News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: Illegal activity transpired in Simpson County, involved three co-defendants, and approximately.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: Florida Businessman Sentenced to Prison for Conspiring to Commit Tax and Bank Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Jodi Swett, 31, of Weare, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty to three counts of possessing multiple firearms and ammunition as a prohibited person.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On Monday, July 17, 2017, Scott Lee Goodright, 63, of Springfield, Ore., was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Michael J. McShane to 22 months in prison for committing two unarmed bank robberies. Upon his release from prison, Goodright will be on supervised release for three years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: Defendant One of 104 Individuals Federally Charged as the Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry today announced $40 million in Department of Energy awards for the establishment of four DOE Bioenergy Research Centers (BRCs), which will provide the scientific breakthroughs for a new generation of sustainable, cost-effective bioproducts and bioenergy.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: Cottonwood, ID - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Cottonwood Field Office has issued a temporary emergency closure order for the Eagle Creek Road due to fire suppression activities and to ensure public health and safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A local tax return preparer has admitted to willfully aiding and assisting in the preparation of false U.S. Income Tax Returns for others and filing a false income tax return for herself, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez along with Special Agent in Charge Rick Goss of IRS - Criminal Investigation (CI).
By EPA Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today announced a subcommittee markup for Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Members will markup H.R. ____, Staff Draft on Highly Automated Vehicle Testing and Deployment Act.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today called for Secretary of Education DeVos to remove Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Candice Jackson from her position following the comments she made...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A local income tax return preparer has pleaded guilty to preparing a false U.S. Individual Income Tax Return for a client, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: MEEKER, Colo. - As part of the Administration’s commitment to make America great through shared conservation stewardship, the Bureau of Land Management Colorado is conducting a public hearing to discuss the use of motorized vehicles to monitor and manage wild horse populations from 5 to 6 p.m. July 28 at the White River Field Office, 220 E. Market St., Meeker, CO.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: Three United Kingdom nationals and former traders of major banks voluntarily surrendered to the FBI and were arraigned on a charge arising from their alleged roles in a conspiracy to manipulate the price of U.S. dollars and euros exchanged in the foreign currency exchange (FX) spot market, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: Three Former Traders for Major Banks Arraigned in Foreign Currency Exchange Antitrust Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: July 3 - 14, 2017. Stephonne Wilder, 21, was indicted for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Rodney Morgan, Jr., 37, pled guilty to one felony count of felon in possession of a firearm and one felony count of possession with intent to distribute heroin. Hillford Turner, 37, pled guilty to one...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - David Tyrone Johnson, 48, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a year and a day in prison on federal charges arising from a real estate scheme involving forged mortgage satisfaction documents, announced U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips and Andrew Vale, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation has released a new funding opportunity for Title XVI water recycling projects under the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (P.L. 114-322). This funding opportunity is for sponsors of water recycling projects that have completed a Title XVI Feasibility...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), advanced a bill last week that will play an important role in how medical professionals respond to mass traumas.H.R. 880, the MISSION ZERO Act, establishes a grant program for military-civilian partnerships in trauma care that will allow the military and private citizens to benefit from each other’s expertise and experience.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today announced a subcommittee markup for Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Members will markup H.R. ____, Staff Draft on Highly Automated Vehicle Testing and Deployment Act.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), advanced a bill last week that will play an important role in how medical professionals respond to mass traumas.H.R. 880, the MISSION ZERO Act, establishes a grant program for military-civilian partnerships in trauma care that will allow the military and private citizens to benefit from each other’s expertise and experience.
