News published on Federal Newswire in May 2014

News from May 2014


Federal Grand Jury In South Bend Returns Indictment

News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana - The United States Attorney's Office announced that a Grand Jury sitting in South Bend, Indiana, returned the following Indictment on May 14, 2014.


Passaic County, N.J., Man Admits Distributing Images Of Child Sexual Abuse Over The Internet

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Wayne, N.J., man admitted today to sharing images of child sexual abuse from his home computer, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


2014 Concessioner Schedules

News Release: The 2014 operating dates for concessioners within Glacier National Park are scheduled. These concessioners, who work under contract within Glacier National Park, provide visitor services including lodging, food service, retail shops, tours, transportation, horseback riding, guided day hikes and backpacking trips, boat tours and small boat rentals. Services are listed in alphabetical order.



Local Company Charged With Improper Storage Of Explosive Hazardous Waste

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - An information, filed on May 7, 2014, charges Action Manufacturing Company with illegal storage of explosive hazardous waste at its facility in Atglen, Chester County, PA, and transportation of hazardous material in violation of regulations, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.


Singapore Shipping Company And Crew Member Responsible For Oily Waste Discharge Are Sentenced

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, May 15, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Singapore-based ODFJELL ASIA II PTE LTD. and a senior crew member of one of its ships were sentenced yesterday in federal court in Hartford, Conn., for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution...


Owner Of Car Dealership Sentenced To More Than 17 Years For Laundering Over $3 Million

News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington yesterday sentenced Samih Abdel Rahman (51, Tampa) to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to launder approximately $3,335,898 of proceeds from stolen identity refund fraud and drug trafficking.


Bolton, Mississippi Resident Sentenced To Prison For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

News Release: JACKSON, Miss. - Kelvin Robinson, 46, of Bolton, Mississippi, was sentenced in U.S. District Court on May 15, 2014 to 172 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute over 1,000 kilograms of marijuana, and 120 months in prison for money laundering, announced DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Floyd H. Baker, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis, and Special Agent in Charge Gabriel L. Grehan of IRS Criminal Investigation. The sentences will be served concurrently.


EPW Committee Unanimously Approves Major Bipartisan Transportation Bill, MAP-21 Reauthorization Act

News Release: Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unanimously approved S.2322, the MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, a long-term bipartisan bill to reauthorize the nation's transportation programs for six years at current funding plus inflation, illustrating broad bipartisan support for passage by the ...


Astronomy Programs at Bandy Creek, Big South Fork, on Saturday, May 24

News Release: Paul Lewis from the University of Tennessee will be at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area on Saturday, May 24, for two special astronomy programs.


Upton Responds to Putin’s Decision to Cut Off Ukraine’s Gas

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that Russia will cut off natural gas supplies to Ukraine unless it receives pre-payments.


Hatch and Alexander Highlight GAO Report Showing Majority of International Grants at the Department of Labor are Missing Documentation

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member on the Senate Finance Committee, and Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Ranking Member on the HELP Committee, today highlighted a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report entitled, International Labor Grants: Labor Should Improve Management...


Georgia Women Used Stolen Identities To File For $2M In False Tax Return Refunds

News Release: PITTSBURGH - Three Georgia women pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of wire fraud conspiracy, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Owner Of Smoke Shops In Bakersfield, Fresno And Visalia Pleads Guilty To Fraud Relating To The Sale Of Synthetic Drugs

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Victor Anthony Nottoli, 51, of Hillsborough, Calif., pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and one count of causing at least 24 tons of misbranded smokable synthetic cannabinoids (SSC) to be introduced into interstate commerce. Four defendants arrested...


Peabody Investment Advisor Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Clients

News Release: BOSTON - A Peabody investment advisor pleaded guilty today to defrauding several Boston-area residents out of their retirement savings.


Upton and Walden Respond to FCC Vote on Proposed Net Neutrality Rules

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) expressed disappointment following today’s Federal Communications Commission’s vote on Chairman Tom Wheeler’s proposed “open Internet" rules.


Rindge Man Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion

News Release: In Connection With Fraudulent Investment Operation.


Cummings Issues Statement on New Issa Subpoena on Benghazi

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to a new subpoena issued today by Chairman Darrell Issa to compel Secretary of State John Kerry to appear before the Committee on May 29, 2014...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that Russia will cut off natural gas supplies to Ukraine unless it receives pre-payments.


Energy Department Announces Secretarial Determination of No Adverse Material Impact for Uranium Transfers

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz issued a determination permitting the Department of Energy to make uranium transfers to fund accelerated cleanup activities at the Portsmouth or Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Sites and the down blending of highly enriched uranium into low-enriched uranium...