News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Los Angeles woman caught transporting a load of crystal methamphetamine from California to West Virginia pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Danielle Dessaray Estrada, 21, entered her guilty plea to interstate travel in furtherance of a drug crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Robert Storey, 44, of Atlanta, Georgia, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara, to wire fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 21, 2016
News Release: Monday marked The Longest Day of the year, and with it came a special day of advocacy during Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month from the Alzheimer’s Association in the push to #EndALZ. House Energy and Commerce Committee members already on the #Path2Cures eagerly shared their support.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2016
News Release: Monday marked The Longest Day of the year, and with it came a special day of advocacy during Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month from the Alzheimer’s Association in the push to #EndALZ. House Energy and Commerce Committee members already on the #Path2Cures eagerly shared their support.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Independence, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for her role in a $235,000 arson and insurance fraud conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2016
News Release: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22. 10: 0 a.m. Full Committee. Hearing on: “Examining the Allegations of Misconduct Against IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, Part II". Witnesses: * Jonathan Turley, Professor of Law, George Washington University. * Andrew McCarthy, Former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today during House Floor consideration of H.R.5525, the “End Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2016":
By DOE Newswire | Jun 21, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Tomorrow, at 11:30 a.m. in a signing ceremony at the White House, the Frank Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act will clear its final hurdle and be signed into law. The landmark update to the nation’s chemical safety laws has been a top priority for House Energy and Commerce...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2016
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that an Anchorage woman has been charged in a 20-count indictment alleging that she devised a scheme to defraud the state of Alaska Medicaid Program of over $239,000.00.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 21, 2016
News Release: Today, the Energy Department announced $23 million in funding for 23 new projects led by small businesses to further develop clean energy technologies with a strong potential for commercialization and job creation. These Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) awards for $1 million each over the...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 21, 2016
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | June 21, 2016 BOS-2016-097
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A New Jersey stock promoter was sentenced late yesterday afternoon in federal court in Boston for his involvement in the manipulation of the stock of two separate companies, Amogear, Inc. and Greenway Technology.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced that the subcommittee will continue its ongoing oversight of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) at a July 12, 2016, hearing featuring all five FCC commissioners.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JOHN SPOSATO, age 64, of Slidell, pled guilty today to wire fraud for his role in promoting and operating a national Ponzi scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Anastasios “Taso" Kolokouris, 32, of Avon, NY, who was convicted of violating the Clean Air Act asbestos work practice standards involving asbestos removal and disturbance, was sentenced to two years probation, 150 hours of community service, and fined $15,000 by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci. The defendant must also pay restitution to the victims in the case.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Three members of the Newport News street gang “Thug Relations," were convicted by a federal jury of multiple murders and robberies, in addition to other crimes related to their criminal enterprise.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, released the following statement on Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s decision to close the investigation into the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner: “During ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department issued a letter of findings today concluding that the Nevada Department of Corrections’ (NDOC) policies and practices for housing and employing inmates with disabilities violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Following a comprehensive ADA compliance review, the department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached agreements with 121 podiatry residency programs and the American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine (AACPM) to resolve claims that they discriminated against work-authorized non-U.S. citizens in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: The Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued the following statement regarding the FBI's release of the transcript related to the Orlando shooting: “The purpose of releasing the partial transcript of the shooter's interaction with 911 operators was to provide transparency, ...
