News from March 2017
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Cote d’Ivoire is a democratic republic ruled by a freely elected government. In legislative elections held on Dec. 18, the ruling government coalition won 66 percent of National Assembly seats. The main opposition party, which boycotted the 2011 legislative elections, participated and won seats.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Armenia’s constitution provides for a republic with an elected head of state and a unicameral legislature, the National Assembly. According to a constitutional referendum conducted in December 2015, the country is expected to transition gradually to a parliamentary republic by the end of the existing...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 43-year-old Corpus Christi man has been ordered to federal prison for counterfeiting U.S. currency, credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Arturo Garcia pleaded guilty Nov. 18, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Kevin Scott Gordon, 59, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Horace Garfield Tajah, 35, of Kingston, Jamaica, pleaded guilty to reentering the United States after a conviction for an aggravated felony before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Feb. 28, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Louisville, Ky. man, who previously admitted to bribing a former public official, was sentenced today to five years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN EASTMAN, 49, of Waterbury, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to one count of enticing minors to engage in sexually explicit conduct during online video chats.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: Two Miami residents pleaded guilty today to fraud charges stemming from their roles in a $20 million home health care fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: A Detroit-area physician pleaded guilty today for his role in a $5.4 million Medicare fraud scheme involving phony physician visits and drug prescriptions.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: A Massachusetts man was charged today in a U.S. District Court in Springfield, Massachusetts, for the possession, receipt and distribution of digital images of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: A former Arkansas state senator, a college president and a consultant were charged in an indictment filed for perpetrating a bribery and fraud scheme involving tens of thousands of dollars in bribes provided to the senator and another legislator in exchange for directing approximately $600,000 in government ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: A federal indictment was unsealed today in San Antonio, Texas, charging four individuals for their roles in a cocaine distribution conspiracy, announced the Department of Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: A New Jersey man pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in Newark, to one count of theft of public money, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions today issued the following statement: “During the course of the confirmation proceedings on my nomination to be Attorney General, I advised the Senate Judiciary Committee that ‘[i]f a specific matter arose where I believed my impartiality might reasonably be questioned, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of New York returned indictments separately charging three Queens, New York residents with identity theft-related crimes, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: On, Feb. 27, 2017, Michael John Harris, 34, was sentenced to six months imprisonment and one year of supervised release for making telephonic threats to two medical clinics in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that provide reproductive health services. On Mar. 2, 2016, Harris pleaded guilty to two violations ...
By Fed Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced that it will not object to a resubmitted capital plan from Morgan Stanley, as a result of progress made by the firm in addressing deficiencies identified by the Board in last year's Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR).
By Labor Gazette | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON – Former Pantex plant workers in Amarillo, Texas, may qualify as part of a new worker Special Exposure Cohort class that will simplify filing of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act claims.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mass.—Barr & Barr Inc., a construction management company, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration have signed a strategic partnership to enhance workplace safety and health during the construction of Amherst College’s New Science Center.
