News from July 2016
By USDA Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 20, 2016 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today released the following statement on S.1252, the Global Food Security Act of 2016, signed by President Obama today: "Agriculture's vital role in our economic success and national security is a bond that we share with other nations all ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: Houston Man Allegedly Falsely Overstated Customers’ Itemized Deductions A Houston, Texas, tax return preparer fraudulently lowered his clients’ federal income taxes by overstating the deductions they claimed on Schedule A (Itemized Deductions), according to a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department in May. Now a federal court has barred the defendant in that case from preparing tax returns for others.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: Settlement Requires Action to Prevent Future Spills The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a settlement with Enbridge Energy Limited Partnership and several related Enbridge companies to resolve claims stemming from its 2010 oil spills in Marshall, Michigan, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced today the filing of civil forfeiture complaints seeking the forfeiture and recovery of more than $1 billion in assets associated with an international conspiracy to launder funds misappropriated from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund. Today’s complaints represent the largest single action ever brought under the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: Charges Also Unsealed Against Former Head of Foreign Exchange Cash-Trading Desk for Europe, Middle East and Africa The head of global foreign exchange cash trading at HSBC Bank plc, a subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc (collectively HSBC), and HSBC’s former head of foreign exchange cash trading for Europe, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: Charges against the former manager of a Wells Fargo Bank branch in Glendale, California, were unsealed late yesterday, alleging that he was part of a scheme to launder the proceeds of a mass mailing scam targeting holders of U.S. trademarks. Two other California men had previously been charged for perpetrating the scam and committing bank fraud in furtherance of the scam.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: A Minnesota man with two prior convictions for sexually abusing children was sentenced today to serve life plus 10 years in prison for production, distribution, receipt and possession of child pornography, as well as committing a child sex offense while being required to register as a sex offender, announced ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: Settlement Maintains Competition between Bud and Miller Beers, Prohibits ABI from Disadvantaging Rivals with Distributors and Provides for Review of Future ABI Craft Beer Acquisitions The Department of Justice announced today that it has agreed to a settlement with Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI) that will ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: A Montgomery, Alabama, resident pleaded guilty today to one count of a multi-object conspiracy to commit identity theft and wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. of the Middle District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: Nishikawa Rubber Co. Ltd. (Nishikawa) has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $130 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix the prices of and rig the bids for automotive body sealing products installed in cars sold to U.S. consumers, the Justice Department announced today. According to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: U.S. authorities have charged the alleged owner of today’s most visited illegal file-sharing website with criminal copyright infringement and have seized domain names associated with the website.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch released the following statement today after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Texas’s voter ID law: “I am pleased with today’s decision by the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit holding that Texas’s 2011 photographic voter identification ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: A Greenville, Texas, resident was indicted today on 21 counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, one count of mail fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: Today, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews provided opening remarks at the U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools awards ceremony. The 2016 awardees include 73 schools from 25 states and the District of Columbia that have demonstrated significant progress in improving their environmental impacts and costs, improving health and wellness for students and staff, and enhancing environmental and sustainability education.
By DOE Gazette | Jul 20, 2016
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on July 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jul 20, 2016
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on July 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jul 20, 2016
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on July 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jul 20, 2016
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on July 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jul 20, 2016
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on July 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jul 20, 2016
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on July 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
