News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A former teller at Lenox National Bank in Lenox, Mass. was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield in connection with embezzling almost $300,000 from the bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deirdre M. Daly and Chief State’s Attorney Kevin T. Kane announced that a federal jury in New Haven has found ARTHUR STANLEY, also known as “Wiggs," 27, guilty of committing the July 15, 2011 murder of Keith Washington, 23, of Windsor. The trial before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer began on December 5 and the jury returned its verdict this afternoon.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security today announced it will begin accepting applications for the 2017 Cyber Student Volunteer Initiative, inviting current undergraduate and graduate students to support the DHS cyber mission at Department field offices in over 40 locations across the country.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 I applaud Congress for passing the Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National Security Act of 2016 on December 10. This legislation enables us to implement the critical 2015 United States and Canada Agreement on Land, Rail, Marine, ...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 I am pleased to announce that last week I appointed Paul A. Beeson as the new Director of Joint Task Force-West (JTF-West). In this role, Director Beeson will oversee and coordinate the Department’s activities for our southwest ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: A North Carolina man, who owned a tax preparation business in Rockingham, North Carolina, pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina to one count of conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and two counts of assisting in the preparation of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: A Richmond, Virginia resident, formerly of Williamsburg, Virginia, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for defrauding investors of more than $1.1 million, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente of the Eastern District of Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: Glendon Scott Crawford, 52, of Galway, New York, was sentenced today to 30 years in prison and lifetime supervised release, for plotting to kill Muslims with a weapon of mass destruction. The announcement was made by Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security Mary B. McCord, U.S. Attorney Richard S. Hartunian of the Northern District of New York and Special Agent in Charge Andrew W. Vale of the FBI’s Albany Divison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: Today, President Obama granted commutation of sentence to 153 individuals and pardons to 78 individuals: The President granted commutations of sentence to the following 153 individuals: * Kendrick Tyshawn Akins – Coppell, TX Offense: Conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, or possess with intent to manufacture ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates released the following statement after President Obama granted commutation of sentence to 153 individuals: “Today, another 153 individuals were granted commutations by the President. Over the last eight years, President Obama has given a second chance to over 1,100 inmates who have paid their debt to society. Our work is ongoing and we look forward to additional announcements from the President before the end of his term.”
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: An insurance salesman and former resident of Parma, Ohio was convicted today following a five-day jury trial of fifteen counts of willful failure to pay income taxes and five counts of willful failure to file income tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it reached an agreement with Princeton University to resolve a compliance review initiated in May 2014 regarding Princeton’s treatment of students with mental health disabilities and its policies and practices related to requests for reasonable modifications, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Greensboro, North Carolina, returned an indictment today charging Jessica Shanice Taylor, a Rockingham, North Carolina resident, with conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, wire fraud and aggravated ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it found reasonable cause to believe that the Ville Platte, Louisiana, Police Department (VPPD) and the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office (EPSO) engage in a pattern or practice of conduct that violates the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. The department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: A Crown Point, Indiana, man was arrested today after being charged with unlawfully procuring U.S. citizenship by allegedly failing to disclose during his naturalization process his Bosnian Serb Military service and charges of murder during the Bosnia Conflict in the 1990s. Assistant Attorney General ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: Yu Long, 38, a citizen of China and lawful permanent resident of the U.S., waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court in Connecticut, to charges related to his theft of numerous sensitive military program documents from United Technologies and transporting them to China.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday requested comment on proposed guidelines that would be used to evaluate requests for joint accounts at Federal Reserve Banks. The accounts are intended to facilitate settlement between depository institutions participating in U.S. payment systems.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday approved a rule requiring for the first time that large banking organizations publicly disclose certain quantitative liquidity risk metrics. The disclosures will provide market participants and the public with reliable and timely information for evaluating the financial strength and resiliency of the nation's largest banking organizations.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: Young workers in the United States experience higher rates of unemployment than the population as whole but are nonetheless generally optimistic about their job prospects, according to the Federal Reserve Board's new report, Experiences and Perspectives of Young Workers. The report, which presents data ...
By Labor Gazette | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – Increasing access to retirement savings opportunities is the surest way to help more of America’s workers secure their financial futures. Today, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration is announcing a final rule to assist large cities and other political ...
