News published on Federal Newswire in August 2014

News from August 2014


The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Tucson, AZ - Saguaro National Park is announcing road closures in both districts of the park over this holiday weekend.


News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Yellowstone National Park. P.O. Box 168. Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190. Aug. 29, 2014 14-067. Al Nash. (307) 344-2015. YELL_Public_Affairs@nps.gov. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK NEWS RELEASE. Yellowstone Enforcing Ban On Unmanned Aircraft Operation...


Former CFO Of Rothstein, Rosenfeldt And Adler, P.A. Sentenced For Conspiracy To Launder Money And To Defraud A Financial Institution

News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Donnell Young, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce that...


News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - Beginning in early September, firefighters from the Royal Gorge Interagency Fire Unit plan to conduct pile burns if conditions warrant.


Defendant Charged In Investment Scam Yielding Millions Of Dollars From Investors – And Miami Heat Tickets

News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce that Haider Zafar, 36, formerly of Miami-Dade County, has been charged with five counts of wire fraud in connection with an investment scam that yielded millions of dollars from investors and Miami Heat premium ticket package.


News Release: OAKLAND - Jonathan Davis was sentenced today to 30 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $178,426 for his involvement in a tax fraud scheme, United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez announced.


News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - A former resident of Phoenix, Arizona, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to federal child pornography offenses, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.


News Release: Defendant Seen Placing Rifle In Car Later Stopped By Law Enforcement.


Morgan State University Professor Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison In Scheme To Defraud The National Science Foundation And For Obtaining Kickbacks From Student Stipends

News Release: Fraudulently Obtained $200,000 and Attempted to Obtain Another $500,000 through a National Science Foundation Small Business Program.


Leader Of Bakken Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Court

News Release: BILLINGS-A Washington man, who led a major drug trafficking organization that distributed large amounts of pure methamphetamine in Montana, particularly in the Bakken Region, was sentenced in federal court today for the offense of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Billings United...


News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Fritz.


Keep A Safe Distance When Viewing Yellowstone Wildlife

News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Yellowstone National Park. P.O. Box 168. Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190. Aug. 29, 2014 14-066. Al Nash. (307) 344-2015. YELL_Public_Affairs@nps.gov. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK NEWS RELEASE. Keep A Safe Distance When Viewing Yellowstone Wildlife...


Sacramento Woman Found Guilty In Mortgage Fraud Scheme

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - After a nine-day trial, a federal jury found Anna Sorokina Kuzmenko, 33, of Sacramento, guilty today of two counts of wire fraud in a mortgage fraud scheme, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. The trial was held before United States District Judge John A. Mendez.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Julius Scott Mendez, 21, a member of the Mescalero Apache Nation who resides in Mescalero, N.M., was sentenced this afternoon in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to two years of probation for his misdemeanor assault conviction. Mendez also spent 65 days in federal custody while awaiting sentencing.


Former Hospital Employee Pleads Guilty To Criminal HIPPA Charges

News Release: TYLER, Texas - U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that a former employee of an East Texas hospital has pleaded guilty to criminal HIPAA charges in the Eastern District of Texas.


News Release: LEXINGTON, KY -A former doctor in Paintsville, Ky., was sentenced to 48 months in prison on Thursday, for his role in a conspiracy that was responsible for illegally distributing more than 25,000 prescription pills in Eastern Kentucky.


News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Ralph Moreno, 52, of Gering, Nebraska, was sentenced in the United States District Court at Lincoln, Nebraska, for distributing child pornography. The Honorable John M. Gerrard sentenced Moreno to 72 months imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal prison system. After his release from prison Moreno will begin a 5 year term of supervised release. Moreno will also be required to register as a sex offender.


USDA Lifts PACA Reparation Sanctions on Arkansas Produce Business

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Twin City Produce of Springdale LLC satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).


Phoenix Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Child Pornography Offenses

News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - A former resident of Phoenix, Arizona, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to federal child pornography offenses, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.