News from June 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: Chicago ─ A certified public accountant who was involved in the auditing process at a publicly-traded company based in Chicago was sentenced to one year and one day by U.S. District Court Judge Sara L. Ellis for engaging in insider trading of the company’s securities that made him an illegal profit of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Newton investment adviser was arrested and charged today with pitching fictitious investments to defraud investors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: In accordance with 36 CFR §1.5(a) (1), Superintendent Dan Foster has established a fire closure, including campfires in all park managed lands and on the exposed lakebed, with the exception that campfires are allowed in park-provided fire grates at developed campgrounds.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is celebrating National Pollinator Week, June 15-21, 2015, by hosting the 6th Annual Pollinator Festival from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, June 19, 2015, in conjunction with the weekly USDA Farmers Market. Festival visitors will be able to talk with...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. - U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota and the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York Bridget G. Brennan today announced at a news conference in Riverhead the arraignments of an alleged Deer...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: Defendant Continued To Write Prescriptions For Powerful Painkiller After Surrender Of His DEA Registration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: Richard Zabel, the Deputy United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the return of two antique books that were stolen from the National Library of Sweden in the 1990s.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public comments on Nobles Grade 3-D Seismic Survey/Plan of Operations (Plan) to explore for oil and gas within Big Cypress National Preserve.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - U.S. Ambassador to Argentina Noah B. Mamet and Buenos Aires State Attorney Martin Ocampo welcomed more than 150 law enforcement officials from throughout Argentina Monday for a one-day international training focused on combatting the online sexual exploitation of children.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, Brian Alexander Hall, 27, of Windsor, Maryland, appeared before a federal judge in Martinsburg today on heroin trafficking charges, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Millstone, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 12 months in prison for conspiring to extort victims out of money and property by falsely stating they were the subjects of IRS criminal investigations, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today held a competitive coal lease sale by sealed bid for the Flat Canyon Coal Tract -- a 2,692 acre area in Sanpete County that is estimated to contain approximately 42 million tons of recoverable coal and is adjacent to the Skyline mine, which contains other federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an inmate of the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to assaulting another inmate.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: Witnesses: Michael Whitaker, Deputy Administrator, U.S. Department of Transportation. John Cavolowsky, Director of the Airspace Systems Program Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Mr. Brian Wynne, President & CEO, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International. Mr. Paul E. Misener, ...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services proposed a number of regulatory changes to the Head Start program...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held the hearing, "Governing Through Goal Setting: Enhancing the Economic and National Security of America." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del), as prepared for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: Former Hondo Resident Unlawfully Obtained Thousands of Dollars in Merchandise by Falsely Claiming Items were for the U.S. Army.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Today, after a five-day trial, a federal jury found Sacramento area loan broker and real estate agent, Anthony Salcedo, 34, of Fair Oaks, guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and four counts of mail fraud for his involvement in a mortgage fraud scheme, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp today sentenced Male Yahaira Rivera (35, Orlando) to 15 months in federal prison for embezzlement from a federally insured credit union. She was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release, and to pay $258,000 in restitution. Rivera pleaded guilty on March 18, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: Jemez Springs, NM -In 1752 by flying a kite during a thunderstorm, Benjamin Franklin proved that lightning was not a supernatural power but a natural phenomenon called electricity. On June 20th, the Valles Caldera Trust will prove that flying kites is naturally fun for everyone.
