News published on Federal Newswire in November 2015

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015

News Release: Traded on Information in Violation of Confidentiality Agreements, Netting More Than $3.9 Million During Three-Year Scheme.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015

News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Today, Ramón M. Negrón-Colón, aka “Monchito," was sentenced to 71 months (five years and eleven months) in prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. On April 4, 2014, the defendant pled guilty before United States District Court Senior Judge Juan Pérez-Giménez.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015

News Release: A man who illegally re-entered the country was sentenced on November 9, 2015, to eight months in federal prison.

By EPA Newswire | Nov 13, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of November 16.

By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2015

News Release: The United States Board on Geographic Names, acting on a recommendation from the National Park Service, voted unanimously today to rename two features in Lake Chelan National Recreation Area from Coon Lake and Coon Creek to Howard Lake and Howard Creek. The action came after the National Park Service reexamined the historic record and uncovered previously overlooked evidence that placed a Nineteenth Century African American prospector at the lake.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2015

News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that SHAWN ASHLEY DEATHERAGE, a/k/a Shawn Ashley Thomas, age 39, of Seminole, Oklahoma, pled guilty to DRUG CONSPIRACY, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A), punishable by not less than 10 years or more than life imprisonment, up to a $10,000,000.00 fine or both.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2015

News Release: Prosecution Brought Under Project Safe Childhood.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2015

News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Caleb J. Petzoldt, who handled the case, stated that on Jan. 27, 2015, the defendant attempted to receive a package from Puerto Rico via U.S. Mail. The package was deemed to be suspicious and investigators determined that it contained a quantity of cocaine. The cocaine was secreted inside a child’s booster safety seat.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2015

News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Delroy A. Thomas, 25, was arraigned today in District Court on St. Croix after being charged in a three-count information with use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder for hire and related offenses, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Thomas was detained pending trial.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2015

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JERMAINE REYNOLDS, age 39, of Long Beach, Mississippi; DAVID HUMPHRIES, age 46, of Baltimore, Maryland; and MARLON BARNES, age 39, of New Orleans; were sentenced today for conspiring to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin. REYNOLDS had also pled guilty to one count of conspiring to launder money.

By US DOT Newswire | Nov 12, 2015

News Release: As part of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta’s commitment to further U.S. global leadership in aviation, he visited the Dubai Air Show this week. His trip included meeting with government and industry aviation representatives from the Middle East region and other regions ...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2015

News Release: Defendant Faces Up to Life in Federal Prison for Attempting to Entice Minor Boy to Engage in Sexual Activity.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2015

News Release: An Akron, Ohio, man was arrested today on federal charges that he solicited the murder of members of the U.S. military.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2015

News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (Suisse) SA (BIL Switzerland) and Zuger Kantonalbank (ZGKB) have reached resolutions under the department’s Swiss Bank Program. These banks will collectively pay penalties totaling more than $13 million and continue to cooperate with the department.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2015

News Release: A resident of Charlotte, North Carolina, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in the U.S. District Court of the Western District of North Carolina to conspiracy to defraud the United States, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose of the Western District of North Carolina.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2015

News Release: Stole Identities of Individuals on Her Mail Route for Use in Filing False Tax Returns An Alabama resident and U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama to conspiring to defraud the United States with respect to false claims, ...

By Fed Newswire | Nov 12, 2015

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the annual indexing of two amounts used in determining reserve requirements of depository institutions. These amounts are the reserve requirement exemption amount and the low reserve tranche.

By Fed Newswire | Nov 12, 2015

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the enforcement action listed below: East West Bank (PDF), Pasadena, California Written Agreement dated November 9, 2015 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.

By Commerce News Now | Nov 12, 2015

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today issued a series of new fact reports that demonstrate the positive impact that passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) can have on the U.S. economy. The reports highlight by state the value of U.S. goods exports to TPP markets; the number of U.S. jobs supported by exports from each state; and the tariff reductions that stand to benefit each state’s top export sectors.

By Labor Gazette | Nov 12, 2015

News Release: VOLGA, S.D. — A federal administrative law judge upheld the findings of a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation that led to the debarment of a Volga dairy farmer and an Aberdeen-based employment agency from a program that allows employers to hire temporary foreign labor for agricultural ...