News from March 2017
By DOL Newswire | Mar 20, 2017
News Release: Dear Acting Secretary Hugler: We write regarding the regulation proposed by the Department of Labor (the “Department" or “DOL") delaying the applicability date defining who is a “fiduciary" (82 Fed. Reg. 12,319 (Mar. 2, 2017), the “Proposed Regulation") under the Employee Retirement Income Security...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2017
News Release: Law Enforcement uncovers Ponzi Scheme following Civil Penalties imposed by SEC.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Antwone K. Dean, 36, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and butyryl fentanyl, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and possession of firearm and ammunition by convicted felon. The charges carry a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of life and a $1,000,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 20, 2017
News Release: Ways and Means Republicans Take Historic Action to Repeal Obamacare & Ensure More Americans Have Access to Affordable Care.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Shantuan Daniel has been sentenced for heroin trafficking and being a felon-in-possession of a firearm. Daniel was sentenced to five years and three months in federal prison as part of the district’s Drug Market Initiative (DMI), an on-going commitment to eradicate the heroin market in Atlanta’s English Avenue neighborhood.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2017
News Release: The United States has filed a civil action in the Southern District of Illinois against a 47-year-old naturalized citizen, formerly of Cleveland, Ohio, accused of unlawfully procuring his U.S. citizenship, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Chad A. Readler of the Justice Department’s Civil Division and U.S. Attorney Donald S. Boyce for the Southern District of Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2017
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - A three-count indictment was unsealed this afternoon in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging Xiaodong Wu, the founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of China Medical Technologies, Inc. (China Medical), and Tak Yung Samson Tsang, also known as “Sam...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today released the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm Seema Verma as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2017
News Release: Spring is in full bloom at the Channel Islands with coreopsis stands bursting into yellow blossoms among a complimentary palette of white island morning glory, purple blue dicks, and orange island poppy plants.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Texas resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of Intentional Damage to a Protected Computer and Wire Fraud, United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2017
News Release: Chukwuemeka Okparaeke Sold Fentanyl Analogues Through the United States Mail and Using the Darknet.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Marshall, Minnesota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft, and Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2017
News Release: Glen Jean, WV - The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking information in the investigation of a recent break-in and significant vandalism to a historic house in the town of Thurmond, WV, a part of New River Gorge National River (NR). Sometime during the weekend of March 3-5, 2017, most likely on Saturday...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 40-year-old Kingsville man has been ordered to federal prison for leading an alien smuggling conspiracy, announced Acting United States Attorney Abe Martinez announced today. Ryan Paul Turcotte pleaded guilty Jan. 3, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington has sentenced Ebony Stillwell (31, Tampa) to three years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud. The Court also ordered her to forfeit $252,107.07, which are traceable to proceeds of the offense. Stillwell pleaded guilty on Oct. 25, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Robert Twiss, age 59, of Earlton, New York, pled guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2017
News Release: Central Ore. - Beginning this week, the Bureau of Land Management Prineville District will be installing two new trailheads outside of Redmond in the Cline Buttes area.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ISAAC LONG, 37, formerly of Hamden, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm. Judge Thompson also ordered LONG to perform 50 hours of community service while on supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2017
News Release: BOISE - Mathew Grover, 28, of Nampa, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and unlawful possession of ammunition, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. Grover was indicted by a federal grand jury on Dec. 13, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2017
News Release: Defendant Pointed Weapon at Police. WASHINGTON - Larry Russell Dawson, 67, of Antioch, Tenn., was sentenced today to 11 months in prison on a federal offense stemming from a confrontation with law enforcement while he was being screened at the United States Capitol Visitor Center, announced U.S. Attorney...
