News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Edgar Valdez-Villarreal, a.k.a. “La Barbie," and Carlos Montemayor Gonzalez, who are charged in the Northern District of Georgia with importing drugs and money laundering, are among 13 defendants extradited from Mexico this afternoon to face pending charges in the United States. Valdez and Montemayor are alleged to be high-level members of Mexico’s Beltran-Leyva Cartel and were arrested in Mexico on the Atlanta, Georgia, charges in 2010.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: Thank you, Chairman Roskam, for holding this hearing. Today's topic is very important to millions of Americans who are saving for their retirement. Over the last 40 years, retirement plans have changed. Today, fewer Americans are covered by traditional pension plans, and many are covered by defined contribution plans, like Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) and 401(k)s.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: Timpanogos Cave National Monument will offer its last cave tours of the year on Sunday, Oct. 11, after which the caves, cave trail, and visitor center will be closed for the winter. The Monument's Swinging Bridge picnic area will remain open.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: Starting tomorrow, Oct. 1, Rocky Mountain National Park will increase entrance fees in order to fund important maintenance and improvement projects within the park. Because of Rocky's proximity to the populated Colorado Front Range, the park will be adding a single day pass to the existing option...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: The father of a teen who killed four students and himself last year at Marysville-Pilchuck High School was convicted today of six counts of illegal firearms possession, announced United States Attorney Annette L. Hayes. RAYMOND LEE FRYBERG, 42, was convicted following a four day jury trial. The jury deliberated one day before reaching its verdict. Sentencing on the conviction is scheduled for Jan. 11, 2016 before the Honorable Judge James L. Robart.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Hours before the Perkins Loan Program is set to expire, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released the following statement on the Senate’s failure to move forward on a bipartisan one-year extension...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 Washington, DC – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) today launched the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) “Think and Do Challenge,” a prize competition that seeks ideas to leverage NBAF resources in order to conduct research to protect the Nation’s animal agricultural industry and public health.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 I thank the House Homeland Security Committee, in particular Chairman McCaul and Ranking Member Thompson, for their work examining the critical issue of foreign terrorist fighters traveling to Syria and Iraq. The report published by the Committee’s ...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON— Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson met with UK Home Secretary Theresa May to discuss progress on a range of shared homeland security-related concerns, including counterterrorism efforts, aviation security, collaboration in law enforcement, and information sharing.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 In April, I asked the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General to investigate reports of improper access and distribution of information by U.S. Secret Service employees pertaining to Congressman Jason Chaffetz.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with Tractor Supply Company Inc. and Tractor Supply Company of Texas L.P., that resolves allegations that the companies imported and sold more than 28,000 all-terrain vehicles, off-highway motorcycles ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that the owner and former property manager of Perkins Parke Apartments (Perkins Parke) in Cross Lanes, West Virginia, have agreed to pay $120,000 in damages and civil penalties to settle a lawsuit alleging that three former agents sexually harassed and retaliated against female tenants in violation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: Today, the Department of Justice, through its Elder Justice Initiative and its Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) and the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency which administers AmeriCorps and other national service programs, are announcing Elder Justice AmeriCorps, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: The former chief financial officer (CFO) of Siemens S.A. – Argentina (Siemens Argentina) pleaded guilty today to conspiring to pay tens of millions of dollars in bribes to Argentine government officials to secure, implement and enforce a $1 billion contract to create national identity cards.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today in federal court in Birmingham, Alabama, against the owners and developers of 71 multifamily housing complexes in four states for failing to design and construct housing units and related facilities that are accessible to people with disabilities. The 71 complexes ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it had filed a lawsuit against the city of Des Plaines, Illinois, alleging that the city violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) when it refused to allow the American Islamic Center (AIC) to operate a place of worship ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: A resident of Raleigh, North Carolina, was sentenced to prison today for his role in a conspiracy to file false claims and for aggravated identity theft, Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Department of Justice’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Thomas G. Walker of the Eastern ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that an additional 1,461 service members and their co-borrowers are eligible to receive over $186 million for home foreclosures under the department’s settlements with five of the nation’s largest mortgage servicers. Those settlements implement the protections of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: Thirteen individuals, including alleged high-level cartel members, were extradited from Mexico to the United States to face charges pending in various jurisdictions, including the murders of a U.S. Consulate employee and two others, and other violent crimes and drug trafficking-related offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: A former Las Vegas resident was convicted by a federal jury in Nevada today of perjury, making false statements and obstruction of justice in the course of an investigation into a scheme to fraudulently take control of homeowners’ associations (HOAs) in the Las Vegas area.
