News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Florida Man Sentenced for Hacking, Spamming Scheme that Used Stolen Email Accounts.
By State Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs Committees sent a letter signed by 78 members of Congress to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an seeking the unconditional release of American pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been unjustly detained in Turkey since October ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: John Patrick Nordmann, 59, of Laramie, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl, on Feb. 16, 2017, for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Nordmann was arrested in Laramie, Wyoming. He received 36 months of imprisonment, to be followed by two years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $100.00 special assessment and a $250.00 fine. This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid today sentenced Dimitri Miles Lopez, 29, of the 600 block of Cole St., Kewanee, Ill., to serve 200 months (16 years, 8 months) in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession of a short-barreled shotgun in furtherance of the drug trafficking crime. Lopez has remained in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service since he was arrested in December 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: DENVER - Gunther Glaub, age 56, of Castle Rock, Colorado, was recently convicted of five counts of making false claims against the government following a three-day trial before U.S. District Court Judge Raymond P. Moore, Acting U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer, FBI Denver Division Special Agent in Charge Calvin...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal jury returned guilty verdicts today in the case of a Chinese scientist, who was charged with conspiring to steal samples of a variety of rice seeds from a Kansas biopharmaceutical research facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: A Chelan Falls, Washington man pleaded guilty yesterday in the U.S. District Court in Yakima, Washington to filing a fraudulent 2011 federal tax return, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: A current U.S. Navy Commander was charged in a complaint unsealed today with accepting luxury travel, elaborate dinners and services of prostitutes from foreign defense contractor Leonard Francis in exchange for classified and internal U.S. Navy information.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Used Illegal Proceeds to Buy Property and Gold Coins A federal grand jury sitting in Ft. Myers, Florida returned an indictment on Feb. 15, which was unsealed today, charging a Lee County, Florida resident with mail fraud, money laundering, and corruptly endeavoring to impede the administration of the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: A Portland, Oregon woman was sentenced to 72 months in prison today for conspiring to file tax returns that claimed more than $1.2 million in fraudulent refunds, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: A federal jury returned guilty verdicts today in the case of a Chinese scientist, who was charged with conspiring to steal samples of a variety of rice seeds from a Kansas biopharmaceutical research facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: A federal jury today convicted Robert Doggart, 65, of Signal Mountain, Tennessee, of soliciting another person to violate federal civil rights laws by burning down a mosque in Islamberg, a hamlet outside Hancock, New York, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Tom Wheeler of the Justice Department’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Shane Rucker, 33, of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, was arrested today in Bonners Ferry on a two-count federal indictment in the District of Idaho charging him with destruction of religious property and using a fire to damage or destroy religious property. A federal grand jury sitting in Boise returned the indictment on Feb. 15, 2017. Rucker will make his initial appearance on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017 at the federal courthouse in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: A Florida man was sentenced for his role in a computer hacking and identity theft scheme that hijacked customer email accounts to send bulk unsolicited or “spam” emails and generated more than $1.3 million in illegal profits, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman of the District of New Jersey.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: West Tennessee Bancshares and Bank of Bartlett, both of Bartlett, Tennessee Written Agreement dated Oct. 22, 2009 Terminated Feb. 13, 2017 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve plans to continue its previously announced periodic testing of the Term Deposit Facility (TDF) with one operation in February. These operations are aimed at ensuring the operational readiness of the TDF and providing eligible institutions with an opportunity to maintain familiarity ...
By State News Post | Feb 16, 2017
The US State Department published a one page notice on Feb. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Feb. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Feb 16, 2017
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Feb. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 16, 2017
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
