News from January 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that DEJA MONET PHILLIPS, age 18, of Houlka, Mississippi, sentenced to 21 months imprisonment, followed by 1 year of supervised release for Misprison of a Felony, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 6.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: Conspirators Used Other Individuals’ Identities, False Income and Credit Information to Induce Lenders to Provide Home Mortgage Loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 32 months of imprisonment, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, on his conviction of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: The Obama administration this week wasted little time in voicing its opposition to jobs and secure energy. Less than 90 minutes into the start of the new Congress, the White House Tuesday signaled a veto threat on H.R. 3, the Keystone XL Pipeline Act, despite overwhelming bipartisan support for the measure...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ROBERT T. MADISON pled guilty today for his participation in a scheme to pay kickbacks to two executives of a pharmaceutical marketing company in exchange for printing contracts. MADISON pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 6, 2015
News Release: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers and their industrial partners aim to add a new dimension to manufacturing capabilities. In a new project, they will demonstrate the feasibility-and benchmark the advantages-of using standardized, three-dimensional (3D) models for electronically...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the arrest of JEREMY MOTT on charges of threatening to shoot members of...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 6, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to the CEO of KeyPoint Government Solutions, Inc., one of the largest providers of background investigation services for the federal government, requesting documents and a briefing from the Chief IT Security Officer regarding a major data breach.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 6, 2015
News Release: DALTON, Ga. - An MFG Chemical Inc. worker died after hazardous chemical vapors released from an overpressurized reactor burned his respiratory system. A second employee was treated at a hospital and released. A July 2014 inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 6, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 On Jan. 8, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson will travel to Atlanta to view U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) operations at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Customs and Border Protection (CBP),Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
By USDA Newswire | Jan 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2015 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today begins its celebration of the International Year of Soils to highlight the importance of healthy soils for food security, ecosystem functions and resilient farms and ranches.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2015
News Release: A Queens, New York, man and his Israeli brother were charged in indictments unsealed today in federal courts in Philadelphia and Brooklyn, New York, with offenses related to a long-running odometer tampering and money laundering scheme, the Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2015
News Release: A former executive of Japan-based Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. has agreed to plead guilty and to serve one year and one day in a U.S. prison for his role in a conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids of automotive hoses installed in cars sold in the United States, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2015
News Release: The former owner and President of Chestnut Consulting Group Inc. and Chestnut Consulting Group Co. (generally referred to as the “Chestnut Group”) was indicted by a federal grand jury today for his alleged participation in a scheme to pay bribes to a foreign official in violation of the Foreign Corrupt ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2015
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder released the following statement Tuesday on the passing of former Governor Mario Cuomo. The Attorney General Holder’s travel to New York to attend former Governor Cuomo’s funeral was canceled due to inclement weather.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2015
News Release: The former Virginia Governor Robert F. McDonnell, 60, of Glen Allen, Virginia, was sentenced today to two years in prison for soliciting and obtaining payments, loans, gifts and other items from Star Scientific, a Virginia-based corporation, and Jonnie R. Williams Sr., Star Scientific’s then chief executive officer, in violation of federal public corruption laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2015
News Release: Second U.S. Navy Officer Indicted on Related Bribery Charges A commander in the U.S. Navy pleaded guilty to federal bribery charges today, admitting that he provided a government contractor with classified ship schedules and other internal U.S. Navy information in exchange for cash, travel and entertainment ...
By Fed Newswire | Jan 6, 2015
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the appointment of Thomas Laubach as director of the Division of Monetary Affairs, effective Jan. 11, 2015.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 6, 2015
News Release: Op-Ed by U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker Opinion Editorial, CNBC, US-Mexico Economic Talks are Key to Cross-Border Prosperity On both sides of the 2,000 mile border we share with Mexico, our people and our businesses are working together to create jobs, economic opportunity, and prosperity. The ...
By Commerce News Now | Jan 6, 2015
News Release: Esta mañana, el Vicepresidente recibirá al gobierno mexicano para la segunda reunión delDiálogo Económico de Alto Nivel de los Estados Unidos y México (HLED por sus siglas en inglés)en el Edificio de Eisenhower. HLED es una plataforma flexible que permite a los gobiernos de Estados Unidos y México avanzar ...
