News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: Robert Doggart, 65, of Signal Mountain, Tennessee, was sentenced to 235 months in prison for soliciting another person to violate federal civil rights laws by burning down a mosque in Islamberg, a hamlet outside Hancock, New York, announced Attorney General Jeff Sessions and United States Attorney Nancy Stallard Harr of the Eastern District of Tennessee. Doggart also was found guilty of soliciting another person to commit arson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: Earlier today, a private banker formerly employed by several Swiss banks pleaded guilty in Brooklyn, New York, to a criminal information charging him with participating in a money laundering conspiracy in connection with the distribution and receipt of millions of dollars of bribes paid to high-ranking soccer officials.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: A former Hampton, Virginia business owner pleaded guilty today to failing to pay over employment taxes, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it will require The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) and E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. (DuPont) to divest multiple crop protection and two petrochemical products to proceed with their proposed merger valued at about $130 billion. The Justice Department’s Antitrust ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that former Mississippi correctional officer Lawardrick Marsher was sentenced to 50 weekends in prison, five years probation and 150 hours of community service for severely beating an inmate at the state’s Parchman Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: Eight current and former law enforcement officers, four correctional officers and two other individuals have been sentenced for their participation in trafficking narcotics and narcotics proceeds for a purported large-scale drug trafficking organization. The individuals used their affiliation with law enforcement to make money by protecting shipments of purported narcotics and narcotics proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that Gerald Wallace, 35, was indicted by a federal grand jury on a hate crime charge for obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs by threatening to shoot members of a mosque in Miami Gardens, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: A Pittsburg, California man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit theft of government money and wire fraud, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch for the Northern District of California.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein today issued the following statement: “Americans should exercise caution before accepting as true any stories attributed to anonymous ‘officials,’ particularly when they do not identify the country – let alone the branch or agency of government – with which the ...
By Fed Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Bank of America Corporation Charlotte, North Carolina Written Agreement dated December 6, 2010 Terminated June 8, 2017 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board has approved actions on Thursday by the Boards of Directors of the Federal Reserve Banks of New York, St. Louis, and Minneapolis, increasing the discount rate (the primary credit rate) at the Banks from 1-1/2 percent to 1-3/4 percent, effective immediately.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced he will be joined by Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin, Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta, and Secretary of Energy Rick Perry at the 2017 SelectUSA Investment Summit, June 18-20, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: “I am glad all parties have agreed that the new sugar agreement is fair and addresses the shortcomings of the original deal. Thank you to our industry partners, as well as our Mexican counterparts, for their hard work. I look forward to seeing the public comments on this deal, but am hopeful that we can successfully implement this new agreement with the support and cooperation of all stakeholders.”
By Labor Gazette | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta today welcomed President Donald J. Trump’s bold step towards fulfilling his promises to grow the American economy with the announcement of an executive order to expand apprenticeships and vocational training, close the skills gap and reduce regulatory burdens on workforce development programs.
By State News Post | Jun 15, 2017
The US State Department published a three page notice on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 15, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 15, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 15, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
