News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Haverhill man, with prior criminal convictions in New York, was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for drug and firearm offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen announced today that Matthew Kolodesh, Alex Pugman, Svetlana Ganetsky, and Malvina Yakobashvili have agreed to pay millions of dollars to settle False Claims Act allegations that they and their now-defunct company, Home Care Hospice, Inc. (HCH)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: Today, the Department of Justice provided an update on the ten jurisdictions identified in a May 2016 report by the Department’s Inspector General as having policies that potentially violate 8 U.S.C. 1373. Each of the ten jurisdictions were required to submit their legal analysis of how they are in compliance with 8 U.S.C. 1373 by June 30, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that COPOCO Community Credit Union, based in Bay City, Michigan, has agreed to a settlement to resolve allegations that it illegally repossessed four servicemembers’ vehicles. The department’s lawsuit, filed July 26, 2016, alleged that COPOCO violated the Servicemembers ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: A Danville, Virginia man pleaded guilty today to aiding in the preparation of a false tax return, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle for the Western District of Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: An insurance salesman and former resident of Parma, Ohio was sentenced to 37 months in prison today following his conviction in December 2016 for failing to file income tax returns and failing to pay taxes, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: A Houston, Texas business owner was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for failing to pay over employment taxes, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez for the Southern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement with J & R Associates, the owner and operator of the Royal Park Apartments, a 224-unit multi-family housing complex in North Attleboro, Massachusetts. The settlement resolves allegations that J & R Associates discriminated against tenants of South Asian descent in violation of the Fair Housing Act, which prohibits housing discrimination on the basis of race and national origin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: Aaron Travis Daniels, 20, aka Harun Muhammad, aka Abu Yusef, of Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, in violation of Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 2339B.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: A grand jury in the District of Maryland returned an indictment, unsealed today, charging a former teller at a check cashing business in Maryland with theft of public money and conspiring to defraud the United States, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Stephen M. Schenning for the District of Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: A Santa Ana, California man was sentenced today in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for his role in processing unauthorized withdrawals of millions of dollars from consumer bank accounts, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: A former Audi manager has been charged via criminal complaint for his role in the long-running conspiracy to defraud U.S. regulators and customers by implementing software specifically designed to cheat U.S. emissions tests in thousands of Audi “clean diesel” vehicles.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the appointment of Mark E. Van Der Weide as its General Counsel, effective later this summer.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. - Improvements in roof control technology in underground coal mines have significantly reduced accidents involving roof and rib falls or coal bursts, but such accidents remain a leading cause of injuries, reports the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration. Since 2013, roof and rib falls or coal bursts led to the deaths of five continuous mining machine operators, and injured 83 other operators.
By State News Post | Jul 6, 2017
The US State Department published a two page notice on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 6, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 6, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 6, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 6, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 6, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
