News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today that after deliberating six hours, a jury of 6 men and 6 women found Bernard M. Parker guilty of one count securities fraud, one count of mail fraud and four counts of filing false tax returns.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) finalization of three new rules required under the new Toxic Substances Control Act that was enacted one year ago today...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: VICTORIA, Texas - A federal grand jury in Victoria has returned a three-count superseding indictment against Marq Vincent Perez, 25, for allegedly burning the Victoria Islamic Center on Jan. 28, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Dennis Crawford, 48, who now lives in St. Johnsbury, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Rutland to 18 months of imprisonment following his guilty plea to a charge of wire fraud. U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today advanced five bills to the full committee for consideration that seek to modernize the nation’s energy infrastructure and promote energy security.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
Release: EVANSVILLE, Ind. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed the latest security checkpoint screening technology at Evansville Regional Airport (EVV).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Spokane- Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Anthony Joseph Cortinas, age 49, of Kennewick, Washington, was sentenced after previously having pled guilty on Feb. 21, 2017, to Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Columbia, Mo., man was charged in federal court today with attempting to entice a minor, who was actually an undercover law enforcement officer, for illicit sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Saddam Mohamed Raishani Was Arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport While Allegedly Attempting to Travel Overseas to Join ISIS.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that a federal jury today found former Hoboken, New Jersey, City Council President and attorney CHRISTOPHER CAMPOS guilty of bank and wire fraud and conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud. CAMPOS and his...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after Senate Republicans released their draft of Trumpcare earlier today...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama, U.S. Department of State Inspector General Steve A. Linick, and Homeland Security Special Agent in Charge Raymond R. Parmer, Jr. of the New Orleans Field Office announce that lead defendant David Marzano of Zephyr Cove, Nevada...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today advanced five bills to the full committee for consideration that seek to modernize the nation’s energy infrastructure and promote energy security.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - The U.S. Attorney’s Office today charged a former Alabama legislator with accepting bribes from a Birmingham lawyer and an Alabama coal company executive in exchange for advocating their employers’ opposition to EPA actions in North Birmingham, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey, FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger Stanton and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Acting Special Agent in Charge James E. Dorsey.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after Senate Republicans released their draft of Trumpcare earlier today...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Compton Billed Insurers for Numerous Counseling Sessions that he did not Provide.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Ambassador Lighthizer, I want to welcome you on behalf of the Committee Democrats. Today’s hearing is an opportunity for us to hear from you about the Administration’s vision for the U.S. trade agenda.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Dr. Zahid Aslam, 44, of Elkton, Maryland, was charged by the federal grand jury on June 15, 2017, in a three-count Indictment with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and false statements on loan applications.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: OAKLAND - Daniel J. Rush pleaded guilty in federal court today to three felony counts: receiving an illegal payment as a union employee; honest services fraud; and conspiracy to commit structuring and money laundering, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The plea was accepted by the Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam Jr., U.S. District Judge.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today held a hearing on the nomination of J. Christopher Giancarlo to be the next chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
