News from December 2017
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - Two Long Island men face charges of forced labor and visa fraud following an investigation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York with assistance from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General (DOL-OIG).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: A man was sentenced today, Dec. 11, 2017, to more than 10 years in federal prison.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) release of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) outlining the agencies’ roles in relation to broadband providers...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced today that Diego Vigil, 36, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced in federal court for receiving and distributing child pornography. The Honorable Robert F. Rossiter, Jr., sentenced Vigil to 7 years imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Vigil will begin a ten-year term of supervised release and will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Laura A. Higgins, who handled the case, stated that in the early hours of July 21, 2015, the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call regarding an injury at 6761 Walmore Road in Wheatfield, NY. When emergency personal arrived at the scene, they discovered the defendant...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) release of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) outlining the agencies’ roles in relation to broadband providers...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - A Kankakee, Ill., man, Thomas James, 33, of the 500 block of S. Indiana Ave., has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for robberies of businesses in Champaign and Kankakee in July and August 2016. James’s sentencing hearing was held on Dec. 8, in Urbana. James was also ordered to pay...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia has reached a settlement with Advanced Plastic Surgery Solutions (“APSS") to resolve an investigation into allegations that it violated Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA") by refusing to accept a new patient because of her HIV status.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy, identity theft, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, today issued the following statement after the vote to advance Stephen Vaden, the nominee to be General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced joint consumer protection efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephanie Lamarque, who is handling the case, stated that on Feb. 15, 2017, the defendant was taken into custody after a vehicle and traffic stop on Grand Island, NY. Record checks revealed that Navarrete-Dominguez was a citizen of Mexico and was previously convicted in North...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: The owner and operator of a defunct Miami, Florida home health agency was sentenced to 115 months in prison today for his role in a $15 million conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Houston Man Taken Into Custody on Charges of Terrorism.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Dear Mr. Copson: I have written letters to you on multiple occasions requesting that you produce documents relating to former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, including letters on June 19, Sept. 12, and Sept. 15, 2017. I have also requested that you participate in a transcribed interview...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A New Bedford man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston for aiding and abetting the distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Washington, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to one year of imprisonment, followed by five years supervised release and ordered to pay approximately $979,595.82 in restitution on her conviction of embezzlement, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: El Malpais National Monument Celebrates 30th Birthday with a Ranger Talk and Night Sky Viewing Grants, NM - El Malpais National Monument is hosting an educational program celebrating the 30th birthday of the monument. On Dec. 16, 2017, there will be an indoor presentation discussing the history of the national park idea. This talk will be followed by outdoor telescope viewing to take in the night sky as a resource protected within this site.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: U.S. Attorney R. Trent Shores announced today the appointment of Rachael F. Zintgraff as an Assistant United States Attorney with the Civil Division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Oklahoma. As a Civil Division AUSA, Ms. Zintgraff will represent the United States in general civil cases, defending the United States.
