News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Rasheed Abiodun Akanni, 42, a Nigerian national convicted in federal court of entering into a marriage with a U.S. citizen for the purpose of evading deportation, making false statements to a federal officer and failure to appear before the U.S. District Court as required by conditions of release, was sentenced today to 12 months in federal prison. Akanni will face deportation proceedings upon completion of his term of incarceration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Patrick C. Harris, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced Monday that United States District Court Judge James M. Moody, Jr., sentenced Gladys Waits, 37, of Little Rock, to prison for her role in a scheme to steal money intended for feeding children in low income areas.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: The Transportation-HUD bill breaks repeated promises from the Administration and the majority to invest in our nation’s infrastructure. Slashing Capital Investment grants, TIGER grants, HOME Investment Partnerships, and Community Development Block Grants will eliminate jobs and hurt communities around the country. We should be investing more - not less - in job creation and community development.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: The second annual Glen Canyon Bat Festival is being held on Saturday, July 22 (5-10 p.m., MST) and anyone interested is invited to attend. The National Park Service (NPS) and Glen Canyon Natural History Association (NHA) are hosting this free event at the Wahweap Campground Amphitheater. Festivities will include informational booths, kid-friendly crafts and activities, guest presentations, and bat discovery walks. More info here.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A Mexican man, wanted in his home country for homicide, was deported to Mexico Monday by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Laredo, Texas.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today issued a show cause order tentatively granting a foreign air carrier permit to Norwegian Air UK (NAUK), the UK-flag subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle. DOT’s order is now open for public comment by interested parties.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2017
News Release: Dinosaur, Colorado - On Saturday, July 15, a man died while on a two-person private trip using inflatable kayaks on the Yampa River in Dinosaur National Monument. The kayaker has been identified as Michael Brinks, 66, from Craig, Colorado.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2017
News Release: Cobb County Department of Transportation. and the City of Marietta Department of Public Works, To Hold. A Location and Design Public Information Open House. For Kennesaw Mountain Pedestrian Improvements. GDOT P.I. No. 0015279, Cobb County. On Tuesday, Aug. 08, 2017(date) at Marietta High School(location)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2017
News Release: FBI Phoenix Investigating Assault on Federal Officer.
By State Newswire | Jul 15, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement marking the second anniversary of the Iran nuclear deal...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2017
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: In partnership with the National Park Service, Eastern National would like to invite you to meet author Aliene Shields at the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center on Saturday, July 15, 2017. Shields will be available to sign her book The Legacy of a Common Civil War Soldier: Private Thomas Marion Shields from 10.00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. in the Eastern National bookstore.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: A Loveland, Colorado businessman, who owned a delicatessen franchise in Fort Collins, Colorado, was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison today for conspiring to file fraudulent claims for tax refunds, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer for the District of Colorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: Two owners of psychological services companies, one of whom was a clinical psychologist, were sentenced yesterday for their involvement in a $25.2 million Medicare fraud scheme carried out through eight companies at nursing homes in four states in the Southeastern U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions today issued the following statement on the Hawaii District Court’s decision: “Once again, we are faced with a situation in which a single federal district court has undertaken by a nationwide injunction to micromanage decisions of the co-equal Executive Branch related ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: A social security disability lawyer was sentenced today in federal court for his role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain more than $550 million in federal disability payments from the Social Security Administration (SSA) for thousands of claimants.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: The United States filed a civil injunction suit seeking to bar Marjorie St. Jean and her company MarjorieStjeanLLC, from owning, operating, or franchising a tax return preparation business and preparing tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: Wayne Powell, a former employee of American Suzuki Motor Corporation headquartered in Brea, California, pleaded guilty today in a federal court in Detroit, Michigan, to violating the Clean Air Act by submitting a false end-of-year report to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: A Nigerian citizen, who resided in St. Louis, Missouri, pleaded guilty today to mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, voter fraud and illegally re-entering the United States after having been removed, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Carrie Costantin for the Eastern District of Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: Two Broward County, Florida tax return preparers pleaded guilty today to conspiring to file and filing fraudulent tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg for the Southern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: A Chicopee, Massachusetts man was sentenced to 210 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release for production of child pornography based on his participation in a website that was operated for the purpose of coercing and enticing minors as young as eight years old to engage in sexually explicit ...
