guilty To His Involvement In An Identity Theft Scheme Using Stolen Prisoner Names

News Release: Montgomery, Alabama -. Harvey James pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft for his role in a Stolen Identity Refund Fraud (“SIRF") scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney for...


West Mifflin Woman Laundered Money For Heroin Trafficker

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A West Mifflin, Pa., woman was convicted of conspiring to launder money, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Butte, on Oct. 25, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, IRENE PASTER, age 65, and YOLANDA PASTER, age 40, residents of Big Sky, were each sentenced to a term of.


News Release: CHICAGO ― Two former analysts for the Cook County Board of Review were convicted today on federal conspiracy, bribery, and fraud charges for accepting $1,500 to facilitate reducing by more than $10,000 the property taxes on three residential properties identified by an individual who was cooperating...