News published on Federal Newswire in October 2014

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2014

News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 32-year-old Stroudsburg man was sentenced to 47 months in prison yesterday by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley for distributing crack cocaine in the Monroe County area during a seven-month time period.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2014

News Release: BOISE - Herminio Harro Sandoval, 60, of Caldwell, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to 46 months in prison for conspiracy to attempt to evade and defeat tax, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. United States District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Sandoval to serve three years of supervised release following his prison sentence. He pleaded guilty on Aug. 12, 2014.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2014

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bulgarian national was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for his participation in the Shadowcrew forum, an online marketplace for hacking and identity theft that was the largest of its kind when dismantled by the Department of Justice and the U.S. Secret Service in 2004, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

By Homeland Newswire | Oct 23, 2014

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON - Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson today honored 312 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees from across the country for extraordinary service and outstanding contributions to the Department and the Nation. Secretary ...

By USDA Newswire | Oct 23, 2014

News Release: New Effort Designed to Promote Rural Economic Growth, Support President Obama's Climate Action Plan WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA has funded the first two loans under the new Energy Efficiency and Conservation Loan Program, which is designed to help consumers reduce energy bills through energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy systems.

By USDA Newswire | Oct 23, 2014

News Release: More than $352 million will deliver clean, reliable water to rural residents and businesses; create jobs in communities across the country ANCHORAGE, Oct. 23, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is providing more than $352 million in loans and grants to upgrade rural water ...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2014

News Release: The owners of Out of Africa Adventurous Safaris were charged with conspiracy to sell illegal rhinoceros hunts in South Africa in order to defraud American hunters, money laundering and secretly trafficking in rhino horns, announced Sam Hirsch Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s ...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2014

News Release: A California woman pleaded guilty today for her role in a half-million-dollar “sweepstakes fraud” scheme that was run from Costa Rica and targeted U.S. residents. A Costa Rican national and an Ohio resident were also indicted for their roles in separate but similar schemes earlier this week.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2014

News Release: A certified public accountant (CPA) from Dayton, Ohio, was sentenced today to serve 12 months and one day in prison to be followed by one year of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Edmund A. Sargus Jr. in Columbus, Ohio, on tax charges, announced the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service ...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2014

News Release: A Robert, Louisiana, woman was sentenced today to serve 87 months in prison for filing false tax returns, corruptly endeavoring to obstruct or impede the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and aggravated identity theft, announced the Justice Department and IRS. Hazel M. McGary, 46, aka Hazel M. Alexander ...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2014

News Release: Today, two West Bloomfield, Michigan, residents pleaded guilty to tax fraud in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, announced the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Maher Bashi, who served as Happy’s Pizza’s corporate chief operating officer, and Tom Yaldo, ...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2014

News Release: Hakim J. Sutton, 33, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today to evading income taxes and violating campaign finance laws while working as the treasurer and custodian of records for a District of Columbia political campaign.

By Fed Newswire | Oct 23, 2014

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday issued the supervisory scenarios that will be used in the 2015 capital planning and stress testing program. The program includes the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) of 31 bank holding companies with $50 billion or more of total consolidated assets.

By Fed Newswire | Oct 23, 2014

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: BOV Holding Company, Versailles, Missouri; Bank of Versailles, Versailles, Missouri Written Agreement issued July 26, 2010 Terminated Oct. 20, 2014 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.

By Fed Newswire | Oct 23, 2014

News Release: On Oct. 27, 2014, the Federal Reserve will conduct a fixed-rate offering of term deposits through its Term Deposit Facility (TDF) that will incorporate an early withdrawal feature. This feature will allow depository institutions to obtain a return of funds prior to the maturity date subject to an early withdrawal penalty. The Federal Reserve will offer seven-day term deposits with an interest rate of 0.26000 percent and a maximum tender amount of $15,000,000,000.

By Commerce News Now | Oct 23, 2014

News Release: Secretary Pritzker Led First Trade Mission to Asia; Fifth Trip to Asia Since Becoming Secretary U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today concluded her last stop of the Trade and Business Development Mission in Seoul, South Korea. During the Japan and South Korea mission, Secretary Pritzker focused ...

By Commerce News Now | Oct 23, 2014

News Release: Secretary Pritzker Led First Trade Mission to Asia; Fifth Trip to Asia Since Becoming Secretary U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today concluded her last stop of the Trade and Business Development Mission in Seoul, South Korea. During the Japan and South Korea mission, Secretary Pritzker focused ...

By Labor Gazette | Oct 23, 2014

News Release: LAS VEGAS — The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $1,914,681.50 in back wages and fringe benefits for 147 workers at Proimtu Mmi-Nv LLC, a Henderson-based subcontractor providing construction services at the federally funded Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project in Tonopah. This project, which received a $737 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy, is a 110 MW solar energy power plant that will power up to 75,000 homes during peak electricity periods.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 23, 2014

News Release: ARPIN, Wis. — The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Carl's Landscape Service Inc. in Arpin, alleging that the company retaliated against two workers for contacting the department's Wage and Hour Division with a complaint about unpaid overtime.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 23, 2014

News Release: HOUSTON, Texas — Prime Communications LP, doing business as AT&T Prime Communications LP, has agreed to pay $122,254 in back wages to 255 current and former employees as a result of investigations by the U.S. Department of Labor that found violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.