News from November 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Wakpala, South Dakota, man convicted of Sexual Abuse of a Minor was sentenced on Nov. 3, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Theft of Government Funds, Misuse of Benefits by a Representative Payee, and False Statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2014
News Release: Investigation Exposed Woman Who Fraudulently Collected $250,000 in Federal Benefits;.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 9, 2014
News Release: San Juan National Historic Site invites you to celebrate Veterans Day by visiting Castillo SanFelipe del Morro and Castillo San Cristobal on Tuesday, October 11th.Entrance to the fortifications will be freefor all visitors in recognition of this special day as we honor all men andwomen of our armed forces.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 8, 2014
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 The President has nominated an excellent public servant to be the next Attorney General. I first met Loretta Lynch in 1997, in a courtroom on Long Island, New York, where she was prosecuting and I was defending a criminal case. Since then I ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2014
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder released the following statement Saturday on President Obama’s nomination of U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch to serve as Attorney General: “Loretta Lynch is an extraordinarily talented attorney, a dedicated public servant, and a leader of considerable experience and consummate skill. I am certain that she will be an outstanding Attorney General, and I am delighted to join President Obama in congratulating her on this prestigious appointment.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2014
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. released the following statement today on President Obama’s nomination of U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch, Eastern District of New York, to serve as the next Attorney General of the United States...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 On Nov. 13-15, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson will travel to Los Angeles to meet with community leaders and state and local law enforcement to discuss the ongoing collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security on civil rights and civil liberties and safeguarding local communities, as well as building partnerships between community organizations and state and local officials.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 PARIS — Today, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas concluded a trip to Paris where he participated in the G6 Ministerial and met with international counterparts to discuss a range of shared security-related priorities, including foreign terrorist travel to and from Syria and counterterrorism efforts.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2014 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service is seeking input from the public to guide its development of a new industry-funded promotion, research and information order (also known as a "checkoff program") for beef and beef products. The new order would ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: The Department of Justice has filed a civil forfeiture complaint made public late yesterday seeking the forfeiture of $106,488.31 in allegedly laundered funds traceable to a $2 million bribe payment made by a Canadian energy company to Chad’s former Ambassador to the United States and Canada and his ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: A grand jury in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia returned an indictment yesterday charging a Jamaican citizen who was residing in Virginia in connection with the operation of a fraudulent lottery scheme, the Department of Justice and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that Stuart Delery, the Acting Associate Attorney General, will serve as the Department of Justice’s designee as Co-Chair of the President’s Task Force on Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: Federal law enforcement has taken action against over 400 Tor hidden service.onion addresses, including dozens of “dark market” websites, that were offering a range of illegal goods and services for sale on the “Tor” network, a special network of computers on the Internet designed to conceal the locations ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: Former Stone County Arkansas Deputy and jail administrator, Randel Branscum, 54, and two former inmates at the Stone County Jail, Matthew McConniel, 42, and James Beckham, 34, have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to violate the rights of inmates at the jail and deprivation of rights under color of law, the Justice Department announced. The indictments were unsealed on Nov. 6, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: A Marion, Ohio, man was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio to serve 12 months and one day in prison, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: The department today announced a settlement with Flakeboard America Limited; its parent companies, Celulosa Arauco y Constitución S.A. and Inversiones Angelini y Compañía Limitada; and SierraPine. The settlement requires the companies to pay a combined $3.8 million in civil penalties for violating the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: A former contractor for the U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command (MSC) and a co-founder of a Chesapeake, Virginia, government contracting company were sentenced today for their roles in a scheme to bribe and provide illegal gratuities to public officials to secure lucrative military contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: A U.S. citizen residing in Thailand pleaded guilty today to one count of sexually exploiting a minor before U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard L. Puglisi of the District of Hawaii.
