News from October 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: Dear Ambassador Froman: As the fifteenth round of negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) begin this week in New York, we write to you, on a bicameral basis, to express our support for your continued efforts to negotiate an ambitious and comprehensive agreement with...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that Moises Alcazar (age: 34) of Green Bay has plead guilty to assisting and advising in the preparation and filing of a false income tax returns in violation of 26 United States Code Section 7206(2). Alcazar faces a maximum term of imprisonment of three years, a maximum term of supervised release of one year, a maximum fine of $100,000, and restitution to be ordered by the court.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed the release of a report she requested from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) examining the federal government’s approach to identifying, assessing, and facilitating domestic mineral supplies. The report outlines a series of significant shortfalls and limitations, which together underscore the urgency and importance of reforming our nation’s mineral policies.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: BOISE - The United States Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Marshal Service for the District of Idaho will participate in a community policing forum hosted by the College of Western Idaho on Wednesday, October 5, 2016, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The community policing forum is one of more than 400 community...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI.), chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Sen. John Thune (R-SD), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Sen.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI.), chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Sen. John Thune (R-SD), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Sen.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Damacio Diaz, 44, of McFarland, formerly a detective with the Bakersfield Police Department, was sentenced today to five years in prison for bribery, possession and attempted possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, and making and subscribing a false income tax return, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Dalchimsky Begay, 26, an enrolled member of the Zuni Pueblo who resides in Rio Rancho, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a sexual abuse of a minor charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Damacio Diaz, 44, of McFarland, formerly a detective with the Bakersfield police department, was sentenced today to five years in prison for bribery, possession and attempted possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, and making and subscribing a false income tax return, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: DENVER - Bob Troyer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado, today announced that Deborah Conrads and Lawrence Conrads - residential landlords in Cortez, Colorado - have paid $73,650 to resolve allegations that they defrauded the Department of Housing and Urban Development by charging low-income tenants excessive rent in violation of HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
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By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Mission Viejo man has agreed to plead guilty to taking more than $2,300,000 from investors in a fraudulent real estate investment scheme in which he used investor funds to pay for personal expenses, including travel and cosmetic surgery, to make cash withdrawals, and to make Ponzi-style payments to other investors.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: In San Antonio this morning, 67-year-old Nasir Ali, manager/owner of J.R. Food Mart in Seguin, TX, was sentenced to one year in federal prison for defrauding the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Stamp Program announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - The owner of Tinkle Management Inc. (TMI) has entered a guilty plea to charges of wire fraud and money laundering, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -President Obama has designated the week of Oct. 2-8, 2016, as National Community Policing Week. As part of the Obama Administration's commitment to building stronger relationships between law enforcement and the communities they serve, the Department of Justice will participate in events in support of community policing efforts around the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A member of MS-13 pleaded guilty on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, in connection with the stabbing of a rival gang member in Chelsea in December 2015.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI.), chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Sen. John Thune (R-SD), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Sen.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: Omaha- Kathleen Schneider, a 13-year veteran of the National Park Service (NPS), has been selected as the first Superintendent of the newly established Pullman National Monument in Chicago, Illinois. Schneider is currently the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Project Manager for the National Park Service on the $200-million CityArchRiver partnership construction project at the Arch in St. Louis. She begins her new assignment on Oct. 30, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Braymer, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for a cattle fraud scheme that resulted in losses of more than $262,000 to his victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Igor Polshyn and Oleskii Tsurkan guilty of conspiring to possess and possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine on a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Each faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. Their sentencing hearings are scheduled for Jan. 10, 2017.
