News published on Federal Newswire in August 2014

News from August 2014


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Aug. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Aug. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Aug. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Aug. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Aug. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Aug. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Aug. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


BTS Releases June 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

News Release: BTS 37-14 BTS Releases June 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)


All 36 Charged ABT Members And Associates Convicted Of Federal Racketeering Charges In The Southern District Of Texas

News Release: 73 Convicted Across Five Federal Districts, Including All Five Active ABT Generals, Effectively Dismantling Organization.


Former Redflex CEO, Liaison, And Chicago Official Indicted For Alleged Corruption In City’s Red Light Camera Contracts

News Release: CHICAGO - A former chief executive officer of Chicago’s first red light camera vendor, Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc., and the company’s customer liaison with the city, were indicted today on federal corruption charges together with a retired city official who managed the red light camera program for nearly a decade, after he alone was charged initially in May.


Major Heroin Distribution Ring Dismantled In Onondaga County, NY

News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Onondaga County District Attorney William J. Fitzpatrick and DEA Resident Agent in Charge, Ed Duffy announced today the conclusion of a major heroin investigation. The investigation was conducted by the DEA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area of Central New (HIDTA). HIDTA Force members...


News Release: At the request of local authorities and at the direction of Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., our respective offices have opened a civil rights investigation into the shooting death of Michael Brown that occurred in Ferguson, Missouri, this past Saturday. In conducting the independent federal investigation...


Man Sentenced to Maximum 20 Years for Role in Conspiracy to Commit Murder-For-Hire in Shooting of Correctional Officer

News Release: Columbia, South Carolina -----United States Attorney Bill Nettles announced today that a federal grand jury returned a nine-count Indictment charging Florence resident Willard Lester “Les" Willard, age 51, with conspiracy, smuggling and violations of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. The Indictment alleges...


News Release: Tucson, AZ - The Deer Head Fire remains approximately 1,097 acres and 75% contained. Firefighters will begin demobilizing from the Deer Head Fire today, as recent monsoon conditions have slowed the fire's progress. The 10-person Sequoia Type 2 Wildland Fire Module will demobilize from the fire this morning...


Pasco Woman Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison For Stolen Identity Refund Fraud

News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Selathiel Frazier (29, Pasco County) to 8 years in federal prison for wire fraud. As part of her sentence, the Court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $4,039,238.00, the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct. Frazier pleaded guilty on March 26, 2014.


News Release: United States Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr. and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Ronald A. Cimino of the Justice Department's Tax Division announced that four undocumented aliens were sentenced today to jail terms ranging from 24 to 42 months for their roles in a large conspiracy to defraud the...


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Yesterday a federal judge has entered an order finding Steven Michael Allumbaugh, 63, of Carlsbad, N.M., guilty on theft of government money and property charges following a bench trial in Dec. 2013. The charges underlying the guilty verdict arose out of Allumbaugh’s illegal conduct in intentionally concealing his father’s death from the Social Security Administration and misusing his father’s Social Security benefits for his personal use for almost a year.



News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - A Shreveport man was sentenced to 87 months in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for receiving child pornography on his home computer, U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today.


News Release: GAINESVILLE, Ga. - Christopher Castleberry has been sentenced to one year and six months in prison after pleading guilty to stealing his children’s Social Security Survivor’s benefits.