News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Daniel Aaron Stone, 36, currently incarcerated at Federal Correctional Institution Beckley, was convicted for aggravated identity theft, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Washington County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of theft of mail by a postal employee, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Two weeks ago, when Ms. Verma was before the Finance Committee, I said I would need better answers than she provided in the hearing. These were not “gotcha" questions. They were questions that go to the core of what it means to be CMS administrator...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that an Anchorage woman was sentenced to a year in jail yesterday in federal court for embezzling over $100,000 from her former employer Credit Union 1.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: A Church Hill, Maryland resident pleaded guilty today in federal court to one count of enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity and one count of attempting to transfer obscene materials to a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida and Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Federal indictments were unsealed today in the District of Columbia charging 19 people with taking part in various international fraud and money laundering conspiracies that led to more than $13 million in losses, including one scheme in which mid-level corporate employees were tricked into wiring millions of dollars to bank accounts under control of those in the criminal enterprise.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today voiced concern over the rise of unregulated gambling on online multiplayer video games and the dangers it is posing for minors in light of a recent investigation by ESPN.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - A pair of inmates at United States Penitentiary Lee County in Jonesville were sentenced during separate hearings earlier this week for illegally possessing weapons inside the prison, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 998, the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act, sponsored by Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Las Vegas - In preparation for this year’s wildland fire season, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Southern Nevada District will host a workshop for vendors who are interested in providing goods and services during the fire season.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Charges Unsealed as Takedowns Are Carried Out in United States and Overseas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO -Alan Weissman pleaded guilty today to committing bank fraud, embezzlement from an employee pension benefit plan, and making false statements in documents required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and the Employee...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida- United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Shaka Smith (27, Orlando) guilty of possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for May 24, 2017, and he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. Smith was indicted on Sept. 28, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico - On Feb. 22, 2017, a Federal Grand Jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging Gabriel A. Pena-Castillo with trafficking firearms, announced U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The United States Postal Inspector Service (USPIS) is in charge of the investigation in collaboration with Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released a statement following the passage of H.R. 1009, the OIRA Insights, Reform, and Accountability Act...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today voiced concern over the rise of unregulated gambling on online multiplayer video games and the dangers it is posing for minors in light of a recent investigation by ESPN.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Bank agrees to forfeit $1.36 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Hot Springs, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that on Feb. 27, 2017, Lynn Terrance Breckenridge, II, age 26, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, pleaded guilty to one count of Kidnapping in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(2) and one count of...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A Wheeling, West Virginia man was arrested over the weekend for one count of unlawful possession of a firearm, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held the hearing, “Flood Control Infrastructure: Safety Questions Raised by Current Events." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
