News from June 2015
By DOL Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today held a hearing entitled, “Compulsory Unionization through Grievance Fees: The NLRB’s Assault on Right to Work." During the hearing, members discussed how an effort by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) could weaken state right-to-work laws and diminish employee freedom.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, underscored the increasing sophistication and frequency of cyber attacks on federal agencies during the committee hearing, "The IRS Data Breach: Steps to Protect Americans’ Personal Information...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced May 26, 2015, to 11 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of New York. Wednesday, June 3, 2015.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 3, 2015 - Today, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a legislative hearing on a discussion draft titled "Returning Resilience to our Overgrown, Fire-prone National Forests Act of 2015.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A lawyer who practiced in Jersey City, New Jersey, appeared in federal court today to face charges that he structured approximately $800,000 in cash to avoid reporting the income to the IRS, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced today that a Criminal Indictment was returned yesterday by a federal grand jury sitting in Scranton charging federal prison inmate Darian Tensley, age 37, with allegedly assaulting a federal corrections officer at...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - David Slater, 52, of Coatesville, PA, was charged by information, filed May 29, 2015, with two counts of use of an interstate commerce facility to entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the information, on June 1, 2013 and Nov. 11, 2013, Slater used the internet to entice and coerce persons whom he believed were under the age of 18 to engage in sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - On June 2, 2015, six residents of Portage, Pa., were indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of conspiring to commit money laundering, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: A man who unlawfully used another individual’s identity to apply for credit was sentenced to more than three years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: Defendant is One of Twenty Charged as the Result of Investigation Into Albuquerque-Base Cocaine Trafficking Organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned a two-count indictment charging JAMES CAVE, 44, of Winsted, with federal firearm offenses. The indictment was returned on May 20, 2015, and CAVE appeared yesterday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford and entered a plea of not guilty to the charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a three count indictment charging Daniel Persaud, 26, of Brooklyn, New York, with identity fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy to commit identity fraud, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: In Austin today, 57-year-old former Internal Revenue Service employee Kenneth Goheen of Austin pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with a stolen identity refund fraud scheme announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Special Agent in Charge William Cotter, and U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) Special Agent in Charge Ruben Florez, Dallas Field Division.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: Thank you, Chairwoman Granger. It is a pleasure to work with you. Thank you, also, to our full committee chairman, Mr. Rogers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: James L. Santelle, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on June 2, 2015, a federal grand jury returned a single-count indictment against Brandi Kniebes-Larsen (age: 37) of Neenah, Wisconsin, charging her with one count of conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: Iowa Man Arrested for Making Threats Targeting Boston-Based Islamic Cultural Center.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz.-On Tuesday, June 2 at approximately 8 pm the National Park Service received a satellite phone call from a commercial river trip reporting a missing guide at River Mile 213 near Pumpkin Springs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DENNIS NUNEZ-LACAYO, age 28, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment for violations of the Federal Gun Control Act.
