News from April 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A former Merrill Lynch and Smith Barney investment adviser already serving a federal prison term for investment fraud pleaded guilty on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 to additional fraud charges in connection with a nearly two-decade-long scheme to defraud clients of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ALEX BRASINGTON, age 22, of Carriere, Mississippi, pled guilty today to conspiracy to possess and transport stolen firearms in interstate commerce and transportation of stolen firearms in interstate commerce. A five-count superseding indictment was returned...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned two separate indictments today charging a total of six defendants with methamphetamine trafficking offenses, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today continued its work to build the Architecture of Abundance with a review of discussion drafts to modernize the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) and to improve energy efficiency. The legislative concepts discussed today will be included in the committee’s bipartisan comprehensive energy bill.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: Biologists with the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team (IGBST) plan to conduct scientific research and trapping operations within Grand Teton National Park as part of ongoing efforts required under the Endangered Species Actto collect data and monitor the population of grizzly bears in theGreater Yellowstone...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: Employer name: J&M Energy Services. Inspection Site: Odessa, Texas. Date inspection initiated and what prompted the inspection: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration began the investigation in January, as part of the agency's new reporting requirements for in-patient hospitalization of an...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: Currently, the FCC has the authority under the Communications Act to require on-air disclosure of the “true identity" of the people and groups buying ads. However, today, mega-donors hide behind the innocuous and misleading titles of their front groups. Yarmuth’s bill directs the FCC to use the agency’s existing authority in the Communications Act and update the sponsorship identification rules before the 2016 election season.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Toms River, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to smuggle more than $200,000 worth of firearms parts out of the United States, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders yesterday wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler regarding former Greenhill & Company employee Lawrence S. Chu’s ongoing stint as a volunteer at the commission. Greenhill & Company, an investment banking firm, was awarded...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today successfully defended the Agriculture Committee from further cuts in the budget conference report. Stabenow’s effort was supported by nearly 400 farm, conservation, and nutrition groups from around the country.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: Employer name and location: Tip Top Roofing & Construction
By EPA Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: Currently, the FCC has the authority under the Communications Act to require on-air disclosure of the “true identity" of the people and groups buying ads. However, today, mega-donors hide behind the innocuous and misleading titles of their front groups. Yarmuth’s bill directs the FCC to use the agency’s existing authority in the Communications Act and update the sponsorship identification rules before the 2016 election season.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that SYLVIA CHESTNUT, age 37, of New Orleans, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information for stealing property from a Navy Exchange Store in Florida.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today held a hearing to discuss the 21st Century Cures discussion draft released yesterday. Today marks exactly one year since Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) began this initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: Kolon Sentenced to Pay $360 Million in Restitution and Fines.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, woman convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on April 27, 2015, by U.S. District Court Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: Bruce L. Johnson, 50, of Wayne City, Illinois, the former Manager of Finance and Office Services for Wayne-White Counties Electric Cooperative and Treasurer of the Wayne City First Christian Church, pled guilty today in United States District Court in Benton to a four-count information charging him with...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Daryl Fischer of Seminole, Florida and Russell Taylor of Loxahatchee, Florida were sentenced on Tuesday, April 28, 2015, to terms of probation for improper use of the pesticide Aldicarb, which is marketed as Temik, announced the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, George L. Beck, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: Defendant Engaged In Phony Transactions To Conceal Bank’s Toxic Assets.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today held a hearing to discuss the 21st Century Cures discussion draft released yesterday. Today marks exactly one year since Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) began this initiative.
