News from July 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the following statement in response to the June jobs report.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: BRASILIA, Brazil - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Brazilian Federal Highway Police (PRF) signed a joint declaration of cooperation Friday to enhance their ability to combat transnational criminal organizations.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: NAPA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announces that the bidding period is now open for a business opportunity (Prospectus) for recreation development and operation at five concession areas located at Lake Berryessa in Napa County. Reclamation is requesting proposals from interested parties for the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - With the sentencing of two more defendants today, 15 criminals have now been brought to justice for their respective roles in either a cocaine trafficking conspiracy or an alien smuggling/marijuana trafficking conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Special Agent in Charge Brian M. Moskowitz of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Houston.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury last week indicted a Shelby County man on multiple charges of producing, receiving and possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: Over 50 pounds of methamphetamine couriered to Evansville from Arizona.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal jury convicted Richard Alan Blank, Jr., age 44, of LaVale, Maryland, today for two counts of sexually abusing a minor to produce child pornography, and for possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a federal jury found an Ethiopian national guilty Wednesday of refusing to leave the country twice after being ordered to depart.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: A man found in possession of methamphetamine was sentenced July 1, 2015, to more than 17 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: Ricardo Miranda, aka “Pee-Wee", 28, of Springhill, Florida, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on June 30, 2015, for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Miranda was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He received 100 months imprisonment, to be followed by four years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $500.00 fine and a $100.00 special assessment. This case was investigated by the Cheyenne Police Department.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: On Saturday and Sunday, July 18-19, 2015, from 11:00am to 4:00pm, experience the medical aid and relief efforts offered to Civil War soldiers. Harpers Ferry National Historical Park park staff and living history volunteers from the 3rd US., 142nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and the 20th Maine Hospital will...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO- A federal grand jury returned a 25-count indictment yesterday charging six defendants with devising and participating in a mortgage fraud scheme which caused more than $16 million in losses to banks, mortgage lenders, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac. Among those named as defendants are two real...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Two residents of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today to multiple criminal charges for their involvement in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite Jr. of the Eastern District of Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced July 1, 2015, to more than 10 years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Estevan López announced today that Reclamation will use $1.5 million to partner with water managers in Arizona, California and New Mexico to conduct comprehensive water studies. This funding will help complete two basin studies and develop plans of study for two more.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., Western District of New York, announced today that Fannie Long, 53, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, was sentenced to 96 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago investment manager who fraudulently obtained millions of dollars from investors in a sophisticated Ponzi scheme to fund his extravagant lifestyle was sentenced today to 72 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Jason Marvin Saunders, 33, of Portsmouth, Virginia, was convicted today on narcotics conspiracy and gun charges, including conspiracy to distribute heroin, cocaine, and cocaine base, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Saunders’ twin brother and co-conspirator, Jeremy Lynn Saunders, previously pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy and firearms charges, and was sentenced to 25 years in prison on June 25, 2015.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany (R-LA) delivered the following opening statement during a joint hearing held by the subcommittee and the House Agriculture Nutrition Subcommittee on how certain welfare programs and related benefits can discourage work as a result of the high effective marginal tax rates they impose on certain populations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Manuel J. Arruda, 46, of Windham, Maine was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to three months in prison and two years of supervised release for mail and access device fraud and identity theft. He was also ordered to pay $11,962.85 in restitution. Arruda pleaded guilty to the charges on Feb. 20, 2015.
