News published on Federal Newswire in January 2017

News from January 2017


Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces $95 Million Recovery From Deutsche Bank In Fraudulent Conveyance Case Related To Federal Income Tax Avoidance

News Release: Lawsuit Alleges Deutsche Bank Used. Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced a settlement between the United States of America and DEUTSCHE BANK, A.G., DB U.S. FINANCIAL MARKETS HOLDING CORP., and DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES, INC. (“DEUTSCHE BANK"), resolving...


Wyden Offers Bill Calling on President-Elect Trump, Future Presidential Nominees to Release Tax Returns

News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today introduced a bill requiring President-Elect Trump to release his recent tax returns in order to give the public honest insight into the President-Elect’s actions, values and foreign business dealings.


Sissonville man sentenced to federal prison for methamphetamine crime

News Release: Law enforcement seized over 230 grams of methamphetamine and nearly $15,000 cash as part of investigation.


News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Kasie A. Morgan, 24, of Columbus, Ohio was sentenced to 35 months in federal court today for transporting stolen goods across state lines, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.


Windsor Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Child Pornography

News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JONATHAN RHOADES, 32, formerly of Windsor, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to one count of distribution of child pornography.


Madison Man Charged with Distributing Heroin

News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictment today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., man was charged in federal court today with robbing the Bank of America yesterday afternoon.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) issued the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to withdraw its draft final rule related to in situ uranium recovery (ISR).


Barrasso Unanimously Elected Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) issued the following statement on being unanimously elected chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) for the 115th Congress.


News Release: “That means that no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period." (“Remarks by the President at the Annual Conference of the American Medical Association," The White House, Office of the Press Secretary, June 15, 2009)


Two More Sentenced as Part of Federal Methamphetamine Case

News Release: Operation Took Down Trafficking Organization Bringing Drugs into SW Virginia.


News Release: The House Select Investigative Panel has concluded its yearlong investigation and released its Final Report which can be read in full here.


The Select Investigative Panel Releases Final Report

News Release: The House Select Investigative Panel has concluded its yearlong investigation and released its Final Report which can be read in full here.


Mineral County man pleads guilty to illegal possession of a firearm

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Hawke Anthony Coffman, 26, of Ridgeley, West Virginia, pled guilty to illegally possessing a firearm, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.


News Release: BOSTON - An employee of the United States Postal Service (USPS) pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with purchasing and importing anabolic steroids.


Yosemite National Park Expects Significant Precipitation Over the Next Several Days

News Release: Flooding projected for the weekend; park closure possible.


Charleston man pleads guilty to making false statement to FBI agent

News Release: Defendant faces significant prison time for his false statement in West Virginia Prep Academy investigation and for a separate federal heroin crime.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Neosho, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to receiving and distributing child pornography.


News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will temporarily restrict access to selected public lands within the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Recreation Area in San Bernardino County from Feb. 3, 2017, to Feb. 11, 2017, to accommodate the 2017 King of the Hammers desert racing event.


News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that MARVIN ANTONIO GARCIA-PINOTT, age 30, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal re-entry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1326(a).