News from April 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2017
News Release: A San Diego, California tax return preparer was sentenced to 37 months in prison today for preparing fraudulent tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2017
News Release: A federal grand jury in Bridgeport, Connecticut, returned an eight-count indictment yesterday charging a Russian National with multiple offenses stemming from his alleged operation of the Kelihos botnet – a global network of tens of thousands of infected computers, which he allegedly used to facilitate malicious activities including harvesting login credentials, distributing bulk spam e-mails, and installing ransomware and other malicious software.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2017
News Release: A 32-year-old Vladivostok, Russia, man was sentenced today to 27 years in prison for his computer hacking crimes that caused more than $169 million in damage to small businesses and financial institutions, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2017
News Release: Michael Ron David Kadar, 18, who holds dual United States and Israeli citizenship and who was recently arrested in Israel, was charged today with making threatening calls to Jewish Community Centers in Florida, conveying false information to police dispatch regarding harm to private residents in Georgia, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2017
News Release: Eight members of an international criminal organization, known as the Rendon-Reyes Trafficking Organization, entered guilty pleas in federal district court in Brooklyn, New York, this month to Racketeering and other federal charges arising from their scheme to force young women and girls from Mexico ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2017
News Release: Fuyi Sun, aka “Frank,” 53, a citizen of the People’s Republic of China (“China”), pleaded guilty today to violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) in connection with a scheme to illegally export to China, without a license, high-grade carbon fiber, which is used primarily in aerospace and military applications.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2017
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that four former corrections officers at the Jackson County Detention Center (“JCDC”) have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to physically assault an inmate in violation of his Constitutional protection against unreasonable force.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2017
News Release: A Hillsboro, Oregon promoter was convicted today following a jury trial of making, passing and submitting fake financial instruments to a financial institution and the U.S. Treasury and failing to file tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 21, 2017
News Release: 1. What are anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders? If a U.S. industry believes that it is being injured by unfair competition through dumping or subsidization of a foreign product, it may request the imposition of antidumping or countervailing duties by filing a petition with both the ...
By Commerce News Now | Apr 21, 2017
News Release: 1. What is the purpose of a Section 232 Investigation? Section 232 investigations are initiated to determine the effects of imports of any articles on U.S. national security. In this case, the Commerce Department is determining the effect of steel imports on the national security. Generally, steel products ...
By Commerce News Now | Apr 21, 2017
News Release: 1. What are anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders? If a U.S. industry believes that it is being injured by unfair competition through dumping or subsidization of a foreign product, it may request the imposition of antidumping or countervailing duties by filing a petition with both the ...
By Commerce News Now | Apr 21, 2017
News Release: 1. What is the purpose of a Section 232 Investigation? Section 232 investigations are initiated to determine the effects of imports of any articles on U.S. national security. In this case, the Commerce Department is determining the effect of steel imports on the national security. Generally, steel products ...
By Commerce News Now | Apr 21, 2017
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the initiation of a new antidumping duty (AD) investigation of imports of carton-closing staples from the People’s Republic of China.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 21, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Apr 21, 2017
The US State Department published a one page notice on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Apr 21, 2017
The US State Department published a one page notice on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 21, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 21, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 21, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 21, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
