News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Ashan M. Benedict, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF"), and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A man who had been a fugitive for more than 20 years before his arrest in Florida in April 2017, was indicted yesterday in connection with a $1.7 million real estate investment fraud scheme in Quincy, Mass. His ex-wife was also indicted for lying about the whereabouts of her former spouse prior to his arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - Houston area federal, state and local law enforcement agencies came together today to announce a collaborative initiative to proactively fight violent crime across the Greater Houston area. The Houston Law Enforcement Violent Crime Initiative brings together personnel from 10 area law enforcement agencies to not only augment investigative and prosecutorial efforts, but also to enhance collaborative training and community outreach efforts.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management Eastern States (BLM-ES) announced today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) release of its Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). This FEIS analyzes potential impacts associated with the Mountain...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Markell Quashan Sweargin, 19, of Lubbock, Tex., made his initial appearance in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., on a criminal complaint charging him with transporting a person in interstate commerce for the purpose of forcing the person to engage in a commercial sex act. Sweargin remains in federal custody pending a preliminary hearing and detention hearing, both of which have yet to be scheduled.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Fausto Guzman Guzman, age 28, and a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today to time served (31 days in jail) for illegally re-entering the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Olga Lidia Sandoval, 39, of Attleboro, MA., was sentenced today to 84 months in federal prison for arranging for the transportation of 6 ½ kilograms of heroin from Guatemala through Mexico and into Rhode Island in May 2016.
By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
Release: The Swiss federal system grants Switzerland’s 26 cantons (i.e., states) significant independence to shape investment policies and set incentives to attract investment. At the national level, the Swiss government enacts laws and regulations governing corporate structure, the financial system, and immigration ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Anthony J. Atkins, 51, of Eufaula, Alabama, was sentenced yesterday to 63 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $2.4 million in restitution for conspiracy to commit bank fraud, four counts of false statements to a federally insured financial institution, bank fraud, and mail...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that REHER MORRIS, age 28, of Houma, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children.
By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
Release: Iceland is an island country located between North America and Europe in the Atlantic Ocean, near the Arctic Circle. Until recently, U.S. investment in Iceland has mostly been centered in the aluminum sector, with Alcoa and Century Aluminum operating plants in Iceland. However, the U.S. company Silicor ...
By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
Release: The Netherlands consistently ranks among the world’s most competitive industrialized economies. It offers an attractive business and investment climate and remains a welcoming location for business investment from the United States and elsewhere.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: Innovative Therapies, Inc. (“ITI") and its ultimate parent company Cardinal Health, Inc. (“Cardinal") have agreed to pay $2.715 million to settle False Claims Act allegations, announced Jack Smith, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. The settlement concerns conduct initiated by ITI before being purchased by Cardinal in August 2014 and resolves a qui tam action filed by a whistleblower in May 2015.
By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
Release: Turkey has been an appealing market for investors over the last decade. It experienced strong economic growth on the back of the many positive economic and banking reforms it implemented between 2002 and 2007. After the global economic crisis of 2007, Turkey continued to attract substantial investment ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia District Attorney Rufus Seth Williams today admitted that he accepted tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of concealed bribes in exchange for his agreement to perform official acts, defrauded a nursing home and family friends of money earmarked for a family member’s care, and used political action committee funds and official government vehicles for his personal benefit, Acting New Jersey U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 54-year-old undocumented Mexican National has been convicted of assaulting a Border Patrol agent, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. A federal jury in Laredo returned the verdicts today against Miguel Cabrera-Rangel following a two-day trial and less than five hours of deliberation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: David Allen Oney Jr., 35, of Nampa, Idaho, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison today for distributing methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. Oney will have to serve a five-year period of supervised release following his term of imprisonment and pay a $100 special assessment. Oney entered his guilty plea to the charge on March 28, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Ahmad Nassar, 30, of Sacramento, charging him with access device fraud, possessing stolen mail, and being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Andrew Byers, 27, of Craigmont, Idaho, Brice Heimgartner, 25, of Clarkston, Washington, and Salvador Saucedo, 27, of Milton-Freewater, Oregon, pleaded guilty this week to federal drug charges, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. Byers, Heimgartner and Saucedo pleaded guilty...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: Thank you, Chairman Culberson, Chairman Frelinghuysen, and Ranking Member Serrano for your work on this bill.
