News from August 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Raymond Wyche, 47, of Chesapeake, Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Aug. 5, 2015, on robbery and firearms charges related to a series of robberies in Virginia Beach and Chesapeake in 2014. Specifically, Wyche faces eight counts of interference with commerce by means of robbery and two counts of using a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute a quantity of crack cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: Benjamin James Cance Indicted For Shipping Gun Components Overseas, Money Laundering, and Illegal Possession of a Machinegun.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Eddie Blanchard, 37, of Miami, Florida, was sentenced today to 204 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme. Blanchard was also ordered to pay $568,625.07 in restitution.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: Pipestone, MN: Superintendent Glen Livermont announced today PipestoneNational Monument will celebrate Founder's Day Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, tocommemorate the establishment of both the National Park Service and PipestoneNational Monument.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: Life may be as unpredictable as a box of chocolates, but ideally, you always know what you're going to get from a quantum dot. A quantum dot should produce one, and only one, photon-the smallest constituent of light-each time it is energized. This characteristic makes it attractive for use in various quantum technologies such as secure communications. Oftentimes, however, the trick is in finding the dots.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Quincy man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a scheme which defrauded $3.4 million from sixty-five individuals who sought to invest in the foreign currency exchange market.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A 55-year old Cabell County man was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for failing to register as a sex offender, U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. Daniel Walter Varnes, of Huntington, West Virginia, had previously entered a guilty plea before Chief District Court Judge Robert C. Chambers.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: FOLSOM, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s Central California Area Office is seeking volunteers to assist at the American River Water Education Center.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today issued a special recreation permit authorizing Black Rock City (BRC) LLC to host the 2015 Burning Man event on public lands in Nevada. This year, the Burning Man event will take place from Aug. 30 through Sept 7."BLM and BRC team members have worked hard over...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 I congratulate the skipper, officers and crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter STRATTON, which is just returning to Alameda, Calif. from a four-month patrol of the Eastern Pacific.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 Today I make several announcements regarding DHS’s cybersecurity mission.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 10, 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 it has licensed the Radio Internet-Protocol Communications Module (RIC-M) to two commercial partners: Christine Wireless, Inc. and Avtec Inc.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: RWANDA, Aug. 10, 2015 – Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden today announced that seven new school feeding projects could benefit more than 2.5 million children in Africa and Central America.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: A former resident of Bergen County, New Jersey, was arrested this morning for allegedly conspiring and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today issued joint technical assistance to state and local child welfare agencies and courts on the requirements of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. The technical ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: Victims Included McConnell Senate Committee Defendant Admits to Purchasing Vacation Condominiums, Luxury Automobiles and Jewelry with the Stolen Funds The former vendor for multiple local, state and federal campaigns, political action committees (PACs) and non-profit organizations throughout the United ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: Adam Dandach, 21, of Orange, California, pleaded guilty today to a two-count second superseding information charging him with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and making a false statement in a passport application.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: Two tax return preparers with offices located in California, Maryland and New York were sentenced today in Los Angeles for facilitating an offshore tax fraud scheme, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division. David Kalai was sentenced to ...
By Fed Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday clarified Regulation II (Debit Card Interchange Fees and Routing) regarding the inclusion of transaction-monitoring costs in the interchange fee standard.
