News from July 2017
By State Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered the following remarks at a hearing to consider the Taylor Force Act, legislation that would restrict U.S. economic aid to the West Bank and Gaza until the Palestinian Authority (PA) stops paying ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - On June 27, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York Border Enforcement Security Taskforce (BEST), with support from HSI’s Human Rights Violators War Crimes Unit (HRVWCU), initiated Operation Limelight USA, a pilot program designed to bring...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON - The fiscal year 2018 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations bill released by the House Appropriations Committee today prioritizes the most pressing issues facing our Department. It supports critical aviation ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly met with Bahraini Interior Minister Lt. General Sheikh Rashed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa to discuss the Department’s cooperation with the Bahraini Ministry of Interior on regional security issues and efforts to strengthen the U.S.-Bahrain relationship.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: Two Orange County, California men were sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, California to serve 41 and 47 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a multi-million dollar fraudulent mortgage modification scheme posing as a successful law firm, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: A lawsuit was settled today involving an electrical cable beneath Boston Harbor that runs across two shipping channels that the government alleged was not placed at the required depth when it was installed in 1990. The settlement will allow the Boston Harbor Deep Draft Navigation Improvement Project ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: A federal district judge in Utica, New York sentenced a Watertown, New York food and restaurant entrepreneur and franchisor to serve 150 months in prison for committing tax evasion and investment fraud, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Grant C. Jaquith for the Northern District of New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: Today Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued the following statement applauding the House of Representatives for passing three significant Anti-Human Trafficking bills: “There is simply no way to overstate the horrific nature of enticement, kidnapping, and human trafficking. It is an absolute priority ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: A licensed physician in Miami pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday for his role in a multi-faceted $4.8 million health care fraud scheme that ran from April 2011 to February 2017, involving the submission of false and fraudulent claims to Medicare and the illegal prescribing of Schedule II (e.g., oxycodone and hydrocodone) and Schedule IV (e.g., alprazolam) controlled substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: A Lemon Grove, California woman was sentenced to serve 175 months in prison for her role in two stolen identity refund fraud schemes, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Alana W. Robinson of the Southern District of California.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division issued the following statement today after announcing the closing of its investigation into the possible acquisition of the Chicago Sun-Times by tronc Inc., the owner of the Chicago Tribune: On May 15, 2017, the Antitrust Division announced that it was investigating the possible acquisition of the Chicago Sun-Times by tronc because the merger of the two daily newspapers in Chicago would raise significant antitrust concerns.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: To support efforts to protect fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued awards totaling of $16.7 million from NOAA's RESTORE Act Science Program. This year, the awardees’ proposed projects support research into bluefin tuna, blue crabs, Mississippi oyster farmers and other parts of the Gulf ecosystem.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS – A fraud investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration , the FBI, and the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General has led to a 12-year prison sentence for William Jackson Moates Jr., of Fort Smith, Arkansas.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: DAYTON – A multi-agency federal and state investigation has led to the guilty plea and imprisonment of Ohio businessman William M. Apostelos, who orchestrated a Ponzi scheme that included the theft of $1.9 million from an employee benefit plan. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration and Office of Inspector General participated in the investigation and prosecution led by the Justice Department.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 12, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on July 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on July 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jul 12, 2017
The US Justice Department published a three page notice on July 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jul 12, 2017
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on July 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jul 12, 2017
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on July 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
