News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: The former vice president of a California wholesale tool company was sentenced to 63 months in prison today for his role in a scheme to defraud East West Bank that resulted in losses of over $9 million.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS: The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public comment on a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and wetland and floodplain Statement of Findings (SOF) that analyze the impacts of construction of an access road (milepost 262, Lee County, Mississippi). The purpose of the project is to construct...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Aug. 15, 2016, Koleh B. Wilson (age: 37) of Phoenix, Arizona, (formerly of Milwaukee and Sheboygan Counties) appeared in federal court in Green Bay and was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine in Manitowoc County.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: VALENTINE, NE: On Thursday, August 25th, at 5:00 p.m., join Niobrara National Scenic River (NSR) Superintendent Stephen Thede for a guided canoe float from Smith Falls State Park to Brewer Bridge. Canoes will be provided free of charge by the Niobrara Council, though individuals are welcome to bring...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing Wednesday titled, “From Crop to Craft Beer: Federal Regulation’s Impact on America’s Food and Agriculture " to examine regulations within the agriculture industry. Below is Chairman Johnson’s opening statement as submitted for the record...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: What can be more American than baseball, picnics, and national parks? What about having a picnic and watching a baseball game at a national park site?
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the unsealing this morning of an indictment charging GREVY GERARD PIERRE-LOUIS, a/k/a...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Ways and Means Committee, chaired by Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), and the House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today released a new report, entitled, “Joint Congressional Investigative Report into the Source of Funding for the ACA’s Cost Sharing Reduction Program.".
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican man residing in Lawrence pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a heroin, cocaine and fentanyl trafficking organization with ties to Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Ray A. Perkins, age 29, of Schenectady, New York, pled guilty today to conspiring to distribute more than 100 grams of crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that VIDAL OROSCO-BARRIOS, age 29, pled guilty today to a four-count Indictment charging him with transferring false Social Security Cards in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1028(a)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Charles Robert Poore has been sentenced in federal court to 24 months imprisonment, followed by five years supervised release, on his conviction of embezzlement by an officer of a credit institution. Poore was also ordered to pay $251,438.08 in restitution, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal jury sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., returned a verdict late yesterday afternoon finding Samuel Silva, 40, guilty on carjacking and firearms charges arising from a one-day crime spree in April 2014, following a two-day trial. Another federal jury previously convicted Silva on an armed career criminal charge in July 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia has reached a settlement agreement with Redmond Regional Medical Center (Redmond), a health care provider located in Rome, Georgia, to resolve an investigation into allegations that it violated Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to ensure effective communication with individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: A new measurement standard developed by the National Institute of Standards of Technology (NIST) has been used successfully by the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research to check the performance of next-generation DNA-sequencing technologies for evaluating gene variations associated with an increased risk of breast cancer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced today HARRY J. MOREL, JR., age 73, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to obstruction of justice in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1512(d)(1).
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in response to a report from the nonpartisan U.S. Government Accountability Office entitled “Antidumping and Countervailing Duties: CBP Action Needed to Reduce Duty Processing Errors and Mitigate Nonpayment Risk.".
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that SEAN STEWART, a former Managing Director at an investment advisory firm headquartered in Manhattan, was found guilty of providing inside information to trade and cause another to trade in the securities...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Danny Mercado, 28, of Homedale, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to 40 months in prison for unlawful possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Mercado to serve three years of supervised release following his release from prison. Mercado pleaded guilty on March 22, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: GRASS VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management will bring its Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Program to the Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Road, Grass Valley, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 20-21.
