News from September 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jonathan Weir, 45, a former bank employee, was sentenced today to 41 months in prison on a federal mail fraud charge stemming from his embezzlement of more than $2 million from client accounts, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A federal jury convicted a husband and wife and two others today for conspiring in a $3 million conspiracy to scam customers by offering phony consulting services to owners of timeshares through the New Jersey-based Vacation Ownership Group LLC, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: HEYBURN, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation’s Upper Snake Field Office is warning boaters to be cautious as the water level of Lake Walcott is lowered earlier than usual due to drought conditions and short supplies in other system reservoirs. Lake Walcott is impounded by Minidoka Dam on the Snake River about 6 miles south of Minidoka, Idaho.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: DENVER - Two men were sentenced this week to serve federal prison sentences for child exploitation crimes, U.S. Attorney John Walsh and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Kumar Kibble announced. The cases of the two men were unrelated.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are working with partners overseas to curb the threat two weed species pose to nurseries, Christmas tree farms, pastures, and wildlife habitats.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - As of Oct. 1, the National Park Service (NPS) will end the sale of federal lands passes at the Santa Monica Mountains Visitor Center. The federal lands passes, including versions for seniors, active military and the disabled, cover entrance fees at national parks and other federal lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Jie Zhong’s naturalization was revoked and set aside by the United States District Court on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. The court’s decision followed a trial before the Honorable Maria-Elena James, U.S. Magistrate Judge.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement on the release of the USDA Economic Research Service analysis Household Food Security in the United States in 2012 : "Food insecurity remains a very real challenge for millions of Americans. Today's report underscores ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: Two patient recruiters of a Miami health care company pleaded guilty late yesterday for their participation in a $48 million home health Medicare fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: The U.S. District Court in Utah has concluded proceedings and approved a settlement of a lawsuit involving three claimed highway rights-of-way on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administered public land adjacent to and within the Deep Creek Mountains Wilderness Study Area (WSA). The court approved the settlement between the United States, the state of Utah and Juab County, and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, The Wilderness Society, and the Sierra Club.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: Adrian-Tiberiu Oprea, 29, of Constanta, Romania, and Iulian Dolan, 28, of Craiova, Romania, were sentenced today to serve 15 years and seven years in prison, respectively, for participating in an international, multimillion-dollar scheme to remotely hack into and steal payment card data from hundreds ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: Four current and former soldiers of the U.S. Army National Guard pleaded guilty today for their roles in bribery and fraud schemes that caused a total of more than $210,000 in losses to the U.S. Army National Guard Bureau.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that a federal court has permanently barred Nina Thompson Price from preparing federal tax returns for others. The civil injunction order, to which Thompson Price consented, was signed Sept. 3, 2013, by Judge Nancy F. Atlas of the U.S. District Court for the Southern ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: In a settlement agreement with the United States, Safeway, the nation’s second largest grocery store chain, has agreed to pay a $600,000 civil penalty and implement a corporate-wide plan to significantly reduce its emissions of ozone-depleting substances from refrigeration equipment at 659 of its stores ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: In the Obama administration’s latest step to ensure equal treatment for same-sex married couples following the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a key section of the Defense of Marriage Act, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced Wednesday that President Obama has directed the Executive Branch to take steps allowing for same-sex spouses of military veterans to collect federal benefits.
By Fed Newswire | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: On September 9, 2013, the Federal Reserve will conduct a fixed-rate offering of term deposits with full allotment of tenders through its Term Deposit Facility (TDF). The Federal Reserve will offer 28-day term deposits with an interest rate of 0.26000 percent and a maximum tender amount of $1,250,000,000. ...
By Commerce News Now | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker issued the following statement today on the release of the July 2013 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services data. U.S. exports hit the second-highest monthly level on record in July, dropping slightly to $189.4 billion, from an all-time monthly record ...
By Commerce News Now | Sep 4, 2013
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker issued the following statement today on the release of the July 2013 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services data. U.S. exports hit the second-highest monthly level on record in July, dropping slightly to $189.4 billion, from an all-time monthly record ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 4, 2013
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Sept. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 4, 2013
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
