News from August 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Brittany Thompson, 26, John Robert Morris, 33, both of Fairmont, West Virginia, and Raymond Leonard, 33, of Burton, West Virginia, were sentenced in federal court today for their role in manufacturing methamphetamine, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - Late yesterday, a federal trial jury convicted Kenneth Hobson, 33, of Memphis, Tennessee, of knowingly assaulting and injuring a correctional officer at the Federal Correctional Institution in Marianna. The verdict was announced by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Timothy C. Lynch and Joseph M. Tripi, who are handling the case, stated that according to the indictment, between November 2012 and August 2014, and again from early 2015 to July 29, 2015, the defendant attempted to provide material support and resources, and personnel, specifically himself, to a designated foreign terrorist organization, namely, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (“ISIL").
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Grand Rapids resident Yashica Toshian Tucker, 40, pled guilty to making a false claim against the U.S. Government, U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr. announced today. U.S. Attorney Miles was joined in the announcement by Jarod J. Koopman, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Victor Castellon, 52, of Los Lunas, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 180 months in prison followed by ten years of supervised release for his child exploitation conviction. Castellon will also be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Parker Breckenridge, 39, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution at Gilmer, was convicted and sentenced today for unlawful possession of heroin inside the prison, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 12, 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 a $2.2 million cybersecurity Mobile Technology Security (MTS) research and development ...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 12, 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 a $790,968 cybersecurity Mobile Technology Security (MTS) research and development (R&D) ...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 12, 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 a $1.7 million cybersecurity Mobile Technology Security (MTS) research and development ...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced the first post-doctoral award to support research in nuclear forensics as part of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office’s (DNDO) National Nuclear Forensics Expertise Development Program.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: Projects Funded Will Protect Public Health, Improve Infrastructure and Boost Local Economies WHITE HALL, Ala., Aug. 12, 2015 - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is in Alabama today to announce $4.9 million in new funding for projects that will protect public safety and health, improve water and wastewater infrastructure and create expanded economic opportunities in rural Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: Acting U. S. Attorney Christopher C. Myers of the District of North Dakota, in conjunction with U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner of the Eastern District of California, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, Special Agent in Charge Richard Thornton of the FBI’s Minneapolis Division and Chief Greg Williamson of the Bakersfield Police Department, announced the indictment of 22 individuals in western North Dakota and seven defendants in Bakersfield, California.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: A U.S. citizen charged in connection with the operation of a series of fraudulent business opportunities based in Costa Rica was sentenced to prison today in Miami, the Justice Department announced. John White, aka Gregory Garrett, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Patricia A. Seitz of the Southern ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: A former regional director of SAP International Inc. pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by participating in a scheme to bribe Panamanian officials to secure the award of government technology contracts for SAP.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: Lawal Olaniyi Babafemi, 35, a Nigerian citizen, was sentenced today to 22 years in prison for conspiring to provide and providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). The sentence was imposed by the U.S. District Judge John Gleeson of the Eastern District of New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: Idaho Man Found Guilty of Conspiracy and Attempt to Provide Material Support and Possession of an Unregistered Destructive Device A federal jury in the District of Idaho returned guilty verdicts today against Fazliddin Kurbanov, 33, on charges that he conspired and attempted to provide material support ...
By Fed Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: On Aug. 13, 2015, the Federal Reserve will conduct a floating-rate offering of term deposits with an early withdrawal feature through its Term Deposit Facility (TDF). The Federal Reserve will offer seven-day term deposits with a rate set equal to the sum of the interest rate paid on excess reserves ...
By Commerce News Now | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: Good morning. Thank you, Dave, for the kind introduction. I also want to thank our partners from the Pittsburgh Startup Global Steering Committee: The Carnegie Mellon University Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship; The University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute; Idea Foundry; Innovation Works; Pittsburgh Technology Council; and Thrill Mill.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration yesterday partnered with leaders from Pittsburgh’s innovation sector to deliver the next installment of Startup Global, an initiative designed to help more startup firms think global from the earliest stages of a company’s growth. Carnegie ...
By Commerce News Now | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: Today, the Department of Commerce announced the 17 member companies that comprise the U.S. section of the U.S-India CEO Forum, which will hold its next meeting in Washington DC on September 21st. The CEO Forum will gather top business and government leaders from the U.S. and India to discuss efforts ...
