News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: SOUTH BEND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Barbara West, 33, of South Bend, Indiana was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Jon. E. DeGuilio for possession with intent to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: Las Vegas, Nev. - A Las Vegas, Nevada resident was charged by a superseding indictment today in the District of Nevada for attempted tax evasion announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 A report released today by our Inspector General notes the “significant progress” we’ve made since I’ve been Secretary to address DHS’s many management challenges: “Progress has been made both in tone and substance. In the last ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2016 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today awarded $9.4 million to support 25 research and outreach projects that will help mitigate pests, weeds and diseases on farms and in communities. The awards are made through NIFA's Crop Protection and Pest Management Program (CPPM) and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program which have awarded more than $64.5 million since 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: Merger Would Eliminate Significant Head-to-Head Competition that Has Led to Lower Prices and Better Service for Customers in 36 States Seeking to Dispose of Low Level Radioactive Waste The Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today seeking to block EnergySolutions’ proposed $367 million ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: Impeded IRS Efforts to Collect and Failed to Pay Over $2.8 Million in Payroll Taxes A federal grand jury sitting in Memphis, Tennessee returned an indictment on Nov. 10, which was unsealed yesterday, charging two Tennessee residents with conspiring to defraud the United States and failing to account ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: A congressional staffer pleaded guilty today to willfully failing to file an individual income tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente for the Eastern District of Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: Investigations Have Yielded 59 Plea Agreements to Date Two Northern California real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty today for their role in a conspiracy to rig bids at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced. California real estate ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Macon, Georgia returned an indictment against a resident of Columbus, Georgia on Nov. 9, which was unsealed today, for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud conspiracy, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney G.F. Peterman III for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: A Whittier, California man was convicted today of wire fraud in connection with his involvement in a scheme to defraud a software company of over $16 million, announced Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Leslie R. Caldwell and U.S. Attorney John R. Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: Rahimi Allegedly Detonated and Attempted to Detonate Bombs on Public Streets in the Chelsea Neighborhood of Manhattan Ahmad Khan Rahimi aka Ahmad Rahami, 28, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, was charged today in Manhattan federal court in an eight-count indictment for offenses related to his alleged execution ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: The last three of nine men were sentenced this week in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis for conspiring and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, and for conspiracy to murder outside the U.S. Guled Omar, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: Courts also Order Defendants to Disgorge Ill-Gotten Gains totaling $10.5 Million Today, a federal district court in Orlando, Florida barred the former LBS Tax Services franchisor, Walner Gachette, from preparing tax returns and entered a $5 million judgment against him. According the government’s complaint, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: Twelve individuals were charged with allegedly executing a scheme to defraud customers of Bank of America and PNC Bank through conduct known as “ATM skimming,” according to complaints that were unsealed following the arrest of the majority of the defendants, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: Concealed Personal Funds and Assets from IRS Collection Efforts A Las Vegas, Nevada resident was charged by a superseding indictment today in the District of Nevada for attempted tax evasion announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: In 2014, President Obama set out an ambitious goal to double the number of apprenticeships to 750,000 by the end of 2018 and to diversify them as well. This year the half-million mark was passed. However, despite their increasing popularity and the proven benefit to workers, apprenticeships are not fully ...
By Commerce News Now | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered a keynote address at an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations on Privacy and Data in the Age of Surveillance. This symposium convened policymakers, business leaders, and academic experts for a candid discussion of online privacy in an era of fast-moving digital innovation.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered a keynote address at an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations on Privacy and Data in the Age of Surveillance. This symposium convened policymakers, business leaders, and academic experts for a candid discussion of online privacy in an era of fast-moving digital innovation.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced the release of a Department of Commerce report, “The Benefits and Costs of Apprenticeships: A Business Perspective.” This report, authored by the Economics and Statistics Administration in partnership with Case Western Reserve University, is among the first of its kind in the U.S. that captures the employer perspective on the value of the apprenticeship model.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R. I. – A Wolcott, Connecticut, contractor repeatedly exposed its employees to falls of 18 feet while performing roofing work in Middletown, an inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.
