News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: A jury convicted a Salisbury, Maryland, chiropractor yesterday of filing fraudulent income tax returns and attempting to obstruct the internal revenue laws, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Stephen M. Schenning for the District of Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: Travis Leger of Sulphur, Louisiana, and his half-brother Jason Leckelt of Wilburton, Oklahoma, were sentenced today in federal court in Beaumont, Texas, to 21 months and 16 months in prison, respectively, followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to violate the Lacey Act by illegally trafficking alligator snapping turtles.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: A former employee of Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for accepting bribes in exchange for providing confidential information about health care facilities that received Medicare and Medicaid funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: Jamal Marshall was sentenced to six months imprisonment and six months home confinement today following a hearing in federal district court in Houston, Texas, for making false statements to law enforcement agents regarding the illegal harvest of snapper in the Gulf of Mexico. A second fisherman, Jacob ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: Today Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the Department of Justice’s new steps in combating violent crime. The Department has selected 27 locations to receive aid in the fight against violent crime. Those locations will receive a total of 40 Assistant U.S. Attorneys, and new violent crime task ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: The last indicted member of the Cowboys gang, a violent street gang that originated in “Eastside” area of Walterboro, South Carolina, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina.

By Fed Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday permanently barred Lowell W. McCoy, Angela Asbell, and Jacob Harrison from the banking industry for engaging in separate unsafe and unsound practices.

By Fed Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced that Vice Chairman Randal K. Quarles will recuse himself from participating in matters specific to Wells Fargo & Company. While this action is voluntary and is not legally required, it is being taken to avoid even the potential appearance of a conflict of interest.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – The owner of six southern New Jersey gas stations has paid $1,471,024 in back wages and damages to 24 gas station attendants to resolve violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By DOE Gazette | Dec 15, 2017
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Dec 15, 2017
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Dec 15, 2017
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 15, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Dec 15, 2017
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Dec 15, 2017
The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Dec 15, 2017
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Dec 15, 2017
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Dec 15, 2017
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 15, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 15, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.