News from March 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Joshua Anthony Bond, 25, of Grants Pass, Ore., pleaded guilty today to illicit trafficking in controlled substances and being a felon in possession of firearms, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Brian Caputo, 25, of Arvin, charging him with sexual exploitation of a minor and receipt and distribution of child pornography, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: "The agency should carry out its responsibilities in an open and transparent manner which will provide certainty to the marketplace."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in Case Involving Return of United Airlines Flight to China.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) and other members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today introduced bipartisan legislation to help expedite the export of U.S. liquefied natural gas to our global allies, including Ukraine and other Eastern European nations currently at the mercy of...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former bank employee was sentenced Wednesday to three years federal probation for embezzling from a bank in Grant County, Kan., U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today. She was ordered to pay $24,450 restitution to the bank.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 5, 2014
News Release: Dear President Obama: We are deeply concerned with your recent push to dramatically expand federal jurisdiction over waters and wet areas in the United States. These actions are yet another example of a disturbing pattern of an imperial presidency that seeks to use brute force and executive action while...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 5, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement in response to President Obama’s proclamation naming March 2014 as American Red Cross Month...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that, Clarence Walker, 35, of DuQuoin, Illinois, and David E. Neagle II, 21, of Marion...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 5, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 5, 2014—The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced a series of meetings to share information with stakeholders about the 2014 Farm Bill implementation process, including: March 11, 12:00 pm - Local & Regional Food Systems with multiple USDA agencies March 11, 3:00 pm - Natural ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2014
News Release: The Department of Justice has frozen more than $458 million in corruption proceeds hidden in bank accounts around the world by former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha and conspirators. A civil forfeiture complaint unsealed today in the United States District Court in the District of Columbia seeks recovery of more than $550 million in connection with the largest kleptocracy forfeiture action brought in the department’s history.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2014
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder released the following statement on the Senate’s procedural vote on Debo Adegbile to serve as the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division: “I’m very disappointed in the Senate’s vote. At a time when significant voting rights cases and other consequential ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2014
News Release: Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (Alpha), one of the nation’s largest coal companies, Alpha Appalachian Holdings (formerly Massey Energy), and 66 subsidiaries have agreed to spend an estimated $200 million to install and operate wastewater treatment systems and to implement comprehensive, system-wide upgrades ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2014
News Release: The United States filed a complaint seeking to bar Kavivah Branson, aka Kavivah Bradley, and her Jackson, Miss., business, Branson Tax Service, from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2014
News Release: A federal jury in San Francisco has found two individuals and one company guilty of economic espionage, theft of trade secrets, bankruptcy fraud, tax evasion, and obstruction of justice for their roles in a long-running effort to obtain U.S. trade secrets for the benefit of companies controlled by the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2014
News Release: The Justice Department and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that they have entered into a consent decree that, if approved by the court, will resolve both agencies’ claims against Harmony Public Schools on behalf of Nicole M. Tuchscherer, a former teacher at Harmony ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2014
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that a federal criminal complaint has been filed in the Eastern District of Virginia charging defendants Abdelkader and Hnia Amal with immigration offenses in connection with allegations that they held a woman in their home as a domestic servant for three years. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2014
News Release: The Department of Justice announced the filing of a lawsuit today against the School District of Philadelphia alleging that the district discriminated against Siddiq Abu-Bakr, as well as other similarly-situated individuals, on the basis of religion in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The lawsuit further alleges that the district’s employment policies constitute a pattern or practice of religious discrimination, also in violation of Title VII.
By Fed Newswire | Mar 5, 2014
News Release: Three federal bank regulatory agencies are issuing final guidance describing supervisory expectations for stress tests conducted by financial companies with total consolidated assets between $10 billion and $50 billion.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 5, 2014
News Release: “Forty-five years ago today our nation embarked on a vision to ensure that minority-owned firms throughout the country could become critical economic agents of change and job creation. This vision led to the founding of the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), the only federal agency focused ...
