News from September 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today on news that four Republican state attorneys general have sued to halt the imminent transition of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA):
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Joel P. Garland, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, announced that DONALD BIAGI, Jr., 55, of Fairfield waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of tax evasion.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2016/2017 marketing year.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna Eshoo (D-CA), and committee member Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today sent a letter to National Telecommunications and Information Administration Administrator...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to strengthen its proposed rule to reduce the risks and enhance security at the nation's hazardous chemical facilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Manuel Ivan Reina-Ruiz, of Sonora, Mexico, has been sentenced to 78 months imprisonment for importing methamphetamine into the United States from Mexico, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The Justice Department announced today that Wells Fargo Bank N.A., doing business as Wells Fargo Dealer Services, has agreed to change its policies and pay over $4.1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) by repossessing 413 cars owned by protected servicemembers without obtaining a court order.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bicameral Republican leaders today shared a new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) examining state resources for helping Medicaid beneficiaries find providers. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that approximately 77 million Americans are enrolled...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Ahmad Sayed Hashimi, aka Jimmy Hashimi, of Woodbridge, was convicted yesterday evening by a federal jury on charges related to his role in beating and kidnapping his ex-girlfriend, in addition to leading drug distribution conspiracies.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: Alcides Rosario-Betances, 56, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was charged today by Indictment with three counts of passport fraud, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) delayed its vote on Chairman Wheeler’s set-top box vote.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today applauded unanimous Senate passage of H.R. 5883, the Clarification of Treatment of Electronic Sales of Livestock Act of 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today, in separate and unrelated indictments, charged a Jefferson County man with producing child pornography and a Marshall County man with receiving and possessing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton and Birmingham Police Chief A.C. Roper announced.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna Eshoo (D-CA), and committee member Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today sent a letter to National Telecommunications and Information Administration Administrator...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Alexander Burton Blake, 26, of Cheektowaga, NY, pleaded guilty to distributing and possessing child pornography involving prepubescent children, before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron today sentenced Joshua Warner (26, Sanford) to 46 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute ethylone, commonly marketed as the street drug “Molly," and Alpha-PVP, commonly marketed as the street drug “Flaka." Warner pleaded guilty on May 19, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 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 Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, in partnership with the Bessie Smith Cultural Center, invites the public to participate in a free, one hour program at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center, 200 East Martin Luther King Boulevard, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37403, on Saturday, October 15 at 11 am.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: Orlando, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of an indictment charging Marek Harrison (53, Plant City), Brian Allard (45, Seminole), and Scot Rounds (44, Winter Garden) with bank fraud and conspiracy to commit bank fraud. If convicted, each faces a maximum penalty of...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today on news that four Republican state attorneys general have sued to halt the imminent transition of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA):
