News from February 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that HARRY SMOOT, age 29, of Avondale, was sentenced today to life in federal prison by United States District Judge Lance M. Africk.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: One of the Largest-Ever Global FCPA Resolutions; Uzbek Subsidiary Pleads Guilty to Paying Bribes.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: In Del Rio today, a federal jury found Carl Wayne Wiley guilty of attempted murder of a federal agent, announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Rodolfo Karisch, Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent, U.S. Border Patrol, and Christopher Combs, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge of the San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Kan., man was indicted Wednesday on federal drug trafficking charges, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: Raymond K. Mays, 52, of Crossville, Tennessee, pleaded guilty today to three counts of making a false statement on forms that were filed on behalf of an employee retirement plan. Mays was an employee of Eye Centers of Tennessee, a medical services company based in Crossville and served as a trustee of that company’s 401(k) retirement plan, and had a fiduciary duty to that plan’s beneficiaries.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: Climbing routes on cliffs used by nesting Peregrine Falcons in Zion National Park will be temporarily closed beginning March 1, 2016 in order to protect these birds which are in recovery from "endangered species" status. The closure date is based on analysis of data collected from 2001-2015 regarding the peregrines' arrival time to their nesting cliffs in the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - Two men were sentenced today for federal drug crimes for their roles in trafficking pain pills from California to West Virginia, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Lawrence Ray Bennett, 31, of Los Angeles, was sentenced to seven years and three months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: SEC Files Separate Civil Complaint. SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Hector Absi, 47, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was arrested today by FBI agents at his home in Las Vegas. He is charged in a 16-count indictment, unsealed today, that was returned by a federal grand jury in Sacramento on February 11. The indictment charges...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Feb. 16, 2016, by U.S. District Court Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A citizen of Jamaica has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months in prison and upon his release, after notice and hearing, deported to Jamaica, on his conviction of re-entry of an illegal alien, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ALEX JAVIER HERNANDEZ-MEJIA, age 22, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry of removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: A Fort Buchanan Army Reserve Staff Sergeant was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for bulk cash smuggling of $113,050 and theft of government property worth $6,302.69 while serving in Afghanistan. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: Ramiro Serrata Jr., 23, and Jimmy Garza, 33, were each sentenced to 15 years in prison following their convictions of hate crime offenses for their roles in a Mar. 8, 2012, assault of a gay African-American man in Corpus Christi, Texas, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: The Department of Justice has reached settlements with 51 hospitals in 15 states for more than $23 million related to cardiac devices that were implanted in Medicare patients in violation of Medicare coverage requirements, the Department of Justice announced today. These settlements represent the final ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: SEC Files Separate Civil Complaint Hector Absi, 47, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was arrested today by FBI agents at his home in Las Vegas. He is charged in a 16-count indictment, unsealed today, that was returned by a federal grand jury in Sacramento, California, on February 11. The indictment charges Absi ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: Concealed Receipt of Approximately $2 Million in Kickbacks from IRS An Enterprise, Alabama, resident was sentenced today in the Southern District of Florida to 48 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for accepting unlawful kickbacks and tax evasion, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on January 26-27, 2016.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: On Feb. 18, 2016, the Federal Reserve will conduct a floating-rate offering of term deposits with an early withdrawal feature through its Term Deposit Facility (TDF). The Federal Reserve will offer seven-day term deposits with a rate set equal to the sum of the interest rate paid on excess reserves ...
By Commerce News Now | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered the opening remarks at the second U.S.-Cuba Regulatory Dialogue, which is being hosted by the Departments of Commerce and Treasury in Washington, D.C. from February 17-18, 2016. Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment Rodrigo Malmierca also delivered opening remarks.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker was announced as the moderator for a panel of senior level business leaders for the Smart Fabrics Summit on April 11, 2016. The Summit, hosted by the Department of Commerce and the Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI), will provide a forum ...
