News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Fairbanks, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Stephen Wyzatecki, 25, formerly an Airman stationed at Eielson Air Force Base, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline to 38 months in prison, to be followed by an eight-year term of supervised release, for possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Robert Wilkins, 26, of West Warwick pleaded guilty today to federal heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine trafficking charges, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephen G. Dambruch; Harold H. Shaw, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Boston Division; and Colonel Ann C. Assumpico, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: SEATTLE - A New Zealand man who traveled to Seattle last year to take possession of export-restricted parts designed for missile and space applications was sentenced Thursday to two years in federal prison for conspiring to violate the Arms Export Control Act, following a probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: In San Antonio last night, authorities arrested 36-year-old Charles Lee Bethany for possessing with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine base announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division and San Antonio Police Chief William McManus.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: NPS Centennial Challenge Program is Matching $20 Million in Congressional Funding with $33 Million from Partner Organizations to Support Projects at National Parks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: Victim Was Shot Three Times, at Close Range.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth Beach, New Jersey, man will appear in federal court today to face allegations that he robbed an Investors Bank in Navesink, New Jersey, on July 20, 2017, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By State Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement on the Senate’s passage (by 98-2) of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (H.R. 3364 ), which sanctions Iran, Russia, and North Korea for dangerous and belligerent actions that undermine the United States and our allies...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Chelsea man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for trafficking counterfeit merchandise at three retail locations in the Boston area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Natalie Panko (57, Tampa) was arrested today on a four-count indictment charging her with conspiracy to commit theft of government property, identity theft, and theft of government property. She faces a maximum penalty of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: Yesterday, a former supervisor at an aluminum extrusion manufacturing company in the Portland, Oregon, area pleaded guilty for his role in a decade-long scheme involving the fraudulent certification of mechanical properties for parts manufactured by his former employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Crown Laboratories Inc. and the firm’s Chief Executive Officer, Jeffrey Bedard, to stop the distribution of unapproved and misbranded drugs, the Department of Justice announced today. The products at issue include urea creams and lotions intended to treat a variety of skin ailments.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: A District of Columbia woman was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for her involvement in a scheme to fraudulently obtain millions of dollars in income tax refunds, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division; U.S. Attorney Channing ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: During their meeting in San Salvador this morning, Attorney General Jeff Sessions congratulated Attorney General Douglas Menéndez on their announcement that Salvadoran prosecutors today charged 113 MS-13 gang members in El Salvador. In addition, 593 gang members were charged yesterday, including many MS-13 members.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: A Temple Hills, Maryland man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to conspiring to file fraudulent claims for tax refunds, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and false personation, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: Today Attorney General Jeff Sessions is honored to award the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor to the following law enforcement officers and first responders for their heroic and extraordinary services: * Special Agents David Bailey and Crystal Griner of the United States Capitol Police and Officers ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: A federal jury found two Mexican nationals guilty today of murder of a federal officer, attempted murder of a federal officer, and related offenses in the killing of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Special Agent Jaime Zapata and the attempted murder of ICE Special Agent Victor Avila on Feb. 15, 2011, in Mexico.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: M&T Bank Corporation, Buffalo, New York and Manufacturers & Traders Trust Company, Buffalo, New York Written Agreement dated June 17, 2013 Terminated July 25, 2017 The enforcement action from June 2013 can be found here and other enforcement actions can be searched for here.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division and 13 home health care businesses in Indiana have reached agreements to resolve violations of the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act found by Division investigators. As a result, 379 workers will receive more than $948,000 in back wages and damages.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. – The owner of an Oregon concrete company that contracted with the federal government recently started a two-month prison sentence for lying to federal investigators. The crime occurred when he told U.S. Department of Labor officials that he had paid employees more than $93,000 in back wages that the Department’s Wage and Hour Division found the company owed its workers following a 2014 investigation.
