News from July 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to leading a fraudulent tax return preparation conspiracy that claimed nearly $340,000 in fraudulent income tax refunds.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today issued the following statement ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: HELENA - A federal judge this week sentenced Erika Rae Brown, 44, of San Diego, California, to 56 months in prison and to pay approximately $3.7 million dollars in restitution for money laundering in connection with bank fraud. U.S. District Court Judge Sam Haddon also sentenced Brown to serve three years of supervised release following her prison sentence. The sentencing follows a March 19, 2015, change of plea in which Brown pleaded guilty to money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Rosendo Landeros-Galvan, 37, of Robertsdale, Alabama was sentenced on July 22 by Chief U.S. District Judge William H. Steele to 24 months imprisonment for aggravated identity theft. The judge ordered that Landeros-Galvan...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: Crater Road (Rt. 378) and Haleakalā National Park's summit road will close to visitor traffic while a slow moving convoy transports extremely wide loads to the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope near the volcano's summit. The roads will be closed to visitors from 6pm on Thursday, July 30, 2015 through 2pm on Friday, July 31, 2015. The summit will not be accessible for Thursday sunset viewing and Friday sunrise viewing.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its schedule for the week of July 27.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Three individuals were convicted today of heroin and prescription painkiller trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Chief United States District Judge Anne C. Conway yesterday sentenced Aaron Michael Murray (23, Clermont) to 16 years and 8 months in federal prison for transporting child pornography over the Internet. He was also ordered to serve a 20-year term of supervision, and to register as a sex offender following his release from prison. Murray pleaded guilty on May 15, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: The Congressional Progressive Caucus, along with Democratic Members of the House Judiciary Committee and support from the Congressional Tri-Caucuses, are holding a forum on Family Detention this Tuesday, July 28th at 2 PM in Rayburn 2226.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Hull resident accused of stealing from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was charged with Theft of Government Funds in U.S. District Court in Boston this morning.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing its work to protect jobs and the economy from the EPA’s looming ozone rule, the Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), will host a roundtable discussion on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 from 2pm - 3pm in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The public roundtable will feature leading stakeholders including local officials.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: Arlington man was in custody on bank robbery charges when he escaped.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: Gaithersburg, MD - The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released a draft for public comment of the first guide in a new series of publications that will show businesses and other organizations how to improve their cybersecurity using standards-based, commercially available or open-source...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that the Office of the United States Attorney for the Northern Mariana Islands (Office) and Defendant, HONG KONG ENTERTAINMENT (OVERSEAS) INVESTMENTS, LTD. dba TINIAN DYNASTY HOTEL & CASINO...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - A West Side man who forcefully recruited three underage girls into the commercial sex trade and then profited from their activities was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ROBERT E. BRIDGES, 59, formerly of Greenwich and Redding, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 17 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking marijuana.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 Washington, D.C. – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) today announced a $2.9 million cybersecurity mobile app security (MAS) research and development (R&D) ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 I am pleased that the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute has taken note of our initiative to “substantially transform the U.S. deportation system.” In November 2014, I announced our new enforcement priorities which focus our resources on ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: SCO and APH Yield Exclusion Expand Beginning with 2016 Crop Year WASHINGTON, July 23, 2015 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the expansion of crop insurance to provide additional options for fruit and nut producers. The Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) and the Actual Production History (APH) Yield Exclusion are now available to cover fresh fruit and nuts in select counties beginning with the 2016 crop year.
