News from July 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: Ernest G. Fink, Jr., 68, of Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, the former Chief Operating Officer and co-owner of Schuylkill Products Inc., was sentenced in federal court in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, today to 51 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay fines totaling $25,100 for his role in a massive conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: Press Conference on Citi Settlement. July 14, 2014, 10:00 a.m. Remarks by John Walsh. United States Attorney for the District of Colorado. Thank you, Tony. I am John Walsh, U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado. I also serve as one of the national co-chairs of the Department’s RMBS Working Group.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) praised today’s announcement by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler regarding the creation of a “Strike Force" to combat waste and fraud within the Universal Service Fund...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: Four national parks on Hawai‘i Island will simultaneously celebrate the first national holiday in Hawai‘i, Lā ho‘iho‘i ea, or Hawaiian Flag Day, on Thursday, July 31. The event is free, but entrance fees apply at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park & Pu‘uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department, along with federal and state partners, today announced a $7 billion settlement with Citigroup Inc. to resolve federal and state civil claims related to Citigroup’s conduct in the packaging, securitization, marketing, sale and issuance of residential mortgage-backed...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) held a hearing on four critical nominations for the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors. The nominees, Hon. James C. Miller III, Stephen Crawford, David M. Bennett, and Victoria Reggie Kennedy, discussed...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service Administrator Lillian Salerno today began a three-state tour to highlight USDA investments that are helping expand rural business opportunities in the bio-economy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Robert Harold Scott, Jr., 27, of Virginia Beach, Va., was convicted today by a federal jury on 28 counts involving child pornography and destruction of records charges.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), this week will continue its investigation of recent incidents involving the mishandling of anthrax and other dangerous agents the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
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), Miami Field Office, and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee announced the following changes to his press staff on the committee and in his personal office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Monday, July 14, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Tyrone H. Bailey, 56, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced on July 11, 2014, in federal district court in East St. Louis, Illinois, for his failure to register as a sex offender, the United...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: ROCKFORD - A former employee of Milledgeville Community Credit Union was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala for embezzling money from Milledgeville Community Credit Union, in Milledgeville, Ill. KIMBERLY KENT, 53, who was also a former Treasurer of Wysox Township, was sentenced to 8...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former employee of a bank in Neosho County was sentenced Monday to a year and a day in federal prison for embezzling more than $278,000 from the bank and two customers, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: New tax charges were filed against a Mayfield Heights man who earlier this year pleaded guilty to his role in defrauding a Cleveland Heights charter school out of more than $400,000, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Kathy Enstrom Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation, Cincinnati Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: Eight Other Veterans Have Admitted to Paying U.S. Army Veteran David Clark.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. A Wichita man pleaded guilty Monday to filing a false tax return and agreed to pay $34,510 in restitution, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Ranelle Perry of Omaha was sentenced on July 14, 2014, to 30 years in prison by United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp. Perry had previously pled guilty to using a firearm during, and in relation to, a drug trafficking crime.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Congressman Don Young, both R-Alaska, today welcomed an announcement by the Army Corps of Engineers’ Alaska District that it will modify the comment period for a revised general permit for placer mining activities. The Corps will extend the current comment ...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: Philadelphia - Independence National Historical Park is one of 39 national parks selected to receive a 2014 America's Best Idea grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks. Inspired by Ken Burns' critically acclaimed documentary "The National Parks: America's...
