News from May 2015
By State Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks at the full Committee markup of a bill to direct the President to develop a strategy to obtain observer status for Taiwan in the International Criminal Police...
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, members on both sides of the aisle of the House Ways and Means Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee introduced four bills to improve the Medicare Advantage (MA) program for seniors. The four bipartisan bills are...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Emery Lee Begay, 31, of Lakeside, Ariz., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Socorro and Catron Counties, N.M. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Begay will be sentenced to 60 months in federal prison followed by not less than three years of supervised release.
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: The world's first reference material to help ensure laboratories accurately "map" DNA for genetic testing, medical diagnoses and future customized drug therapies is now available from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: Defendant Produced Sexually Explicit Videos of 15 and 16-Year-Old Runaways.
By DOL Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A total of 18 workers were hospitalized after exposure to deadly carbon monoxide gas levels of up to 6.71 times the permissible limit, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors found.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: Indianapolis -United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today the indictment of three Indianapolis men on firearms charges. All three are felons who are not legally permitted to carry a firearm.
By State Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, introduced H.R. 2494, the Global Anti-Poaching Act. This legislation will help the United States and partner countries counter the terrorist organizations, rebel groups, and international criminal syndicates that are profiting from international wildlife trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An Irvine man who ran a fraud scheme that raised well over $3 million from victims who thought they were investing in products that would treat childhood obesity and Type II diabetes was sentenced today to 151 months in federal prison.
By US DOT Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: As we move into the summer thunderstorm season, NextGen technology is helping to keep departing airplanes on schedule as they fly out of Newark, NJ, into some of the busiest and most congested airspace in the U.S. That is welcome news for airline passengers who will be traveling during the busy summer vacation months.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A Midvale, Utah, man and a Henderson, Nevada, woman were sentenced Wednesday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City for tax crimes, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Carlie Christensen of the District of Utah.
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: With the Senate slated to vote on amendments to help curb currency manipulation this week, the Hatch-Wyden approach (#1411 ) continues to gain momentum.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: Petro America. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Globe, Ariz., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a $10.2 million securities fraud conspiracy that victimized more than 12,000 investors across the United...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Today, Max Jewett, 38, of Anchorage was sentenced to 120 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute over 50 grams of methamphetamine. Jewett pleaded guilty to the charges on Dec. 22, 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to a new White Paper by the Postal Service Inspector General that examines five potential approaches the Postal Service could take to expand its financial service offerings...
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: Trade Promotion Authority Affirms Only Congress Can Change U.S. Law.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: BISMARCK - Acting U. S. Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on May 21, 2015, Garron Gonzalez, 38, Bismarck, North Dakota, was sentenced before U. S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland to serve 25 years in prison for attempted exploitation of a minor. Judge Hovland also sentenced Gonzalez to 20...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Bossier City man pleaded guilty Wednesday to receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal judge today sentenced a computer software vendor to three years in prison for paying more than $600,000 in bribes between 2002 and 2006 to the then chancellor of Alabama's two-year college system, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillot.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: 20 high-end vehicles with a value of over $400,000 stolen.
