News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Pakistani citizen was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for laundering more than $19.6 million on behalf of the perpetrators of a massive international computer hacking and telecommunications fraud scheme, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: MOOSE, WY-For public safety, a female black bear weighing about 125 pounds and believed to be approximately four years old was euthanized yesterday in Grand Teton National Park. The decision to remove the bear from the population was based on recent activities in which the bear exhibited no fear of humans and approached humans, including a couple sleeping in a tent.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
Release: CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - A Rockbridge County, Virginia, man was caught with a gun at the Charlottesville Albemarle Airport (CHO) June 27 after Transportation Security Administration officers detected a handgun in his carry-on bag as he was entering the security checkpoint. The.22 caliber pistol was not loaded.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Citizens of the Treasure Valley are once again being victimized by a phone scam involving federal grand jury duty. Individuals are contacted by telephone from an imposter posing as an Ada County deputy sheriff demanding payment for failing to appear for federal grand jury service. The scam artist then...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Anthony David Gentile, age 57, of Queens, New York, pled guilty today to receiving and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: SAN ANTONIO, Texas - In San Antonio today, a federal judge sentenced 34-year-old Marciano Millan Vasquez, a high ranking member and a former sicario for the Los Zetas drug cartel, to seven consecutive life imprisonment sentences for committing and aiding and abetting the commission of numerous murders...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that JAMES WESLEY JACOBS, age 38, of Gans, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 87 months imprisonment, and 3 years of supervised release for POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE, in violation...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Recent bench-scale and pilot plant testing is providing valuable data to aid EM’s efforts to start up and operate the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) at DOE’s Idaho Site.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Winnemucca District Office announced a temporary closure and restrictions for certain activities on public lands that immediately surround the site of the 2017 Burning Man event. The temporary closure and restrictions, effective July 31, 2017 through Sept. 20, 2017, provide for public safety and the protection of public resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Albert Veliu Among Eight Defendants Charged with Money Laundering, Extortion and International Arms Trafficking.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Yosemite National Park anticipates a very busy Fourth of July weekend. The park expects high visitation, especially from Thursday, June 29, 2017 until Wednesday, July 5, 2017. Visitors are encouraged to arrive at Yosemite before 9:00 am or after4:00 pm. Once in the park, visitors are urged to park their...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Project Safe Childhood and Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative - Plea Agreement Recommends 25-Year Prison Sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 24-year-old woman from Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico has been ordered to federal prison following her conviction on two different assaults of federal officers, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Maribel Tejeda-Fomperosa pleaded guilty in February 2017.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Three Savannah River Site (SRS) contractors won the state of South Carolina’s 2017 Palmetto Shining Star Safety Award for exemplary safety performance in 2016.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: MOORESVILLE, N.C. - Representatives from EM headquarters, the Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office, Savannah River National Laboratory, and cleanup contractors came together for a demonstration on new technology combining robots and lasers for use in hazardous, confined spaces.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Former Packaged Seafood Executive Pleads Guilty to Price Fixing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: John Capuano Used His Work Phone as a Teachers’ Union Rep to Access Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Former State Street Corporation Executive Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Defraud Clients Through Secret Trading Commissions.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM’s Richland Operations Office (RL) is closer to completing remediation of a hazardous waste site after workers recently removed the final piece of a buried pipe and finished clearing more than 300,000 tons of contaminated soil.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: The FY2018 Defense Appropriations bill would exceed the Budget Control Act limit on defense spending without raising the cap, and trigger a 13% sequestration of all defense accounts across five Appropriations bills. It would all but ensure one or more Continuing Resolutions to prevent another government shutdown, and the massive, one-year increase would create a future funding cliff and unpredictability for military commanders.
