News from July 2014
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: GrandCanyon, Ariz. -National Park Service firemanagers on theNorthRim oftheGrand.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Memphis, TN - Robert Drew, 57, of Oakland, TN, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury on two counts of robbery of a business engaged in interstate commerce (Hobbs Act), two counts of using a firearm during a crime of violence; and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III and ATF Nashville Field Division Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey L. Fulton.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Leslie R. Caldwell, the Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA - A new national champion tree, a seven-year-apple (Casasia clusiifolia), was crowned in Biscayne National Park. The seven-year-apple joins four other trees in the park receiving the 2014 national champion designation from American Forests.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: A Rochester Hills man was yesterday sentenced yesterday to 34 months in federal prison for jury tampering, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By State Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauded the House of Representatives unanimous passage of S. 1104, Assessing Progress in Haiti Act of 2014. The legislation provides greater oversight of U.S. taxpayer funding for post-earthquake reconstruction...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - Harold “Hal" Holmstrom, 76, of Minburn, Iowa, was sentenced on federal child pornography charges on July 23, 2014, to the maximum of 10 years in jail, and a lifetime of supervised release thereafter.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed President Obama’s signing of the Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act, a bill championed by Murkowski and Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, into law.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former employee of the Internal Revenue Service pleaded guilty in federal court today to leading a conspiracy to steal taxpayers’ identity information in order to receive fraudulent tax refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: Ronald Dwaine Carnes, 69, from Waterloo, Iowa, has been charged with four counts of Social Security fraud, two counts of identity theft, and one count of being a felon and fugitive from justice in possession of a firearm. The charges are contained in an Indictment filed on July 22, 2014, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: Joshua Latman, 43, of West Reading, PA, was charged today by indictment with distributing and possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The Indictment alleges that on June 9, 2013, Latman distributed child pornography, and on Aug. 13, 2013, Latman possessed child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-- A federal grand jury in Knoxville returned five separate indictments on July 16, 2014, against 59 individuals involved in a conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. Those indicted include.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Antwan Green, 32, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud before U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie G. Foschio. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, a fine of $1,000,000 or both.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: CoBank Pledges Initial Multi-billion Commitment for New Rural Infrastructure Opportunity Fund; More Private Investments in Fund Expected; Capitol Peak to Manage New Fund; USDA to Identify Projects in Need of Investment through New Fund and Other Sources WASHINGTON, July 24, 2014 - The White House Rural ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Applied Polymer Systems dba APS Pharmaco (APS) and its president, Nuka Reddy, all of Lindenhurst, New York, to prevent the distribution of adulterated dietary supplements.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: The Justice Department today announced it has signed a joint statement of principles with the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, that reflects the good-faith intent of both sides to enter into a court-enforceable agreement to reform the Albuquerque Police Department (APD). The joint statement of principles ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: The former president and chief executive officer of BizJet International Sales and Support Inc., a U.S.-based subsidiary of Lufthansa Technik AG with headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that provides aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, pleaded guilty today for his participation in a scheme to pay bribes to foreign government officials.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: Armando Jose Velasquez, aka “Money,” 27, of East Chicago, Indiana, was sentenced today to serve 305 months in prison on federal racketeering charges relating to a Dec. 3, 2011, attempted murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that an $80 million False Claims Act judgment was entered against BNP Paribas for submitting false claims for payment guarantees issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). BNP Paribas is a global financial institution headquartered in Paris.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: The 2013 Federal Reserve Payments Study Detailed Report, released today, provides new information on the payments landscape including updated results on the intensity of card use by consumers and businesses; further discussion of previously released information on third-party payments fraud; new estimates ...
