News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A manager of two Boston-area restaurants was charged today in federal court in Boston with tax fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: CLEVELAND, Ohio - Twenty-two people were indicted in federal court for their roles trafficking heroin and other drugs in the Youngstown and Ravenna areas, law enforcement officials said. Arrests were executed this morning for people named in three separate indictments.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 31-year-old Longview, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: Arrests and seizures product of collaboration between state and federal authorities, investigation continues, hearing to be held tomorrow.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRIAN FERRAIOLI, 40, of Sayville, N.Y., waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to conspiracy and tax offenses stemming from his role in a securities fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRIAN FERRAIOLI, 40, of Sayville, N.Y., waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to conspiracy and tax offenses stemming from his role in a securities fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the return of a superseding indictment charging Roderick Randolph Lester (38, Jacksonville) with robbery of a Jacksonville tire store, brandishing a firearm during the robbery, and possession of a firearm by a convicted...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Hyannis woman was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for distributing heroin in connection with the Nauti-Block gang.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: GREENVILLE - United States Attorney John Stuart Bruce announced that today in federal court before Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard sentenced BORENZO CORTEZ PATRICK, 26, of Riegelwood, North Carolina to 121 months imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release for Armed Bank Robbery and Brandishing a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: RIDGELAND, MS - The Natchez Trace Parkway invites visitors to enjoy the talents and sounds of local musicians at the Parkway Information Cabin on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017, from 9:30 am to 11:30 am. The Natchez Trace String Band, a small group of local acoustic musicians, will fill the cabin with the sounds of traditional folk, country, and bluegrass music. Visitors are welcome to stop by for a few minutes, or bring a chair and stay awhile.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - Officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested 32 convicted sexual predators during a 10-day period, ending Aug. 3 in Long Island in an enforcement effort dubbed “Operation SOAR" (Sex Offender Alien Removal).
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, all Democratic Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent letters to all Cabinet Secretaries and other federal agency heads requesting documents about how their Departments are spending federal taxpayer funds on products or services provided by businesses owned by or affiliated with the Trump Organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department’s Office of Justice for Victims of Overseas Terrorism (DOJ/OVT), which helps U.S. citizen victims and their families harmed in terrorist attacks abroad, launched its enhanced website today. The enhanced website makes it easier than ever for victims and their families to access DOJ/OVT’s resources. The announcement was made by Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security Dana J. Boente and DOJ/OVT Director Heather Cartwright.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: A federal grand jury charged Nelash Das, age 25, a citizen of Bangladesh previously residing in Landover Hills, Maryland, today with attempting to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization; attempting to murder ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: PHH Corp. PHH Mortgage Corp. and PHH Home Loans (collectively, PHH) have agreed to pay the United States $74,453,802 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly originating and underwriting mortgage loans insured by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: A superseding indictment was unsealed today charging Arash Amiri Abedian, 31, and Danial Jeloudar, 27, with aggravated identity theft; wire fraud; and criminal conspiracy and other charges relating to access device fraud, unauthorized access to, and theft of information from, computers, and threatening ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: The Executive Office of Immigration Review today released data on orders of removal, voluntary departures, and final decisions for the first six months of the Trump Administration.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today extended the resolution plan filing deadline for 19 foreign banking organizations and two large domestic bank holding companies to Dec. 31, 2018, to give the firms an additional year to address any supervisory guidance in their next plan submissions.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the affirmative preliminary determinations in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of silicon metal from Australia, Brazil and Kazakhstan, preliminarily finding that silicon metal exporters from these markets received countervailable subsidies of 16.23 percent, 3.69 to 52.07 percent, and 120 percent, respectively.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 8, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
