News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Twenty-Eight Count Indictment Alleges that Co-Founders of Ayudando Guardians, Inc., Embezzled Millions from Client Accounts to Support Lavish Lifestyles.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. -The owner of a New Jersey trucking company today admitted committing tax evasion and bankruptcy fraud while operating his wine delivery business, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: “Good morning and welcome to today’s hearing on the status of Social Security’s Trust Funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Roderick L. Wyatt, 61, of Stone Mountain, Ga., has been charged with accepting bribe payments in exchange for approving the enrollment of almost 20 students to a local college, through a federal workforce program in DeKalb County. The federal indictment alleges that Wyatt agreed to accept payments from the college president for each student sent to the college through Worksource DeKalb, a federally funded program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that CHRISTIAN PAULINO RODRIGUEZ, 47, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing in Stamford, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, 500 grams or more of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that George Hagadone, age 52, of Elkins, was sentenced yesterday to 56 months in federal prison followed by a 10 years of supervised release on one count of Receipt of Child Pornography. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that WAYNE BRADBURY, 32, of Hamden, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday in Hartford...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Bristol County Sheriff’s Deputy was convicted today by a federal jury in Boston of smuggling the profits of an over-fishing scheme to Portugal.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Dear Vice President Pence: In a speech you gave at the National Retail Federation’s “Retail Advocates Summit" on July 18, 2017, you stated, “as we speak, our administration is rolling back the joint employer rule."[1] I am writing to express my concern with the Administration’s apparent plans to roll...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Skagway - Join Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park on Aug. 1, 2017, from 7:00-8:00 pm at the park visitor center conference room at Second Ave and Broadway to discuss the feasibility of public transit service between Skagway and Dyea.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. --- Six new mooring buoys were installed around the Fowey Rocks lighthouse in the northeast corner of Biscayne National Park. These buoys will help visitors to secure boats and enjoy park recreational activities, and also protect reefs from anchoring damage.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - On July 29, the Anasazi Heritage Center and Canyons of the Ancients National Monument welcomes Dr. Jack Schmitt, as he presents a lecture, “Of Coyotes and Moon Landings." This presentation is part of the Four Corners Lecture Series and the Heritage Center’s Night with the Ancients Astronomy Program series. The free presentation begins at 8:30 p.m., and is open to the public.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Dear Ambassador Lighthizer: The U.S. trade agreement with South Korea remains a key cornerstone of U.S. economic and strategic engagement in the Asia-Pacific region. Preserving and strengthening the strong economic relationship between the United States and South Korea is particularly important today...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Framingham man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for robbing two banks in Framingham.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Portland, Ore. - On Aug. 28, 2017 the price of the America the Beautiful - The National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Senior Pass will increase from $10 to $80 as result of the National Park Service Centennial Act P.L. 114-289.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Suspicious Item Found at Minneapolis - St. Paul International Airport, FBI Minneapolis Agents Respond.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Former Credit Suisse Banker Pleads Guilty to Conspiring with U.S. Taxpayers and Other Swiss Bankers to Defraud the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of embezzlement and theft of labor union assets, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Nineteen Black Hawk County men have been charged with federal drug trafficking and firearms offenses. The charges are contained in five indictments unsealed today in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Defendant Submitted False Contracts, Forged Signatures of Cisco Employees to Federal Government In Scheme to Obtain H-1B Visas Under False Pretenses.
