News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: Wisconsin Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking and Drug Offenses.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: What: The Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) Biennial General Meeting
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: Seeking Information in Missing Person Investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: Las Vegas - The 13-mile Scenic Loop at Red Rock Canyon will be open 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. starting November 1. This change happens yearly and is necessary as days become shorter and the sunset is earlier after the end of Daylight Saving Time. The Visitors’ Center will continue to be open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON -- In a letter sent to President Barack Obama today, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senator Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and 22 other Senators called for any new softwood lumber agreement with Canada to protect U.S. timber jobs and communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces today that Mark Gilmore has agreed to pay the government $4.25 million to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Michael J. Randles, 49, a Canadian citizen and permanent resident of Costa Rica, pleaded guilty today to charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRAI, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Lafayette man was sentenced Wednesday to 55 months in prison for possessing two stolen pistols.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Scott Lampert, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General’s (“HHS-OIG") New York Region, announced a $5.31 million settlement...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - An indictment unsealed today charges Bryan Fish, age 22, of Schenectady, New York, with three counts of making false declarations before a federal grand jury investigating an arson that killed four people in Schenectady.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Eric S. Miller announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) William B. Darrow will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2016, general elections. AUSA Darrow has been...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: Conspirators Stole more than $2 Million from Client Companies and Used the Money to Cover their Exorbitant Salaries.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: Five Pistols Remain Missing. SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Leron T. Ross, 25, of Syracuse, New York was sentenced to serve sixty months (five years) in prison, followed by a three-year term of supervised release for his burglary of a Nedrow gun store, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: Yevgeniy Nikulin Indicted for Hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox and Formspring.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: No other state in our Nation faces climate change as urgently as Alaska. In recognition of this challenge, President Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to travel north of the Arctic Circle. In September 2015, he undertook a trip to communities across the state to see firsthand how they are being impacted, and how they are taking up the call to climate action.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that an Arizona man was sentenced Thursday to 84 months in prison for traveling from Texas to Louisiana to engage in sexual activity with a minor.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: Laura Joss, Pacific West Regional Director, National Park Service, has issued a decision and a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Rehabilitate Paradise Inn Annex and Snow Bridge Environmental Assessment (EA). Joss's decision permits the rehabilitation of the annex and snow bridge, which...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Antwon Pitt, 22, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 60 years in prison on charges involving two home invasions, including one in which he sexually assaulted a woman in Southeast Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips and Peter Newsham, Interim Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Michael J. Randles, 49, a Canadian citizen and permanent resident of Costa Rica, pleaded guilty today to charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago woman was arrested today for allegedly operating a multi-million dollar fraud scheme that duped investors into believing she could earn profits on the secondary market for concert and sporting event tickets.
