News published on Federal Newswire in November 2015

News from November 2015


Former Beaver County Woman Embezzled from Employer to Pay for Personal Expenses

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of mail fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: Defendant's mother was recently convicted following a jury trial of purchasing a firearm for the defendant.


Federal Jury Finds Hopkinton Woman Guilty of Conspiracy to Her Husband and Other Drug Charges Manufacture Methamphetamine with

News Release: A woman who was conspiring to manufacture methamphetamine with her husband for approximately five years was convicted by a jury after a two-and-a-half day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids.



News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement on the U.S. Forest Service’s release of proposed changes to the Tongass Land Management Plan.


Onshore Order Rulemaking Update: BLM Extends Comment Periods

News Release: The Bureau of Land Management announced today that it will hold a series of public meetings on its three proposed rules to update and replace its Onshore Oil and Gas Orders 3, 4, and 5.The public meetings will be held at the beginning of December in Colorado, Oklahoma, and North Dakota:- Dec. 1...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican members, including every Republican member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology and every Republican member of the House Small Business Committee, today wrote to the Federal Communications Commission requesting a permanent exemption...


Father and Daughter Tax Return Preparers Sentenced for Fraud

News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a father and daughter who worked together in a Birmingham tax return preparation business for conspiring to defraud the government of more than $490,000 by falsely claiming education tax credits on clients’ tax forms, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillott.


San Angelo Man Sentenced to 235 Months in Federal Prison on Child Pornography Conviction

News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Justin Benedict Morales, 41, of San Angelo, Texas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 235 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in August 2015 to one count of transportation of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.


Doral Bank Executive Assistant Indicted And Arrested For Several Perjury And Obstruction Of Justice Charges

News Release: Nancy Vélez-Arroyo was the Senior Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors of Doral Bank.


Macy Man Sentenced for Negligent Child Abuse

News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced today that Victor Ray Miller, age 24, Macy, Nebraska, was sentenced for his conviction for negligent child abuse. Senior United States Judge Joseph F. Bataillon sentenced Miller to serve a term of probation of five years. While on probation, Miller will...


Chairman Royce to Appear on FOX’s “Sunday Morning Futures”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Sunday morning, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will discuss the growing threats posed by ISIS in the wake of the Paris attacks, and efforts to stem the flow of foreign fighters back to the United States and our allies on FOX’s….



Hardin County And Grayson County, Kentucky Bank Robbers Sentenced To Prison Terms

News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Hardin County, Kentucky, man and a Grayson County, Kentucky, man were sentenced today by Senior Judge Charles R. Simpson III, to multiple years in prison for their roles in the Dec. 23, 2014 robbery of the Westport Bank in Glendale, Kentucky announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.


Four People Charged in Tax Fraud Conspiracy

News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Jorge Maldonado, 51, was arraigned today in the U.S. District Court in Tallahassee after a federal grand jury returned a 21 count indictment charging him and his daughter, Jennifer Maldonado, 28, both of Oviedo, Florida, and co-conspirators Sharon Glover, 53, and Diane White, 54...


On the Road to a Neutron Microscope: First Light for World-Class Neutron Imaging Facility

News Release: Neutrons, the charge-less constituents of atomic nuclei, are nifty imagers. Since the 1950s, scientists have been using these particles' eerie ability to non-destructively penetrate dense matter, creating snapshots - sometimes in 3D - of the insides of fuel cells, rocks, biological samples, and more.


Senators Carper, Collins Respond to GAO Report on Implementation of the Federal Buildings Personnel Training Act of 2010

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) highlighted a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that found too many federal agencies have not taken steps to implement the Federal Buildings Personnel Training Act of 2010. The measure, originally sponsored by Sens.


News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 64-year-old former insurance agent has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.


News Release: Oak Ridge, TN: The National Park Service will be holding an information session for anyone interested in volunteering to help with the Manhattan Project National Historical Park in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on Thursday, January 21. The session will start at 10 am (ET) and will be held in the Midtown Community...


Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Announces Indictment of Eight Defendants in United States and Mexico on Sex Trafficking and Related Charges

News Release: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Announces Indictment of Eight Defendants in United States and Mexico on Sex Trafficking and Related Charges.