News published on Federal Newswire in February 2014

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2014

News Release: PIKEVILLE, KY - A federal judge has sentenced a Pikeville man to 30 years in federal prison for producing videos of himself engaged in sexually explicit conduct with a small child.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014

News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Franklin, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to ten months in jail on his conviction of failure to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact was sentenced on Feb. 10, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014

News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce...

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The leader of a fraud ring that engaged in identity theft and financial crimes which have led to charges against 54 individuals was sentenced today to 144 months in prison for directing the large-scale, sophisticated criminal enterprise, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014

News Release: Today, the Justice Department announced the results of its ongoing efforts to combat fraudulent tax-return preparers and promoters of tax-fraud schemes. Taxpayers filed an estimated 142 million individual income tax returns for the 2011 tax year, with nearly 70 million taxpayers using a paid return preparer ...

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014

News Release: More than 30 tribal leaders, juvenile court judges, child advocates, juvenile justice system experts and community members from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community testified today in the second public hearing of the Advisory Committee of the Attorney General’s Task Force on American Indian ...

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014

News Release: The former owner of a defunct durable medical equipment (DME) clinic was sentenced today in Miami to serve 70 months in prison for his role in an $11 million health care fraud scheme involving World Class Medical Clinic Corp. (World Class).

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014

News Release: Today, the White House released the National Strategy for Combatting Wildlife Trafficking. The Department of Justice, along with the Departments of State and the Interior, are co-chairs of the U.S. Task Force established by President Obama to lead the implementation of this strategy. On Thursday, Associate Attorney General Tony West will lead the U.S. Delegation’s participation at the London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014

News Release: Four current and former employees of International Adoption Guides Inc. (IAG), an adoption services provider, have been indicted by a grand jury in South Carolina for allegedly conspiring to defraud the United States in connection with IAG’s adoption services in Ethiopia. IAG is a South Carolina company that identified children in Ethiopia for adoption and arranged for their adoption by U.S.-based parents.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014

News Release: Today, the Justice Department announced that Andre James Hertzog, 29, was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison and eight years of supervised release for participating in a sex trafficking conspiracy. Hertzog’s co-defendant, Nicole Bramer, 29, was sentenced to serve 21 months in prison, to be followed ...

By Fed Newswire | Feb 11, 2014

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: First Trust Corporation, New Orleans, Louisiana Written Agreement dated June 5, 2012 Terminated February 6, 2014 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.

By Commerce News Now | Feb 11, 2014

News Release: U.S. Exports Reach $2.3 Trillion, Setting New Record for Fourth Consecutive Year U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced the year end state export data showing 16 states set new records for export sales in 2013 — with 10 additional states experiencing merchandise export growth. Total merchandise exports from the 50 U.S. states helped contribute to the record-setting value of goods and services exports, which reached $2.3 trillion in 2013.

By Commerce News Now | Feb 11, 2014

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced the year end state export data showing 16 states set new records for export sales in 2013 — with 10 additional states experiencing merchandise export growth. Total merchandise exports from the 50 U.S. states helped contribute to the record-setting value of goods and services exports, which reached $2.3 trillion in 2013.

By Labor Gazette | Feb 11, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — A maintenance worker fell to his death Jan. 31 from a cell tower in Cameron County, Texas. The next day, a cell phone tower collapsed in Clarksburg, W.Va. Minutes later a second tower at the same Clarksburg site also fell. The collapse of these two towers resulted in the deaths of two workers and a firefighter responding to the scene, and sent two other employees to the hospital with serious injuries.

By Labor Gazette | Feb 11, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez signed a consular partnership agreement yesterday with Nestor E. Mendez, Ambassador of Belize to the United States.

By Labor Gazette | Feb 11, 2014

News Release: Date of Action: Feb. 11, 2014 Type of Action: Consent Judgment and Order Name(s) of Defendant(s): Gail Garrow, IAQ Inc., and IAQ Inc. 401(k) Plan Allegations: In January 2001, IAQ Inc., an information technology company based in Captiva, Fla., established a 401(k) plan for its employees. In April 2009, ...

By Commerce News Now | Feb 11, 2014

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce News Now | Feb 11, 2014

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce News Now | Feb 11, 2014

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.