News from April 2017
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Lim Yong Nam, aka Steven Lim, 43, a citizen of Singapore, was sentenced today to 40 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy that caused thousands of radio frequency modules to be illegally exported from the U.S. to Iran, at least 14 of which were later found in unexploded improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Iraq.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. -Daniel E. Saad, 51, of Spencer, Mass., today was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for devising and executing a scheme to burn down his Glocester, R.I., restaurant, Snow’s Clam Box Restaurant and Pub, and then attempting to collect on an insurance policy worth nearly one million dollars.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: DOE Fellows have been busy sharing their research to support EM’s cleanup at conferences and other events across the U.S. this spring.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: Today, Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General, requesting an investigation into Administrator Scott Pruitt's decision to reject a petition banning the toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos, reversing a previous EPA proposal to terminate use of this chemical and ignoring the EPA's scientific record on the risks from this neurotoxin.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and 12 Energy Subcommittee Democrats sent a letter to Full Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today to request a second hearing on making improvements in hydropower operations, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: Voncel R. Harrigan, Sr., 51, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania entered a plea of guilty to one count of conspiracy to file false income tax returns, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: Gang Member Allegedly Shot and Killed Three-Year-Old Girl in Turf Battle;.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, praised President Trump’s effort to support whistleblowers within the Department of Veterans Affairs. The White House announced the creation of the Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection within the VA on Thursday to help protect whistleblowers and ensure leadership has the authority to fire bad employees plaguing the VA.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: Faces Decades in Prison for Molesting Young Child at Two Military.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. -Daniel E. Saad, 51, of Spencer, Mass., today was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for devising and executing a scheme to burn down his Glocester, R.I., restaurant, Snow’s Clam Box Restaurant and Pub, and then attempting to collect on an insurance policy worth nearly one million dollars.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: Boise, ID -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Boise District is seeking nominations for six positions on its Resource Advisory Council (RAC), which advises the BLM on public land issues. As published in a notice in the Federal Register, the BLM will accept nominations through May 30, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Bryan Wayne Edwards, 35, of Greenville, Texas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to 120 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in November 2016 to his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation and its principal, Dr. Alan Curtis, have agreed to a settlement worth more than $150,000 to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims for payments of grant funds awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Matthew Bryan Caniff (33, Gainesville) to 15 years in federal prison for attempted online enticement of a child to engage in sexual activity, online solicitation of child pornography, and attempted production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Eric Wayne Grinder, age 36, of Westminster, Maryland, with three counts of production of child pornography and two counts of possession of child pornography. The indictment was returned on April 26, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Three Rio Grande Valley residents have been convicted for their roles in receiving illegal kickback payments in exchange for the referral of patients, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. B A Goddard man was sentenced Wednesday to 41 months in federal prison for two commercial robberies in Wichita, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Benjamin Nundy (39, Ruskin) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Led by Sens. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Reps. Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), more than 130 Members of Congress sent a letter.pdf) today to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos urging her to reverse a decision to rescind Obama-era memos on student loan servicing reforms. The reforms had included new consumer protections for borrowers and improvements to the quality of federal loan servicing.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Indianapolis - Josh J. Minkler, United States Attorney, announced today that Bradley J. Hancock, 33 of Evansville, Indiana, was sentenced immediately following his plea of guilty to one count of Receipt of Sexually Explicit Material Involving Minors to 84 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard L. Young. This case was the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Safe Streets Task Force and Evansville Police Department.
