News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 26, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was charged in federal court today for illegally possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 26, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that KALEIL ISAZA TUZMAN, the former chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of the technology start-up company KIT digital (“KITD"), and OMAR AMANAT, an associate of Tuzman’s, were found guilty this afternoon in Manhattan federal court of various securities fraud-related offenses, after a six-week trial presided over by U.S District Judge Paul G. Gardephe.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 26, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that KALEIL ISAZA TUZMAN, the former chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of the technology start-up company KIT digital (“KITD"), and OMAR AMANAT, an associate of Tuzman’s, were found guilty this afternoon in Manhattan federal court of various securities fraud-related offenses, after a six-week trial presided over by U.S District Judge Paul G. Gardephe.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 26, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - The former leader of a Colombian paramilitary drug-trafficking organization, who oversaw the distribution of significant quantities of cocaine from Colombia to the United States, was deported Dec. 26, by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). Upon his return to his home country, he was turned over to Colombian law enforcement officials.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 26, 2017
News Release: Juan Ángel Napout and José Maria Marin Convicted of Racketeering Conspiracy and Related Offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 26, 2017
News Release: FBI Seeking Information About an Attempted Bank Robbery in Denver, Colorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 26, 2017
News Release: FBI Seeking Information About a Bank Robbery in Denver, Colorado.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 26, 2017
Release: DULLES, Va. - A Fauquier County, Virginia, man was caught with a loaded handgun at Washington Dulles International Airport on Christmas day after a Transportation Security Administration officer detected him trying to carry the semi-automatic weapon past a security checkpoint. The.40 caliber handgun was loaded with 15 bullets.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 23, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement to mark the fourth anniversary of the Obama administration’s callous rejection of a life-saving road for the people of King Cove, Alaska. An 11-mile road segment is needed to connect King Cove with nearby Cold Bay, which is home to an all-weather airport.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 If You See Something, Say Something WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation released a public service announcement urging the public to remain vigilant during the holidays: “As ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today issued a movement permit to Mr. S. Claus of the North Pole, a broker with Worldwide Gifts, Unlimited. The permit will allow reindeer to enter and exit the United States between the hours of 7 p.m. Dec. 24, 2017 and 7 a.m. Dec. 25, 2017, through or over any U.S. border port.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2017 – Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of 13 individuals, including 12 dairy producers and one importer, to serve three-year terms on the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board. Their terms begin immediately and end on Oct. 31, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: A local transportation operator pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing federal funds intended for a foreign exchange program maintained by the U.S. Department of State, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente of the Eastern District of Virginia and Inspector General Steve A. Linick of the U.S. Department of State.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement that will require Vulcan Materials Company to divest all of Aggregates USA, LLC’s active aggregate quarries, plants, and yards in the Knoxville, Tennessee, Tri-Cities, Tennessee, and Abingdon, Virginia areas in order for it to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: Antonia Marcos Diego, 42, of Forks, Washington, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Tacoma, Washington, to one count of document servitude in furtherance of forced labor, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John M. Gore of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: A federal complaint was unsealed today, charging Everitt Aaron Jameson, 26, of Modesto, with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. Jameson was arrested today and is scheduled ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Michael Shea, Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Boston, announced that SIDIKJON MAMADJONOV, 31, a citizen of Uzbekistan residing in New Britain, was arrested today on a criminal complaint charging him with immigration offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd. (KOM), a Singapore-based company that operates shipyards and repairs and upgrades shipping vessels, and its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, Keppel Offshore & Marine USA Inc. (KOM USA), have agreed to pay a combined total penalty of more than $422 million to resolve charges ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions today directed a review of the handling of Project Cassandra, a law enforcement initiative targeting Hezbollah’s drug trafficking and related operations in the United States and abroad, to evaluate allegations that certain matters were not properly prosecuted and to ensure all matters are appropriately handled.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: Kmart Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sears Holdings Corporation (SHC), has agreed to pay $32.3 million to the United States to settle allegations that in-store pharmacies in Kmart stores failed to report discounted prescription drug prices to Medicare Part D, Medicaid, and TRICARE, the health program for uniformed service members and their families, the Justice Department announced today.
