News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: Federal Jury Convicts California Man of Hate Crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: Kristen Morrison, 44, of Lascassas, Tennessee, was indicted Ton Nov. 30, 2016, by a federal grand jury and charged with eight counts of wire fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft, in relation to her role as a payroll specialist with Century II, a personnel and human resources company based in Brentwood, Tennessee, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department today announced a multinational operation involving arrests and searches in four countries to dismantle a complex and sophisticated network of computer servers known as “Avalanche." The Avalanche network allegedly hosted more than two dozen of the world’s most pernicious types of malicious software and several money laundering campaigns.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: Defrauded biodiesel purchasers and shareholders. Press Release. INDIANAPOLIS - United States Attorney Josh Minkler and Assistant Attorney General John C. Cruden for the Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division announced today the sentencing of two individuals who defrauded investors...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Travis B. Preston, 28, and Tiffany L. Griffith, 25, both of Stanford, Ky., pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute large quantities of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Akeem Harris, age 26, of Newark, was sentenced on Nov. 30, 2016, by U. S. District Court Judge Sue L. Robinson to 24 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release. Mr. Harris was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $422,946.04.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced a multinational operation involving arrests and searches in four countries to dismantle a complex and sophisticated network of computer servers known as “Avalanche." The Avalanche network allegedly hosted more than two dozen of the world’s most pernicious types of malicious software and several money laundering campaigns.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Two men from Columbus, Ohio were sentenced today for transporting stolen goods across state lines, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: BOISE, ID - The Bureau of Land Management would like to remind the public of the annual seasonal road closure of upper 8th Street in the Boise Foothills to prevent road damage during wet conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - U.S. Attorney Tom Beall will open a discussion Tuesday in Wichita with local law enforcement agencies on recruiting, hiring and retaining law enforcement officers to better reflect the broad diversity of the communities they serve.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Thomas Rice, age 65, of Carbondale, Pennsylvania was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Malachy Mannion on Dec. 2, 2016, to 10 months’ home confinement and three years’ probation for evading his mother’s income taxes.
By State Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 10 a.m., Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing to discuss Compassion International’s work in India. The hearing is entitled “American Compassion in India: Government Obstacles.".
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: Mississippi Developers Agree to Settle Housing Discrimination Lawsuit.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA), Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-OK), and House Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) today announced an agreement on comprehensive water resources infrastructure legislation.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), sponsors of the 21st Century Cures Act, issued the following statement following the Senate’s cloture vote this evening, clearing the way for a swift vote on passage.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Christopher "Kip" Crofts announced today that Scott Lewis of Englewood, Colorado, has agreed to forfeit $234,717 to the United States to settle a civil forfeiture action where the United States alleged that the money was drug money earned from the illegal sale of drugs or intended to illegally...
By State Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tonight the House of Representatives passed the State Department Authorities Act (S. 1635), legislation initiated by Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA). The bipartisan bill strengthens embassy security, bolsters oversight, and advances much-needed reforms at the State Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - After a four-day trial, a federal jury found Dianna F. Woods, 59, of Citrus Heights, guilty today of four counts of making false statements on loan applications, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released a statement on the decision by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to repropose the position limits rule...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Tariq Brown, 23, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of RICO Conspiracy in connection with the May 12, 2012 shooting at Martin Luther King Park that left Marquay Lee dead and four other individuals wounded, was sentenced to 22...
