News from June 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gregory Bitsilly, 28, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Nenahnezad, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to an indictment charging him with arson under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: 7 former officers of First National Bank of Savannah were sentenced during three days of hearings last week before United States District Court Chief Judge Lisa Godbey Wood. Each of the defendants had earlier pled guilty to their role in a massive loan-fraud scheme against First National Bank and other federally insured banks.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 25, 2014 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following floor statement today in support of H.R. 4899, the Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America that Works Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: Much of the recent debate in Congress over international trade has focused on agreements currently in the works, including the Trans Pacific Partnership and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. Not enough time is spent on the trade agreements already in place - have they created American jobs, have they boosted our economy, are they being effectively enforced?.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: In February, Chairman Camp unveiled a Republican tax reform proposal that he hailed as comprehensive, trimming the tax code by 25 percent without adding anything to the deficit within the first 10 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury today found Anthony Lee Erity (33, Kenneth City) guilty of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. Erity faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Sept. 18, 2014, before U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington. Erity was indicted on Nov. 21, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: Settles Claims that Value Drug Failed to Report Suspicious Orders of Oxycodone.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: Las Vegas - Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area will display its first Artist-in-Residence program exhibition from July 4 until August 30. The show will feature new works and pieces for sale by Southern Nevada artists Linda Campbell, Maria Arango Diener and Myranda Bair who each completed a two-week residency at Red Rock Canyon this spring.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Higher Education and Workforce Training Subcommittee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statements after the Senate passed the bipartisan, bicameral Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (H.R. 803)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Andrea McCord of Omaha was sentenced on June 23, 2014, to 70 months in prison by Chief United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp. McCord had previously pled guilty for her involvement in a conspiracy to distribute more than one pound of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - RAJU MUKHI was indicted for his alleged failure to file a report to the IRS on his foreign financial accounts and for filing false tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man was arrested today on federal charges for allegedly impersonating an employee of the U.S. Marshals Service on two occasions last year. The defendant, ROBERT P. ROZYCKI, was arrested without incident by deputy U.S. Marshals.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Mauricio Arbelaez (42, Haines City) pleaded guilty today to smuggling goods from the United States, possession of an unregistered silencer, and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. Arbelaez faces a maximum penalty of 25 years in federal prison. Arbelaez was indicted on March 7, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: Mortgage Broker, Title Agent, Real Estate Appraiser, Attorney, Property Managers, And Others Conspired To Steal Funds In A Multi-Million Dollar Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that it has filed a criminal charge of misappropriation of postal funds against a Clinton County woman in federal court in Williamsport.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: Over 30 weapons confiscated as U.S. Attorney continues efforts to keep.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area recently completed the construction of a comfort station at the Station Camp day use area, boat launch, and trailhead. The new comfort station is compliant with the American Disabilities Act and is accessible to mobility impaired visitors.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved legislation that would take a number of steps to modernize and address critical challenges to the nation’s cyber security capabilities. Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Ranking Member Tom...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that BORIS LISYANSKY was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for his role in hiring a hitman to kill two Queens businessmen, which resulted in a non-fatal shooting in May 2010. LISYANSKY was convicted of one count of murder for hire and one count of conspiracy to commit murder for hire on April 29, 2013, after a six-day trial before Judge George B. Daniels in Manhattan federal court.
