News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago-based financial advisor pleaded guilty in federal court today to pocketing her clients’ money after counseling them to purchase phony securities.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: Three members of a 2012 presidential campaign committee were convicted by a federal jury in Des Moines, Iowa, on all counts of an indictment charging the concealment of campaign expenditures made to secure the endorsement of an Iowa State Senator.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Westfield resident who previously served in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield for lying on his security clearance form and damaging U.S. Army computers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- The United States, on behalf of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), reached a settlement on April 22, 2016, with TVA contractor Bartlett Holdings, Inc. (Bartlett), d.b.a. BHI Energy/Sun Technical Services. Bartlett was alleged to have violated the False Claims Act by knowingly concealing...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: Defendant Admits Accepting Over $35,000 From Owner of Towing Firm.
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management, the University of California at Santa Cruz, and The Nature Conservancy announce the release of a new study documenting the negative effects of the 2012-2014 drought, the most severe multi-year drought in southwestern North America in the past 1200 years, on an endangered...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By USDA Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - May 5, 2016 - Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of communities in five states that will participate in the Cool & Connected planning assistance program, an innovative initiative to help people use broadband service for downtown revitalization and economic development.
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA -Construction on Badwater Road will start May 9 to repair damage from October's flash floods. The route from southern Death Valley to Shoshone, California will remain closed until construction is complete, which is scheduled for July 14.
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service (NPS) with Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) and members of the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society (GTAS). The next Celestial Centennial Summer event, Mercury Transit, held on Monday, May 9, 7:15 a.m. - 2:45 p.m....
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: Salt Lake City- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)-Utah and the non-profit Friends of Cedar Mesa have established an innovative partnership to combat the theft, vandalism, and damage of archaeological resources on public lands.
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office has posted its proposed list of parcels for the quarterly competitive oil and gas lease sale scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016. The sale will be held at the Radisson Hotel in Cheyenne Wyoming. Doors open at 7 a.m. with the auction beginning at 8...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Zachary Kramer, 22, of Bethesda, Maryland, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to eight months of home confinement with outpatient drug treatment, four months of imprisonment, three years of supervised release and a $10,000 fine.
By DOL Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: Employer name: The Scoular Company. 516 E Newton St., Tribute Kansas 67879. Citations issued: May 2, 2016. Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Wichita Area Office cited The Scoular Company for one repeat and four serious violations. The...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: Guilty on 80 counts; not guilty on 59 counts.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Emily W. Allen (619) 546-9738 and Nicholas W. Pilchak (619) 546-9709.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: Harvey Man Arrested and Charged with 19 Counts of Possession of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: Ann Arbor Man Charged with Poisoning Food and Drink in Local Markets.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A southern California man has pleaded guilty to defrauding 157 persons of over $4 million from 2009 through 2011 by selling them worthless, unregistered stock in a number of purported biofuels development businesses, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DELOYD JONES, a/k/a “Puggy," age 24; and BYRON JONES, a/k/a “Big Baby," age 25, both of New Orleans, were sentenced yesterday after having previously been found guilty of violating the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization Act “RICO" as well as drug conspiracy, firearms conspiracy and murder charges.
