News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: FEB 24 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Omar Polanco-Mendez, 40, of New Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that OMAR POLANCO-MENDEZ, 40, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Chaka Al-Fatah, 37, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty to a federal firearms charge today, concluding the prosecution of 16 defendants for narcotics and firearms offenses that resulted in felony convictions, lengthy periods of incarceration, and the forfeiture of assets.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: The Smackdown offers Copper Country high school students the chance to test their knowledge of all things history-including geography and geology-related to Keweenaw, Baraga, Ontonagon, and Houghton counties. Its format is similar to a spelling bee: teams of four players are asked short-answer questions...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released a statement on the passing of his friend and colleague, Congressman Eni F. H. Faleomavaega of American Samoa.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: UPDATE: The Rising Sun Trail and TRW Loop reopened the evening of Friday, February 24. The Sostomo Trail remains closed.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: NAPA, Calif.- The Bureau of Reclamation announces that
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: FEB 23 - HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Jevaughn Watson, 23, of Bridgeport, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 46 months of imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release for distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: A 49-year-old Florida man was arrested in Miramar, Florida, following the return of a 12-count indictment against him by a grand jury in the Southern District of Florida, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: A federal jury in Charleston, South Carolina, late yesterday convicted two chief engineers of the vessel, T/V Green Sky, of falsifying documents in order to conceal illegal discharges of oily bilge waste and obstruction charges, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Jeff Wood of the Justice Department’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: A North Carolina businessman was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for failing to pay over employment taxes, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Sandra Hairston for the Middle District of North Carolina. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza of the Middle District of Florida sentenced Abdhullah Hamidullah, 43, to serve 482 months in prison and a lifetime of supervised release, the Justice Department announced today. Hamidullah pleaded guilty on June 17, 2016, to sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: Wood Group PSN Inc., a Nevada corporation headquartered in Houston, Texas, was ordered to pay $9.5 million today in two separate cases involving their conduct in the Gulf of Mexico. Specifically, Wood Group PSN was ordered to pay $7 million for falsely reporting over several years that personnel had ...
By Fed Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on Thursday issued guidance explaining how supervisors should examine for compliance with the swap margin rule, which established margin requirements for swaps not cleared through a clearinghouse.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Commerce Bancshares, Inc., Nolensville, Tennessee Written Agreement dated February 8, 2012 Terminated Feb. 21, 2017 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: On Feb. 23, 2017, the Federal Reserve conducted a floating-rate offering of term deposits through its Term Deposit Facility. The operation offered seven-day term deposits with the rate set equal to the sum of the interest rate paid on excess reserves plus a fixed spread of 1 basis point.
By State News Post | Feb 23, 2017
The US State Department published a one page notice on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 23, 2017
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
