News from August 2015
By DOL Newswire | Aug 31, 2015
News Release: OAKWOOD, Ga. - In separate incidents less than two weeks apart, two employees sustained disabling injuries at Primex Plastics Corp. in Oakwood. Both workers had their middle and ring fingers amputated as they removed material jammed in shearing machines that cut plastic.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2015
News Release: POCATELLO - Lois Davis, 60, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and formerly of St. Anthony, Idaho, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Davis so pay $2,000,500 in restitution and serve 100 hours of community service. Davis was indicted by a federal grand jury on Oct. 15, 2014.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 31, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 Washington, D.C. – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) today announced that another cybersecurity technology has been licensed for commercialization. This is ...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 31, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 Washington, DC – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded a $1.38 million contract to the University of Oregon to create technology to defend against large ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2015
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it reached a settlement with Louisiana Crane & Construction LLC (Louisiana Crane), a crane and construction company headquartered in Eunice, Louisiana, that provides services to oilfields. The settlement resolves a lawsuit filed on Aug. 29, 2014, by the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2015
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that the owners and operators of the Williams Trailer Court mobile home park in Marion, Illinois, had agreed to pay $75,000 to settle allegations that they discriminated against African Americans and families with children, in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act. The settlement was approved today by the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2015
News Release: U.S. Conspirators Paid Over $2 Million to Influence Russian Nuclear Energy Official and to Secure Business with State-Owned Russian Nuclear Energy Company A Russian official residing in Maryland pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with his role in arranging over $2 million in corrupt payments to influence the awarding of contracts with the Russian state-owned nuclear energy corporation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2015
News Release: A former information technology manager pleaded guilty today to sending damaging computer code to servers at his former employer, a software company, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Thomas G. Walker of the Eastern District of North Carolina and Special Agent in Charge John A. Strong of the FBI’s Charlotte, North Carolina, Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2015
News Release: The United States filed a complaint seeking to permanently bar a Durant, Mississippi, woman and the tax preparation business she operates from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2015
News Release: Airport Worker Intended to Use his Access to Secure Areas to Commit Terrorist Attack A Wichita, Kansas, man working as an avionic technician for an aeronautics company and possessing restricted access to secure airport areas, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison today for attempting to explode a car bomb at the airport in Wichita, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and U.S. Attorney Barry R. Grissom of the District of Kansas announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2015
News Release: A Detroit-area medical doctor who prescribed unnecessary controlled substances and billed for unperformed office visits and diagnostic testing pleaded guilty today for his role in a $5.7 million health care fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2015
News Release: The U.S. government extradited U.S. citizen Kevin Dahlgren to the Czech Republic today to stand trial on murder charges in that country.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2015
News Release: Ex-Secret Service Agent Used Status to Pocket $820,000 Worth of Bitcoin A former U.S. Secret Service special agent pleaded guilty today to money laundering and obstruction of justice in connection with his theft of digital currency during the federal investigation of Silk Road, an online marketplace used to facilitate the purchase and sale of illegal drugs and other contraband.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 31, 2015
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced its approval of the applications under section 18(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act by Auburn State Bank to merge with The Carson National Bank of Auburn, both of Auburn, Nebraska, and to establish a branch at the location of The Carson National Bank of Auburn.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 31, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a five page proposed rule on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Aug 31, 2015
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Aug 31, 2015
The US State Department published a one page notice on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Aug 31, 2015
The US State Department published a two page notice on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Aug 31, 2015
The US State Department published a one page notice on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Aug 31, 2015
The US State Department published a one page notice on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
