News from November 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Blain Salmons, Jr., 40, of Alum Creek, West Virginia, entered a guilty plea in federal court in Charleston to being a felon in possession of a firearm. On Oct. 29, 2015, Salmons was arrested by the Boone County Sheriff’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2015
News Release: Rannie Henley, Sr., 78, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged by Information with one count of theft of government funds, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the Information, the defendant received retirement benefits intended for his mother, after his mother’s death in January 2011 until his fraud was discovered in February 2015. The defendant’s alleged actions resulted in a loss to the government of approximately $60,567.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2015
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Nov. 12, 2015, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging 13 individuals with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Puerto Rico Police (PRPD), Aguadilla Strike Force, are in charge of the investigation with the collaboration of the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2015
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that David Leroy Altom, 41 of Centralia, Illinois, was sentenced today to 6 and ½ years (78 months) in federal prison, 4 years’ supervised release, a $200 fine and a $300 special assessment for his role in a Conspiracy to Manufacture and Distribute Methamphetamine in Clinton and Marion Counties. There is no parole in the federal system.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 15, 2015
News Release: Air traffic operations in the New York metro area returned to normal around 11: 0 pm Eastern time Saturday after repairs were made to a fiber-optic cable damaged earlier in the evening during a traffic accident. The outage interrupted air traffic radar service in the New York metro area, as well as high-speed telecommunications services for a number of other telephone company customers.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - The United States Attorney’s Office, Western District of New York and the Drug Enforcement Administration is hosting “Our Community, Our Epidemic: Turning Drug Awareness into Action." This summit, which will examine the prescription drug abuse and heroin epidemic that continues to sweep across Western New York and the country, takes place today, November 14 from 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Lancaster High School, 1 Forton Drive, Lancaster, NY, 14086.
By State Newswire | Nov 14, 2015
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the following statement today regarding the Syrian refugee crisis and the terrorist attacks yesterday in Paris, France.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 14, 2015
News Release: Inhofe Commemorates 25th Anniversary of 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding the November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris, France...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 14, 2015
News Release: Artists Drive in Death Valley National Park, closed due to mud and rock debris in the wake of heavy rains on Oct. 18, reopened to visitors this afternoon. Crews cleared and removed an estimated 8,000 tons of debris from the nine mile road, and imported an additional 360 tons of material from Badwater Road to facilitate repairs.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 On 13 November, the EU-US Ministerial Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs took place. This is a meeting held twice a year with the aim to oversee the Trans-Atlantic cooperation to fight terrorism and transnational crime.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 As the President noted this evening, the attacks tonight in Paris are not just attacks on the people of France, but attacks on all of humanity and the universal values we share.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2015 – Leaders from five state departments of agriculture and 26 U.S. agribusinesses and organizations will accompany Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden on a mission to sub-Saharan Africa Nov. 16 to Nov. 20, to expand export opportunities for U.S. food and agricultural products in that market.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas unsealed an indictment today charging two elected members of the School Board of Donna, Texas, with bribery and attempted extortion in connection with a services contract held by the Donna Independent School District (DISD). A private citizen who served as a middleman in the scheme also was charged.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it has entered an agreement with the state of Alabama and state officials to resolve claims that Alabama failed to provide voter registration opportunities required by Section 5 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: Manager of North Carolina Tax Preparation Business Underreported Net Profits A Fulshear, Texas, woman was convicted yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, after a four-day trial, of three counts of filing false federal tax returns and one count of corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: Canadian Banned from Dealing in Wildlife Linxun Liao, 35, a citizen of Canada, was sentenced yesterday in Manhattan federal court to two years in prison for his role in a wildlife trafficking scheme in which he purchased and smuggled 16 “libation cups” carved from rhinoceros horns and worth more than ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it will require Springleaf Holdings, Inc. (Springleaf) to divest 127 branches with over $600 million in loan receivables in order for Springleaf to proceed with its proposed $4.25 billion acquisition of OneMain Financial Holdings, LLC (OneMain) from CitiFinancial Credit Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup, Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that Standard Chartered Bank (Switzerland) SA, en liquidation (SCB Switzerland), reached a resolution under the department’s Swiss Bank Program. The Swiss Bank Program, which was announced on Aug. 29, 2013, provides a path for Swiss banks to resolve potential ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: A Miami-area pharmacy owner was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for her role in the submission of more than $1.5 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare Part D.
