News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: Defendant Molested Child while Visiting in Child’s Home.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: Jose Ulices Valenzuela-Gradiz, 35, of San Marcos de Colon, Choluteca, Honduras, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on Aug. 3, 2017, for illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien into the United States. Valenzuela-Gradiz was arrested in Worland, Wyoming. He received ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: Tacoma Woman Arrested for Conspiracy to Produce Child Pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. --- The work of award-winning photographer Barry Fellman is featured in the Dante Fascell Visitor Center Gallery from August 4 through Oct. 15, 2017. The Mangrove Coast exhibit features photographs that explore the unexpected beauty, rhythms and patterns of spectacular mangrove habitats. The exhibit is free and open daily from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. An opening reception will take place from 1 - 3 p.m. this Sunday, August 6, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: Defendant Falsified Documents, Altered Checks and Embezzled Money from Trust Account.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Betel Rosario Paulino, 18, of the Dominican Republic pleaded guilty on July 27, and Helwood Paris, 20, of Puerto Rico, pleaded guilty on Monday in District Court for their roles in the armed robbery of the McDonald’s restaurant on St. Thomas, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Defendant Fraudulently Purchased Hundreds of Personal Items in Scheme to Defraud the Richmond County District Attorney’s Office of Over $440,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Amauris Ventura Alberto Castro, a/k/a “Amauris Castro," a/k/a “Edison Hernandez," of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by Indictment with illegal reentry after deportation, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The indictment alleges that on or about June 29, 2017, Alberto Castro, an alien, and native and citizen of the Dominican Republic, was found in the United States after having been deported from the United States on or about March 18, 2014.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security delivered to the Congress the Northern Border Threat Analysis Report describing the current threat landscape on the U.S.-Canada border and analyzing national security and other threats across the air, land, and maritime domains. The report was prepared in accordance with the reporting requirements of the Northern Border Security Review Act.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2017 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has proclaimed Aug. 6-12 to be National Farmers Market Week. This is the eighteenth year USDA has supported local producers by encouraging families to meet, and buy from, the farmers and other vendors at their local farmers market.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that, in order to be selected for participation in the Department’s Public Safety Partnership (PSP) program, local jurisdictions must show a commitment to reducing crime stemming from illegal immigration.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: A Russian citizen was sentenced today for his participation in a criminal enterprise that installed and exploited malicious computer software (malware) on tens of thousands of computer servers throughout the world to generate millions of dollars in fraudulent payments. Acting Assistant Attorney General ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: A Louisiana woman pleaded guilty to four counts of preparing fraudulent tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Peter Zuccarelli, 62, of Plano, Texas pleaded guilty today to conspiring to smuggle and illegally export from the U.S., radiation hardened integrated circuits (RHICs) for use in the space programs of China and Russia, in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on July 11, 2017, following a two-year long investigation, a federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment against Marcus Hutchins, also known as “Malwaretech,” for his role in creating and distributing the Kronos banking Trojan. Hutchins, a citizen and resident of the United Kingdom, was arrested in the United States on Aug. 2, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: A grand jury in the Northern District of California returned an indictment, which was unsealed today, charging five individuals with conspiring to submit fraudulent claims for tax refunds, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch for the Northern District of California. Two of the individuals were also indicted for bank fraud.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday requested public comment on a corporate governance proposal to enhance the effectiveness of boards of directors. The proposal would refocus the Federal Reserve's supervisory expectations for the largest firms' boards of directors on their core responsibilities, which will promote the safety and soundness of the firms.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve plans to continue its previously announced periodic testing of the Term Deposit Facility (TDF) with one operation in August. These operations are aimed at ensuring the operational readiness of the TDF and providing eligible institutions with an opportunity to maintain familiarity ...
By Labor Gazette | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: SIOUX FALLS, S.D. –Today, U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta encouraged state officials to partner together to reduce excessive licensing.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 3, 2017
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Aug. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
