News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A former executive of Boston-based State Street Corporation pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud at least six of the bank’s clients through secret commissions applied to billions of dollars of securities trades. A second executive of the bank has agreed to plead guilty to participating in the conspiracy at a hearing scheduled for later this month.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Thank you, Chairman Simpson, Ranking Member Kaptur, and Chairman Frelinghuysen for your work on this bill.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate HELP Committee, delivered the following remarks at a rally with advocates after Republican leadership decided yesterday to delay a vote on their Trumpcare bill due to overwhelming pressure and lack of support from members...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On Wednesday, June 28, 2017, federal search warrants were executed at the following locations in Iowa.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former Jersey City police officer today admitted accepting approximately $55,000 in corrupt payments in exchange for helping employers operate at worksites without the required presence of an off-duty police officer and for helping a police officer obtain compensation for off-duty work he did not perform, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of McKean, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a federal jury found a Sierra Leone national guilty Tuesday of refusing to leave the country twice after being ordered to depart.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that WellCare's former General Counsel, Thaddeus M.S. Bereday (52, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement to the Florida Medicaid program. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Nigel Michael Sandiford, a/k/a “Marvin H. Rogers," a/k/a “Cecil Price," age 43, of Columbia, was sentenced today in federal court after earlier pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, in violation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 66-year-old Corpus Christi man has been indicted on charges of possession of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a Tennessee man to 14 years in prison for enticing and coercing two young women into prostitution and for being a convicted felon with a gun, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge David W. Archey.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -Three Birmingham area men have pleaded guilty in federal court to a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine in the Northern District of Alabama, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge David W. Archey.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Assistant United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced the sentencing of BRYAN REICHEL, 62, founder and former President and Chief Executive Officer of PureChoice, Inc. (PureChoice), to 22 years in prison for orchestrating a multi-million-dollar investment fraud scheme. On Nov. 3, 2016...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: OTTAWA, Canada - EM headquarters and field site officials joined representatives from the nuclear cleanup programs of Canada and the United Kingdom (U.K.) earlier this month to share best practices and develop common approaches to address their common aging infrastructure challenges.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: On June 14, 2017, the Fernald Preserve in Ohio received a Zone Conservation Commendation from The Garden Club of America (GCA). The award is presented to individuals or organizations that have made a significant contribution to conservation. Composed of Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan, GCA Zone 10 presented the commendation at their annual meeting banquet.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement this morning on the Financial Oversight and Management Board of Puerto Rico’s decision to reject the proposed restructuring of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority. The restructuring proposal would have...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: HELENA - Michael Edward Copenhaver, 28, of Belgrade, Montana, was sentenced today to 70 months in prison and three years supervised release for possession of stolen firearms. U.S. District Court Judge Sam E. Haddon presided over the sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: In San Antonio today, 49-year-old investment counselor Charles Augustus Banks, IV, an executive with Gameday Entertainment, LLC (Gameday), was sentenced to four years in federal prison for defrauding a San Antonio victim of millions of dollars announced United States Attorney Richard Durbin, Jr., and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: RENO, Nev.-The 2017 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Nevada photo contest begins today in partnership with TravelNevada. BLM Nevada will be accepting submissions for its annual photo contest now through Sept.15, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, the Puerto Rico Financial Oversight and Management Board rejected the Puerto Rico Electricity Power Authority (PREPA) restructuring support agreement (RSA) between Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló and PREPA’s creditors. Chairman Rob Bishop issued the following statement.
