News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - On Friday, June 30, 2017, former online sneaker retailer James Pepion appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman to plead guilty to charges of trafficking in counterfeit goods and money laundering under a plea agreement he negotiated with the United States. The maximum...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: The former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Soundpath Health was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to a year and a day in prison for embezzling more than $631,000 from his employer, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. The embezzlement was part of a complex wire fraud scheme that...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Kedwin Vargas, 26, of Roxbury, MA, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Providence, RI, to 60 months in federal prison for trafficking a female from Massachusetts to Rhode Island for the purpose of prostitution.
By State Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, a bipartisan group of members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs announced introduction of a measure (H.Res.422 ) underscoring the national interest of the United States in the autonomy of Hong Kong on the 20th anniversary of the handover to Mainland China. The resolution, which...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Visiting Golden Gate National Recreation Area is a great way to spend the holiday weekend. Please keep safety in mind, and consider using alternate forms of transportation to reduce travel times and air pollutants. Please remember, if you “see something, say something "; report suspicious activity by calling 911 or park dispatch at 415-561-5505.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: Defendant was responsible for illegally distributing hundreds of thousands of pills.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: Defendants Part 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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Federal prosecutors today charged the former town clerk of Wilton with embezzling from the Shelby County town, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge David W. Archey.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: Fuel services are still unavailable at Halls Crossing Marina and the fuel dock remains closed pending repairs to damaged fuel lines. Propane services have been restored at the Halls Crossing Village Store and RV Campground.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: OMAHA, Neb. - -Darrin Thimmesch, Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s Omaha’s District Office announced today that Javier Martinez, 50, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, received a 72 month prison sentence after having previously pled guilty to the charge of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. The sentence handed down today is the result of a guilty plea entered by Martinez back in March of this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: North Carolina Man Indicted for Obstructing the IRS, Preparing Fraudulent Tax Returns and Bankruptcy Fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today sent a letter to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, requesting full committee consideration of the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) and a return to regular order on the Senate floor.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
Release: EAST ELMHURST, N.Y. - A Connecticut man started his Independence Day holiday weekend sporting handcuffs after Transportation Security Administration officers caught him toting a handgun in his carry-on bag this morning, Friday, June 30.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: Cottonwood, ID - Excavation work at Oregon State University’s (OSU) archaeology field school is once again underway for the season at Cooper’s Ferry in the Lower Salmon River Canyon. The field school is an ongoing cooperative effort between OSU and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Over the years, the BLM-managed site has hosted college students from across the U.S. who spend a portion of their summer conducting research on early human occupation of the river canyon.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: Today, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and Judiciary Committee Democrats sent letters to the National Association of Secretaries of State and the National Association of State Election Directors raising concerns that recent requests of them from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the White ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that the Estate of Allan Dunn agreed to the sale of assets, from which the government was paid $15,743.14, to resolve allegations that Mr. Dunn failed to report the death of his wife and thereafter improperly collected her Social Security benefits.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: Williamsport, MD - The National Park Service (NPS), Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal) awarded an $8,997,112 contract for the restoration of the Conococheague Aqueduct to Corman Construction, Inc. of Annapolis Junction, MD on June 5, 2017. The next phase of the restoration...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: We are writing in strong opposition to the U.S. Department of Education’s (“Department") recent decision to delay the borrower defense rule and abandon its responsibility to protect students and taxpayers. The justifications made by the Department for delaying the effective date...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two Joplin, Mo., men were sentenced in federal court today for the attempted armed robbery of Pinnacle Bank in Joplin.
