News published on Federal Newswire in December 2016

News from December 2016


California Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Preparing False Tax Returns

News Release: California Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Preparing False Tax Returns.


Eagle Butte Man Charged with Burglary

News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Third Degree Burglary.


News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance.


News Release: CHICAGO - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois collected nearly $60 million in criminal, civil and asset forfeiture actions in Fiscal Year 2016, Zachary T. Fardon, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, announced today.


News Release: Memphis, TN - A man who trafficked a female minor for sex has been sentenced to 151 months in federal prison. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.


Mission Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine

News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Dec. 20, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 On October 7, 2016, Secretary Johnson and Director Clapper issued a joint statement that the intelligence community is confident the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from U.S. persons and institutions, ...


Secretaries Jewell, Vilsack Applaud President's Designation of New National Monuments in Utah and Nevada

News Release: President's Action Follows Decades Long Campaigns by Members of Congress, Tribes, Local Conservationists to Protect Areas of Extraordinary Cultural Importance and Natural Beauty WASHINGTON, Dec 28, 2016 - U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today ...


News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached final resolutions with banks that have met the requirements of the Swiss Bank Program. The Program provided a path for Swiss banks to resolve potential criminal liabilities in the United States, and to cooperate in the Department’s ongoing ...


News Release: General Cable Corporation, a Kentucky-based manufacturer and distributor of cable and wire, entered into a non-prosecution agreement and agreed to pay a $20 million penalty, reflecting a 50 percent reduction off the bottom of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines fine range, to resolve the government’s investigation ...


Agencies release annual CRA asset-size threshold adjustments for small and intermediate small institutions

News Release: The federal bank regulatory agencies today announced the annual adjustment to the asset-size thresholds used to define small bank, small savings association, intermediate small bank, and intermediate small savings association under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Dec. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Dec. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.