News from February 2017
By USDA Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2017 – Acting Deputy Agriculture Secretary Michael Young today announced U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing up to $103 million in fiscal year 2017 for disaster recovery efforts to help state, local and tribal units of government protect lives and property in disaster-affected areas following natural disasters.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Preparer Allegedly Claimed False Earned Income Tax and Education Credits for His Customers A federal court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida has permanently barred Billy Philippe from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. In its complaint, the government alleged ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department today announced a settlement with the city of Sterling Heights, Michigan to resolve allegations that the city violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) in denying approval to allow the American Islamic Community Center, Inc. (AICC) to build a mosque in the city.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Jacob Chait, 34, the head of acquisitions and auctioneer of a Beverley Hills, California gallery and auction house (“Auction House #1”), appeared yesterday in Manhattan federal court in New York to face charges of conspiring to smuggle rhinoceros horns, in violation of the Lacey Act. A one-count indictment charging Chait was returned by a federal grand jury on February 15.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: A Texas resident was sentenced to serve 22 months in prison today for preparing false tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney John R. Parker for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: A Washington, D.C. return preparer pleaded guilty to preparing fraudulent tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: A Kansas City, Kansas return preparer was sentenced to serve 27 months in prison today, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Thomas Beall for the District of Kansas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: A Gulfport, Mississippi businessman was sentenced to 12 months in prison today for failing to file a 2009 individual income tax return, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Adam Joseph Neal Graham, 26, of Elkins, West Virginia, was charged in a three-count indictment with violating the rights of two pretrial detainees at the Tygart Valley Regional Jail (TVRJ) and obstructing justice. The indictment charges that Graham, while serving as a TVRJ correctional officer, assaulted ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Three individuals pleaded guilty today for their roles in a scheme to smuggle into the United States counterfeit electronic devices, including those purporting to be genuine Apple iPhones, iPads and iPods, from China for sale in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: The Department of Justice and the Department of Education today withdrew guidance for educational institutions, issued in 2015 and 2016, that took the position that the prohibitions in Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and implementing regulations against discrimination on the basis of sex ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Armando Sotelo, 24, was sentenced to two years of supervised release today for a hate crime offense arising from his assault of a black Somali man on June 19, 2015, in Dodge City, Kansas. Omar Cantero Martinez, 32, was sentenced to 26 months imprisonment and two years of supervised release today for committing perjury during a hate crimes prosecution arising from the same assault. Martinez also pleaded guilty today to an illegal reentry charge.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the annual adjustment to the asset-size threshold in Regulation I that determines the dividend rate that certain member banks earn on their Federal Reserve Bank stock. The updated total consolidated asset threshold is $10,122,000,000.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on January 31-Feb. 1, 2017.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 22, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Feb. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Feb 22, 2017
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Feb. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Feb. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Feb 22, 2017
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Feb. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
