News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: A New York City resident pleaded guilty today in connection with a sophisticated global cellphone fraud scheme that involved compromising cellphone customers’ accounts and “cloning" their phones to make fraudulent international calls.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will begin posting signs at airports this week notifying travelers that beginning January 2018 it will start enforcing REAL ID requirements at airport security checkpoints, ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: Proposals will enhance military readiness and strengthen rural economies WASHINGTON, Dec. 12, 2016 – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) joined the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Department of Defense (DoD) to announce the Sentinel Landscapes Federal Coordinating Committee will ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has opened an investigation into the conditions at the Hampton Roads Regional Jail in Portsmouth, Virginia. The investigation will focus on whether the jail violates the constitutional rights of inmates to adequate medical and mental health care; violates ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced that today in federal court, Joseph Howard Williams, 61, of Brunswick, Georgia, pleaded guilty to federal charges regarding the illegal harvest and sale of Atlantic Striped Bass from federal waters off the coast of North Carolina in 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: A Culiacan, Mexico, man was sentenced today to 135 months in prison for conspiring to launder $20 million worth of drug trafficking proceeds. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy of the Southern District of California and Acting Special Agent in Charge Michael Carney of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: Associate Pleads Guilty to Helping Launder Proceeds of Scam A Southern California man who masterminded a $1.66 million mass-mailing scam targeting trademark applicants pleaded guilty today to charges of mail fraud and money laundering and his associate pleaded guilty to helping launder the scam’s proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: A New York City resident pleaded guilty today in connection with a sophisticated global cellphone fraud scheme that involved compromising cellphone customers’ accounts and “cloning” their phones to make fraudulent international calls.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Washington D.C. returned an indictment on Dec. 7, which was unsealed today, charging a Maryland resident with conspiracy to file false claims, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and false personation, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: Former Congressman Chaka Fattah Sr., 60, of Philadelphia, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for participating in a racketeering conspiracy involving several schemes intended to further his political and financial interests by misappropriating federal, charitable and campaign funds, among other things. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against Culpeper County, Virginia, alleging that the county violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) when it denied a sewage permit application to the Islamic Center of Culpeper (ICC), effectively preventing the ICC ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that on Dec. 9, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska ruled in the department’s favor in its breach of contract claim against Nebraska Beef Ltd., a meat packing company based in Omaha. In October 2015, the department filed a lawsuit against ...
By Fed Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued interagency final rules that increase the number of small banks and savings associations eligible for an 18-month examination cycle rather than a 12-month cycle. The interagency ...
By Fed Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the appointment of Andreas Lehnert as director of its Division of Financial Stability, effective Dec. 25, 2016. Currently the deputy director of the division, Lehnert has played a key role in implementing the Board's research and policy agenda on financial ...
By Commerce News Now | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced that the Department of Commerce Digital Attaché Program will expand to six new markets, including South Korea, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa, Germany, and France. The now 12 digital trade officers are Commercial Officers dedicated to helping U.S. companies navigate in the global digital environment.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: MOSINEE, Wis. – A federal investigation, prompted by the death of a 51-year-old chemical technician at a coatings company’s facility in Mosinee, has resulted in multiple safety violations.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 12, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 12, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 12, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 12, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
