News from December 2014
By DOT News Wire | Dec 5, 2014
The US Transportation Department published a six page rule on Dec. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 5, 2014
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Dec. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
The US Interior Department published a four page proposed rule on Dec. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: RICHMOND and DRESDEN, Maine – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration today celebrated the opening of the newly built Kennebec Bridge (State Route 197) that connects the towns of Richmond and Dresden in central Maine. The $18.4 million project, which relied on a $10.8 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER III) grant, will improve mobility to and from the two towns.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: Used Debit Cards, Cashier’s Checks, and Postal Money Orders to Conceal Assets from IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: - Child was malnourished and in need of medical care for burns.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Martin Howard Winters (55, Valrico), the leader of the River Otter Preppers organization, to 30 months’ imprisonment for manufacturing and possessing destructive devices. He pleaded guilty on Aug. 28, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Maureen O’Mara, Special Agent in Charge, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Criminal Investigation Division (EPA-CID), Michael A. Hill, Special Agent in Charge, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - Sihai Cheng, a/k/a Chun Hai Cheng, a/k/a Alex Cheng, a citizen of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), arrived to face charges for conspiring to export pressure transducers to Iran which can be used in the production process of weapons-grade uranium. In February 2014, Cheng was arrested by British authorities on U.S. charges during a trip to the United Kingdom. He was detained in the United Kingdom pending extradition to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - James Douglas Pielsticker, former Chief Executive Officer and President of Arrow Trucking Company, was arraigned today in U.S. District Court in Dallas, Texas, on bank fraud and tax fraud charges stemming from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: Fishers man swindled millions from unsuspecting investors.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Ian Furminger, 47, of Pleasant Hill and Edmond Robles, 46, of Danville, both San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) officers, were convicted today by a federal jury of conspiracy to violate civil rights, conspiracy to steal from a federally funded program, and devising a scheme to defraud and obtain money and property through wire fraud. Robles was also convicted of theft from a federally funded program.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JAMES CONRAD, JR., age 49, of New Orleans, pled guilty yesterday to theft of government funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Joseph Ruff, 32, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr., to conducting an illegal gambling business, conspiracy to collect an extension of credit by extortion, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The charges carry a maximum possible penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $500,000 or both, with the sentence expected to be 41 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - Elmer Reyes, 32, of Chelsea, was indicted yesterday on charges that he sexually exploited a child. A federal grand jury handed down a two count indictment charging Reyes with producing a pornographic image of a child and possession of child pornography. The indictment alleges that the conduct occurred on Oct. 1, 2014.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement reacting to the announcement by President Obama on the nomination of Ashton Carter to be Secretary of the Department of Defense.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced William Simmons, a/k/a “Big Chew," age 32, of Baltimore, today to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possesses with the intent to distribute heroin and crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: The final three individuals involved in the $49.6 million Hampton Springs mortgage fraud scheme, which was organized and led by Miami resident Domenico “Dom" Rabuffo, were sentenced yesterday. Rabuffo’s ex-wife was sentenced to 14 years in prison, and the other two individuals who acted as recruiters for the scheme were sentenced to 20 years in prison.
By State Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - This week, the State Department’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released its 2014 independent audit of the Broadcasting Board of Governors financial statements. The audit notes continued lapses in financial oversight and non-compliance with federal regulations including the...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - SHERRY’S DRUG, which operates a retail pharmacy in Edmond, Oklahoma, has paid $43,000 in civil penalties to the United States to settle claims stemming from alleged violations of the Controlled Substances Act, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
