News published on Federal Newswire in July 2015

News from July 2015


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on July 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on July 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on July 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a four page rule on July 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on July 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on July 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on July 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page proposed rule on July 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: COLUMBUS - Jason W. Cox, 39, now of Dublin, Ohio pleaded guilty to two counts of money laundering, two counts of mail fraud, and one count of wire fraud relative to a scheme to defraud his clients, one of which was an impaired adult, of the funds they had invested through him as their financial advisor.


Hatch, Wyden Welcome Reports from Bipartisan Tax Working Groups

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) welcomed reports from the Committee’s five bipartisan tax working groups.


Doctor Sentenced To 63 Months In Prison For Accepting $1.8 Million In Bribes For Test Referrals

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Morris County, New Jersey, doctor was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for accepting $1.8 million in bribes to refer millions of dollars in business to Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), of Parsippany, New Jersey, as part of a long-running scheme operated by the lab, its president, and numerous associates, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


Chaffetz, Cummings Refer Former CSB Chairman to DOJ for Criminal Prosecution

News Release: Committee believes Rafael Moure-Eraso lied under oath and made false statements to Congress.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva highlighted the irresponsible amendments approved earlier today by the House Republican majority to this year’s Interior, Environment and Related Agencies appropriations bill. Grijalva, who also pointed to the multiple Democratic amendments the majority defeated, called the vote series “a stark reminder of how strongly some of my Republican colleagues dislike sound land management and endangered species protections.".


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Michael Graham, 42, of Farmington, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition.


News Release: Earlier today, a total of 12 members and associates of the Bloods street gang located in Queens, New York, including Covel Duncan, a New York City Corrections Officer at Riker’s Island, were arrested on narcotics trafficking charges. The defendants’ initial appearances are scheduled this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge James Orenstein at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn.[1].


News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that VLADIMIR TSASTSIN pled guilty to wire fraud and computer intrusion charges arising from his operation of a massive and sophisticated Internet fraud scheme that infected with malware more than four million...


New York State Corrections Officer And 11 Additional Members And Associates Of A Queens-Based Sect Of The Bloods Gang Arrested On Narcotics Conspiracy Charges

News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, a total of 12 members and associates of the Bloods street gang located in Queens, New York, including Covel Duncan, a New York State Corrections Officer at Riker’s Island, were arrested on narcotics trafficking charges. The defendants’ initial appearances are scheduled this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge James Orenstein at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn.


Four Leaders and Members of the Schuele Boys Gang Charged For Their Involvement in 15 Years of Drug Trafficking and Violence Including Two Murders

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 15 count superseding indictment charging four members of the Schuele Boys Gang with various murder, racketeering conspiracy, drug trafficking and gun charges involving the shooting deaths of two individuals.


News Release: Midlothian Man Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Anabolic Steroids.


Finance Committee Bipartisan Tax Working Group Reports

News Release: Chairman Hatch and Ranking Member Wyden are pleased to receive the reports from the Finance Committee’s five tax reform working groups. These documents provide the Committee with materials to consider as it works towards reforming our nation’s tax system. While each report is a bipartisan product of...