News published on Federal Newswire in August 2015

News from August 2015


Former Attorney Clark Holesinger Sentenced

News Release: For Wire Fraud And Money Laundering.


High Winds Lead to Downed Trees, Road Closure & Power Outages; Rangers Assessing Damage

News Release: All entry roads into Olympic National Park are currently closed as rangers assess damage from falling trees and help visitors assemble in clearings.


News Release: For Cocaine and Methamphetamine Distribution. FORT WAYNE- United States Attorney David Capp announced that Luis Ramirez-Munoz, 29, of Howe, Indiana was charged in a 5 count Indictment returned by the Grand Jury on Aug. 26, 2015. According to documents filed in the case, Ramirez-Munoz distributed cocaine...


News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 On Aug. 31, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson will travel to McAllen, Texas to receive a briefing on efforts of the Department’s three Joint Task Forces, JTF – East, JTF – West and JTF Investigations, and to discuss the Department’s ...


News Release: Ali Shukri Amin, 17, of Manassas, Virginia, was sentenced today to 136 months in prison to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release and monitoring of his internet activities for conspiring to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization.


News Release: Mohamed Hussain Said, 27, a citizen and resident of Nairobi, Kenya, was sentenced to 15 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro of the Southern District of Florida for conspiring to provide material support to three separately designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations, al-Qa’ida, al-Qa’ida in Iraq/al-Nusrah Front (AQI/al-Nusrah Front) and al-Shabaab.


News Release: EDF Resource Capital Inc. and its CEO, Frank Dinsmore, have agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act and otherwise failed to remit payments owed to the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the 504 loan program, the Department of Justice announced today. Under the settlement agreement, EDF and Dinsmore have agreed to make payments and turn over certain assets to the United States for a total settlement of approximately $6 million.


News Release: An Alabama resident and U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee was arrested today after being indicted by a grand jury sitting in Montgomery, Alabama, on one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, 14 counts of mail fraud, 14 counts of aggravated identity theft and 14 counts of embezzling mail, ...


News Release: Brian Cannon, 37, Terry Peace, 47, and Cory Williamson, 29, have been sentenced for conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction in attacks against federal government agencies. The defendants planned to attack critical infrastructure while motivating militia groups in other states to rise up and join them in removing government officials who they believed had exceeded their Constitutional power.


News Release: Brent Douglas Cole, 61, was sentenced to 29 years and seven months in prison today for an assault on law enforcement officers by U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr., announced U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner for the Eastern District of California.


News Release: U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Recovery and Environmental Resilience Efforts on the Occasion of the 10th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina Fact Sheet * Investing in Innovation and Economic Growth of the Gulf Region and Communities: The Obama Administration and the Department of Commerce have invested ...


News Release: U.S Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker issued the following statement, as the Obama Administration commemorates the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. A fact sheet on the Commerce Department’s post-Katrina recovery efforts can be found here.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.