News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Greensboro, North Carolina, resident pleaded guilty to corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), filing a fraudulent tax return and bankruptcy fraud, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Sandra J. Hairston for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, today announced the unsealing of an indictment charging 12 defendants with participating in a drug trafficking organization that distributed large quantities of heroin in and around Monmouth and Ocean Counties, New Jersey.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for using stolen Social Security numbers in a scheme to defraud a series of landlords.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution guarantees freedom of religion, and the law prohibits discrimination based on religious orientation. Federal law bans covering one’s face in public. Following the March 22 terrorist attacks at the Brussels airport and a metro station in downtown Brussels in which 32 civilians died and ...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and protects the right to choose and practice or change one’s religion. A hate crime law punishes some expressions of disrespect for religious beliefs. The government presented an action plan against anti-Semitism which includes anti-Semitism as a separate...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: HAMMOND- Acting United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson announced that Eric M. Dillon, 28, of Gary, Indiana was sentenced before Judge Philip P. Simon for Armed Robbery and Use of a Firearm to Cause Death during a Crime of Violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: A Miami resident was sentenced to 40 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release for his role in defrauding victims in an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) impersonator scam.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution provides for the free exercise of all religions. The government officially recognizes only the Roman Catholic Church, classifying other religious groups as religious associations with fewer rights and privileges than the Catholic Church. Non-Catholic religious groups criticized what...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of religion and worship, and equality for all irrespective of religious belief. It grants religious groups autonomy and the right to provide religious instruction. The government denied some applications for registration during...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative Which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution guarantees the freedom of religion and the right of individuals to express their religious beliefs in public and private. It declares all religious communities shall enjoy equal rights and prohibits the incitement of religious hatred or intolerance. The law does not require religious ...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution specifies Islam is the state religion but proclaims equality of rights and obligations for all regardless of religious belief. A law establishes Sunni Islam under the Shafi’i doctrine as the “official religious reference." Proselytizing for any religion except Sunni Islam is illegal...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution recognizes Buddhism as the state’s “spiritual heritage." It provides for the freedom of religion and bans discrimination based on religious belief. The constitution states religious institutions and personalities shall remain “above politics." The law restricts religious speech promoting...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: Defendant Admits to Misappropriating Father’s Benefits Despite Six-Figure Earnings; Must Pay Back Benefits in Full Plus Additional Damages.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Marstons Mills man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in a heroin trafficking operation on Cape Cod.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution, laws, and decrees provide for freedom of religion and worship, and prohibit discrimination based on religion. The constitution recognizes Catholicism as the religion of the majority of citizens but not as the state religion. Public schools are required to teach Catholicism but parents...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: Chief United States District Court Judge Gregory K. Frizzell sentenced Ronald Eugene Robinson, 62, of Tulsa, to 57 months of imprisonment for Accessing with Intent to View Child Pornography, announced Loretta F. Radford, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma. Chief Judge Frizzell also sentenced Robinson to 10 years of supervised release following his release from prison.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution and the law protect the right of individuals to choose, change, and practice their religion. The government investigated and prosecuted numerous crimes and other actions against religious groups, including anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim violence, hate speech, and vandalism. The government ...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution declares Islam the religion of the state, but safeguards “the free exercise of all forms of worship and religious rites" as long as these are consistent with public order and morality. The constitution stipulates there shall be no discrimination based on religion. The constitution and...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution guarantees freedom of conscience and religion and bans religious groups from undertaking actions inciting religious hatred. It establishes the separation of religion and state and prohibits pursuit of political goals by religious groups. The law requires all religious groups to register...
