News published on Federal Newswire in August 2017

News from August 2017


Former Fort Worth high school teacher sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for producing child pornography

News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - A former Fort Worth high school teacher was sentenced Tuesday before Senior U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means to 20 years in federal prison for producing child pornography.


Former Cashier for U.S. Navy Morale Welfare and Recreation Center in Japan Pleads Guilty to Theft of Nearly $100,000

News Release: WASHINGTON - A Filipino woman who fled from Japan to the United States before being arrested in Overland Park, Kansas has pleaded guilty to stealing the equivalent of nearly $100,000 at a U.S. Naval base in Japan.


Three Men Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Violate the Lacey Act by Illegally Trafficking Threatened Alligator Snapping Turtles

News Release: The Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that Travis Leger and Rickey Simon, both of Sulphur, Louisiana, and Jason Leckelt of Wilburton, Oklahoma, have all pled guilty to conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act by illegally trafficking alligator snapping turtles.


Second E-Commerce Company and Its Top Executive Agree to Plead Guilty to Price-Fixing Conspiracy in Customized Promotional Products Industry

News Release: E-commerce company Custom Wristbands Inc. (aka Kulayful Silicone Bracelets, Kulayful.com, Speedywristbands.com, Promotionalbands.com, Wristbandcreation.com and 1inchbracelets.com) and its top executive Christopher Angeles have agreed to plead guilty for conspiring to fix prices for customized promotional ...


German Ship Management Company and Corporate Vessel Owner Indicted for Falsification of Pollution Records

News Release: A federal grand jury in Portland, Maine, returned a nine-count indictment today charging MST Mineralien Schiffarht Spedition Und Transport GmbH (MST) and Reederei MS “Marguerita” GmbH & Co. Geschlossene Investment KG (Reederei) with failing to keep accurate pollution control records and falsifying records, the Justice Department announced.


Two Texas Men Plead Guilty to Federal Hate Crime for Assaults Based on Victim’s Sexual Orientation

News Release: Nigel Garrett, 21, and Cameron Ajiduah, 18, pleaded guilty today to assaulting men because of the victim’s sexual orientation, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Texas, and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ Dallas Division announced.


Federal banking agencies propose extension of certain capital rule transitions

News Release: In preparation for a forthcoming proposal that would simplify regulatory capital requirements, federal banking regulators on Tuesday proposed a rule that would extend the existing transitional capital treatment for certain regulatory capital deductions and risk weights. The extension would apply to banking organizations that are not subject to the agencies' advanced approaches capital rules.


Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with the Bank & Trust, S.S.B.

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the enforcement action listed below: The Bank & Trust, S.S.B., Del Rio, Texas Cease and Desist Order dated Aug. 18, 2017 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.


Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings from July 17 and July 26, 2017

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday released the minutes of its interest rate meetings for July 17 and July 26, 2017.


U.S. Department of Commerce Issues Affirmative Preliminary Countervailing Duty Determinations on Biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia

News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the affirmative preliminary determinations in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigations, finding that exporters of biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia received countervailable subsidies of 50.29 to 64.17 percent and 41.06 to 68.28 percent, ...


State Department publishes notice on Aug. 22

The US State Department published a one page notice on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on Aug. 22 by State Department

The US State Department published a one page notice on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Transportation Department publish on Aug. 22?

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by Transportation Department on Aug. 22

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Transportation Department publishes notice on Aug. 22

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on Aug. 22 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Transportation Department publish on Aug. 22?

The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by Transportation Department on Aug. 22

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Transportation Department publishes notice on Aug. 22

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on Aug. 22 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.