News from August 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2015
News Release: In Austin, a federal grand jury late yesterday afternoon indicted 42-year-old Randolf Ace Corujo for his role in a counterfeiting scheme announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and U.S. Secret Service Resident Agent in Charge Thomas C. Edwards, Austin Resident Office.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 5, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) asked unanimous consent to move forward on legislation to expand economic security and stability for working families across the country. The Senators asked to call up legislation to raise the minimum wage, ensure access to paid sick days, and crack down on scheduling abuses, but were blocked by Senate Republicans.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2015
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a New Iberia man was sentenced to 360 months in prison for videoing boys over the internet engaging in sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Kristen Michelle Ayala, aka “Amber Lynch," aka “Olivia Benet," aka “Grace Williams," 30, and Joshua Manuel Sanchez, aka “Nelson Cruz," aka “Chris Ward," “Daniel Mora," 34, both formerly of Las Vegas, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for their role in a $3.8 million dollar mortgage modification scam.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today a toll-free tip line where the general public in the United States, Mexico, Central and South America can report any information that could aid in the apprehension of Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo" Guzman-Loera, who escaped a Mexican prison in July.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today released a report on the committee’s accomplishments in the first seven months of 2015. The mid-session review, which continues Upton’s tradition of periodic reports, highlights the committee’s #RecordOfSuccess, critical...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered remarks on the Senate floor on Democrats’ efforts to date in the 114th Congress to expand economic security and stability for working families across the country. In...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: BOISE - Javier Miranda-Molina, 22 of Sonora, Mexico, pleaded guilty today in federal court to one count of wire fraud and one count of possession of fifteen or more counterfeit credit cards, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: SAN DIEGO - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) recently concluded a hybrid Fire-Dynamic and Post-Blast Investigative Techniques course. The weeklong course, demonstrating a systematic method of investigating fire and explosion scenes, was unique in its content as well as its student body of 65 firefighters and investigators representing federal, state and local public service agencies in Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: The United States today filed a motion to intervene and a complaint in intervention on its own behalf and as trustee for the Tulalip Tribes in their lawsuit against the state of Washington and Snohomish County over the imposition of taxes on non-Indian businesses operating on lands held in trust for ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: An Enterprise, Alabama, resident was arrested today after a federal grand jury sitting in the Southern District of Florida in Fort Lauderdale indicted him on one count of accepting unlawful kickbacks from 2009 through 2014, and five counts of tax evasion for tax years 2009 through 2013, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Department of Justice’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: The Justice Department announced that Justin Watson, 29, a former deputy with the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, turned himself in today following an indictment on July 30, 2015, when he was charged with deprivation of rights under color of law for allegedly assaulting and injuring R.B. on Aug. 22, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska approved the joint motion of the U. S. and the state of Nebraska to terminate a remedial consent decree that mandated improvements to the state’s system for people with developmental disabilities. The Department of Justice recently determined ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: Seven members of the Vice Lords were charged in an indictment unsealed today with various offenses based on their roles in a gang-related shooting. The charges are the result of the collaborative efforts of law enforcement and the community to reduce homicide and other violent crime under the Detroit ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Henh Wong Fresh Produce, of Sacramento, California, its owner, David C. Ly, and employees, Kin S. Ly and Thahn “Danny” C. Ly, to prevent the distribution of adulterated food, the Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: Today, the Justice Department reached a settlement agreement with Robertson County (Tennessee) Schools to revise assignment plans for middle and high school students in the district to promote diversity and ensure access to high quality educational programs for all students. As a part of the student ...
By Fed Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the following enforcement action: Four Oaks Bank & Trust Company (PDF), Four Oaks, North Carolina Written Agreement dated July 30, 2015 The Federal Reserve Board also announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Four ...
By Commerce News Now | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: There is a wealth of evidence that manufacturing jobs are good jobs. But not all manufacturing jobs are created equal. Published data highlight the considerable variation in pay and productivity across manufacturing industries. For example, workers in the computer and electronic product manufacturing ...
By Commerce News Now | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced the launch of the Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) $10 million funding opportunity for the 2015 Regional Innovation Strategies (RIS) Program competition to spur innovation capacity-building activities in regions across the nation. Under ...
By Commerce News Now | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: As part of the first-ever White House Demo Day focused on inclusive entrepreneurship, Presidential Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship (PAGE) Steve Case, Brian Chesky, Antonio Gracias, Daphne Koller, and Daniel Lubetzky have committed to investing nearly $4 million to support diverse innovators across ...
