News from November 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2015
News Release: Foreign National Pleads Guilty to Human Smuggling Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2015
News Release: McALLEN, Texas ‐ A McAllen area doctor has been convicted of health care fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Dr. Eduardo Carrillo, 42, of Edinburg, entered his guilty plea today before U.S. District Judge Randy Crane. Also convicted today was his assistant - Martha Uribe Medrano, 48, of Edinburg.
By State Newswire | Nov 20, 2015
News Release: PARIS, France - In an interview today on CNN, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the U.S. must make a decision to lead in the fight against ISIS and warned that if the Obama administration continues its strategy of containment in Syria, the world will continue to see unrest and terrorist activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on Nov. 20, 2015, Louis A. Venditte, 67, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced for four federal felony prostitution related offenses, which include conspiracy to transport an individual in interstate commerce with intent that such individual engage...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 20, 2015
News Release: Washington - USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the awarding of $3 million for 19 grants to provide technical assistance to socially disadvantaged business groups in rural areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2015
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Daniel Sands was arrested and charged on Nov. 20, in a criminal complaint with engaging in conduct with the intent to retaliate against a witness who testified against his father in an official court proceeding in U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2015
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - John Everette Murdock, 70, of Lubbock, Texas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 24 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in August 2015 to an indictment charging one count of access with intent to view child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Wayne Sunderland, a/k/a “Sean Johnson," a/k/a “Thomas Butler," 32, of South Portland, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to 10 years in prison and three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Sunderland pleaded guilty on July 9, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Eric S. Miller United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Bryan McMahon, 30, of Burlington, pleaded guilty in United States District Court in Burlington to a charge of Interference with Commerce by Robbery. Chief District Judge Christina Reiss ordered McMahon detained pending his sentencing, which is set for March 14, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for being the leader of a drug-trafficking conspiracy and for money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth R. Moellering, who handled the case, stated that Young, a former employee at the Erie County Department of Motor Vehicles, used his position as a Motor Vehicle Representative to solicit and accept bribes for his assistance in completing paperwork and passing permit examinations.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON— Senior Administration officials spoke by phone today with state and local law enforcement representatives from across the country to provide information on the U.S.’s stringent refugee admissions policies and security screening ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2015 – Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the availability of $350 million to help landowners protect and restore key farmlands, grasslands and wetlands across the nation. The funding is provided through the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP), created ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is investing $23.4 million in 75 projects across 31 states and the Western Pacific to expand distance learning and telemedicine opportunities in rural areas.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: Secretary Vilsack arrived in Japan today to meet with agricultural counterparts. The United States recently concluded negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) with Japan and 10 other nations. Countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership currently account for up to 42 percent of all U.S. agricultural exports, totaling $63 billion. Thanks to this agreement and its removal of trade barriers, American agricultural exports to the region are poised to expand even further.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: Grants Available to Support Public Safety Projects in Indian Country The U.S. Department of Justice today announced the opening of the grant solicitation period for comprehensive funding to American Indian and Alaska Native tribal governments and tribal consortia to support public safety, victim services ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: A Detroit-area physician who led and directed a multimillion-dollar Medicare fraud scheme through his medical practice was sentenced today to 72 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA (BNPP), KBL (Switzerland) Ltd. (KBL Switzerland) and Bank CIC have reached resolutions under the department’s Swiss Bank Program. These banks will collectively pay penalties totaling more than $81 million and continue to cooperate with the department.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: ATP Oil & Gas Corp. Settles U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and EPA Claims in Joint Judicial Enforcement Action under Clean Water Act and Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act In the continuing joint enforcement action by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it reached a settlement with McDonald’s USA LLC and its corporate affiliates and subsidiaries (McDonald’s) resolving allegations that McDonald’s discriminated against immigrant employees of McDonald’s-owned restaurants.
