News from June 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: CINCINNATI - John R. Bullar, 53, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was sentenced to 100 months in prison, three years of supervised release, was ordered to forfeit $535,408.68, and was ordered to pay approximately $6.2 million in restitution to the victims for committing wire fraud and money laundering relative to a fraudulent investment scheme that he ran for 10 years. Bullar previously pleaded guilty to the aforementioned charges on Sept. 23, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Mario Farias Pineda, 23, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to 10 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Raymond Goffney, 38, has been ordered to federal prison for his convictions of conspiring to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Goffney pleaded guilty Jan. 26, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SHAWN HILL, 31, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The jury in the case had been picked and HILL’s trial was scheduled to begin this morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: Statements of Head of the Civil Rights Division Vanita Gupta and U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York on the Agreement in Principle Regarding Rikers Island.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 21, 2015
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Cinco De Mayo Inc., d/b/a Los Fuertes Produce, satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2015
News Release: OMAHA -Wendy Ross, a 21-year veteran of the National Park Service (NPS), has been selected as the new Superintendent of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Ross has served as the Superintendent of Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site in Stanton, North Dakota since April 2011. She spent the last eight months as the Acting Superintendent at Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Ross begins her new assignment July 12, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2015
News Release: Copper Center, Alaska - The Chisana River 2 Fire burning in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve and the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge is now 28,859 acres in size, an increase of over 11,500 acres in two days. Lightning started this fire on June 9. The fire is burning along the west side of...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2015
News Release: U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell along with Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Janice Schneider and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Neil Kornze gathered today with former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and key conservation and community leaders to commemorate the...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: Military vets train for a new mission: rescuing children and bringing predators to justice ** B-roll available on DVIDS. ** For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson today swore in 22 U.S. military veterans entering into the Human ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 19, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is accepting applications for loans and grants to support business expansion, create jobs and increase economic opportunities in rural communities.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 19, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today named Jonathan Alboum as the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Chief Information Officer, a position formerly held by Cheryl Cook, who retired from USDA in March.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: A California man pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of conspiracy to submit false claims, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag of the Northern District of California.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that, jointly with the state of Mississippi and city of Meridian, Mississippi, it has reached settlement agreements to prevent and address unconstitutional youth arrests and probation practices by the Meridian Police Department and the Mississippi Division of Youth ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: The United States has filed a complaint against BAE Systems Tactical Vehicle Systems LP (BAE) for knowingly overcharging the Army for materials under a military truck contract, the Justice Department announced today. BAE is a subsidiary of BAE Systems Inc., headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, which ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: A former chief executive officer of a red light camera vendor pleaded guilty today to participating in an eight-year bribery and fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Carter M. Stewart of the Southern District ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: Defendants Sold Millions of Bottles of Counterfeit 5-Hour ENERGY Drink U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag of the Northern District of California, Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson of the FBI’s San Francisco Field Office and Special Agent in Charge Lisa L. Malinowsk of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that two banks, Bank Linth LLB AG (Bank Linth) and Bank Sparhafen Zurich AG (BSZ), have reached resolutions under the department’s Swiss Bank Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: The Justice Department reached an agreement today with Accountemps, a division of Robert Half International Inc., a company based in Menlo Park, California, resolving claims that the company engaged in citizenship status discrimination in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it reached a settlement agreement with three Memphis-area staffing agencies: Prestigious Placement; PFSWeb Inc.; and its subsidiary, Priority Fulfillment Services Inc. The agreement resolves two complaints alleging discrimination under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
