News published on Federal Newswire in September 2013

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2013

News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced that WARREN STELMAN, a/k/a “Dave Ford," was sentenced today to 75 months in prison for...

By US DOT Newswire | Sep 24, 2013

News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding President Obama's pledge to "ensure the free flow" oil from the Middle East and North Africa during today's speech before the United Nations.

By USDA Newswire | Sep 24, 2013

News Release: Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today called on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to review recent allegations about possible manipulation of the markets for Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) - the tracking mechanism ...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2013

News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was charged yesterday in U.S. District Court in Springfield with making fraudulent claims for insurance proceeds following fires at two multi-family homes in Springfield.

By State Newswire | Sep 24, 2013

News Release: Appearing on CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper" this afternoon in advance of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s speech to the United Nations, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, urged increased sanctions on the regime in Tehran.

By Commerce Newswire | Sep 24, 2013

News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a new Interagency Agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that will make it easier for manufacturers and transit agencies to identify domestically...

By US DOT Newswire | Sep 24, 2013

News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, along with all Committee Republicans, asked U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Chairman of the EPW Committee to set a date for the much delayed hearing to review the U.S. Environmental Protection ...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2013

News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces that United States District Judge Susan Bucklew today sentenced Edward Benjamin Alister (59, Pasco...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2013

News Release: Two individuals charged with running a telemarketing operation that defrauded Spanish-speaking consumers pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, the Department of Justice and U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) announced. Daniel Carrasco, 54, and Federico Martin Gioja...

By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2013

News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - A painter, sculptor and cellist who spent a month collaborating with scientists at Canyons of the Ancients National Monument bridging the gap between art and scientific perspectives on wilderness will present their work at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 29, at the Anasazi Heritage Center.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Crystal Reeder, a/k/a Crystal Taylor, age 29, of Isabel, South Dakota, appeared before Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno on Sept. 19, 2013, and pled guilty to a Superseding Information that charged her with Simple Assault of a Minor.

By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2013

News Release: Staff continues to examine the condition of facilities and trails to determine which areas can be reopened. Debris is being removed and facilities cleaned where needed. A Facilities Management team is assessing the scope and scale of the flood damage and risk to park facilities, roads, and infrastructure as an initial step in determining long-term repair and rehabilitation needs.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013

News Release: Text oA felon who possessed a 9 millimeter pistol during a Waterloo traffic stop was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Guatemalan national pleaded guilty in federal court today to aggravated identity theft in connection to a conspiracy to provide false identity documents so that more than 100 illegal immigrants...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013

News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it will monitor the special municipal election on Sept. 24, 2013, in Hattiesburg, Miss. The monitoring is designed to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination in the election process on the basis of race, color or membership ...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013

News Release: Jing Wang, 51, of Del Mar, Calif., a former Executive Vice President and President of Global Business Operations for Qualcomm Inc., was charged with insider trading in shares of both Qualcomm and Atheros Communications Inc. using a secret brokerage account and an offshore shell company in the British ...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013

News Release: Donald John Sachtleben, a former FBI bomb technician who later worked as a government contractor for the agency, has filed a petition to plead guilty to newly filed charges of unlawfully disclosing national defense information relating to a disrupted terrorist plot. Sachtleben previously had filed a petition to plead guilty to charges of possessing and distributing child pornography resulting from a separate investigation.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013

News Release: Lea’Tice Phillips, of Montgomery County, Ala., was sentenced to serve 94 months of incarceration today, announced Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama George L. Beck Jr. Phillips was also ordered to pay ...

By Labor Gazette | Sep 23, 2013

News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. — U.S. Department of Labor Administrative Law Judge Linda S. Chapman has ordered Bank of America Corp. to pay 1,147 African American job applicants $ 2,181,593 in back wages and interest for race-based hiring discrimination at the company's Charlotte facility. In an earlier ruling, the ...

By Labor Gazette | Sep 23, 2013

News Release: BOSTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has resolved claims of pay discrimination affecting 78 Hispanic workers employed at the Medtronic Interventional Vascular Inc. manufacturing facility in Danvers, Mass.