News from April 2017

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Today, after a four-day trial, a federal jury found Jeffrey G. Vincent, 66, of Madera, guilty of five counts of evading income taxes, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Dear Mr. Davis: On March 17, 2017, I wrote to you asking you to describe the processes by which the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Ms. Seema Verma, would comply with conditions in her ethics agreements and government ethics regulations concerning her consulting...

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) today sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Wyoming County man faces up to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty yesterday to a child pornography crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Eddie Dwaine Justice, Jr., 30, of Hanover, entered his guilty plea to possession of child pornography.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney John Stuart Bruce announced that yesterday in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced two Durham men, JAMES STEPHEN THORPE, 25, to 480 months imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release and JOSHUA RAYSHAWN MELVIN, 23...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 21-year old resident of Mercedes has entered a guilty plea to one count of receipt of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: Kyle Hobbs, 24 of Philadelphia, PA was charged today by Information with possession of child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By State Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement on tonight’s U.S. airstrikes in Syria...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK - Markell Reyes, age 19, of Jersey City, New Jersey, was indicted yesterday for possessing crack cocaine and heroin with the intent to distribute them.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today the return of a single-count Indictment charging ANTWON SEYMORE, age 19, of Ponchatoula, with the April 8, 2016 burglary of The Tickfaw Auction Company, owned by a federal firearms licensee. This burglary resulted in the theft of 25 handguns.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Dominique Gaunichaux, 19, Madison, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to eight months in federal prison for his role in passing counterfeit U.S. currency...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department reached an agreement today with Brickell Financial Services Motor Club, Inc., d/b/a Road America Motor Club, Inc. (Road America), headquartered in Miami, Florida. The settlement resolves the department’s investigation into whether the company violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by discriminating against work-authorized immigrants when verifying their work authorization.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: In honor of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Kenneth A. Blanco announced today that the Criminal Division has made payments totaling more than $800 million from the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund (the Fund) to compensate ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: David Q. Givhan, aka “Premier,” 35, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, was sentenced yesterday to 235 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge David J. Hale, after being convicted by jury of one count of sex trafficking and three counts of interstate transportation for prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: A member of the Almighty Imperial Gangsters Nation was sentenced to 300 months in prison today in Southern District of Florida for conspiracy to conduct and participate in the affairs of the gang through a pattern of racketeering activity.

By Fed Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Devon Bancorp, Inc., Chicago, Illinois Written Agreement dated March 13, 2013 Terminated April 4, 2017 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.

By Labor Gazette | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced a delay in enforcement of the crystalline silica standard that applies to the construction industry to conduct additional outreach and provide educational materials and guidance for employers.
By DOE Gazette | Apr 6, 2017
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Apr 6, 2017
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Apr 6, 2017
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.