News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Cruz Flechita Ramon Soto, 34, of Plummer, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday for aggravated assault and use of a firearm in a crime of violence, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Soto was sentenced to 180 months in prison followed by five years supervised release. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Soto to pay restitution in an amount to be determined later. Soto pleaded guilty on July 29, 2016.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 On Sept. 22, I announced that we would resume removals of Haitian nationals in accordance with our existing enforcement priorities. This means we will prioritize the removal of individuals, including Haitian nationals, recently apprehended at or between ports of entry. That has not changed in light of Hurricane Matthew.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: Focus on Substance Misuse Prevention, Mental Health and Aging WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2016 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced $1.4 million in grants to enhance the quality of life for citizens in rural areas through the Rural Health and Safety Education competitive (RHSE) grants program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: Preparers Allegedly Fabricate Businesses Losses, Claim Fraudulent Credits In Order to Understate Their Customers’ Tax or Overstate their Refunds Tax R Us, a Detroit-area tax return preparation business, unlawfully understates its customers’ income tax liabilities and overstates refunds by making deliberate ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: Understated Gross Receipts by Approximately $1.8 Million A Spokane, Washington certified public accountant was sentenced yesterday to 15 months in prison for making and subscribing false corporate income tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney Michael C. Ormsby for the Eastern District of Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: The owners of an Indiana biofuel producer pleaded guilty to conspiracy, fraud and false statements for participating in a scheme that generated over $60 million in fraudulent tax credits and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) renewable fuels credits (RIN credits) at Triton Energy LLC, a company that purported to produce and sell biofuel for use as transportation fuel.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: Former Berrien County, Georgia, Sheriff, Anthony Heath, 45, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and three years of supervised relief, for using excessive force against two non-resistant arrestees. Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and Acting U.S. Attorney G.F. Peterman III of the Middle District of Georgia made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: The husband of the former Deputy Chief of Mission in Rabat, Morocco, pleaded guilty today to sexually abusing a former household staff member from 2010 to 2013. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips of the District ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: The Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that four Texas companies pleaded guilty and agreed to pay a total of $3.5 million dollars for criminal violations of the Clean Air Act at two oil and chemical processing facilities in Texas.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 12, 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 September 20-21, 2016. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced the Commerce Department will double the number of global markets serviced by its Digital Attaché program during her remarks at the Internet Association’s Second Annual Virtuous Circle Conference in Silicon Valley. Introduced as a pilot project earlier this year, the program currently covers the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Brazil, China, the European Union, India, and Japan.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews today announced he will lead representatives from 12 U.S. companies on a health care business development mission to Beijing and Chongqing, China, October 16-21. Acting Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Mary Wakefield will join the delegation in Beijing. This is the first time that HHS has participated in a trade mission.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. ‒ Five seconds is all it takes for flowing grain to engulf and trap a worker. In 60 seconds, the worker is submerged and is in serious danger of death by suffocation. More than half of all workers engulfed in grain die this way. Many others suffer permanent disability.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO – A federal investigation has determined that an overstressed 40-ton beam fell and caused the death of a 47-year-old laborer doing demolition of Chicago’s Interstate 90 and Touhy Road overpass in April.
By State News Post | Oct 12, 2016
The US State Department published a two page notice on Oct. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Oct. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Oct 12, 2016
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Oct. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Oct 12, 2016
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Oct. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
