News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jarvis Johnson, 28, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 70 months in prison for being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. Johnson will be on supervised release for three years following his term of imprisonment.
By DOL Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: OSHA partners with Construction Safety Leadership Alliance
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: Kelly W. Cessna, 47, of Bridgeport, IL, and Lorenzo M. Molina, 50, of Phoenix, Arizona, were recently sentenced to federal prison on methamphetamine related charges, Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By DOE Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Roger Jarrell has joined EM senior management at DOE headquarters as Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Energy for EM. In his new role, Jarrell will serve as EM’s key interface with the Office of the Secretary and other senior Administration leadership.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROY ISIAH JACKSON, also known as “I," 22, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 110 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for racketeering and firearm offenses stemming from his participation in a violent New Haven-based street gang.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: Randl Arthur Roth, 48, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the former owner of Murfreesboro-based Nashville Motor Cars Premier car dealership, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court, to conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud for his role in a conspiracy to defraud his dealership’s customers and business partners, announced Jack Smith, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOE Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: EM Update recently spoke with Norbert Doyle, EM associate deputy assistant secretary for acquisition and project management, on the benefits small businesses bring to the DOE cleanup program and on how EM is working to encourage small business participation in the Department’s cleanup work.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Two defendants of thirteen charged were sentenced yesterday in the smash and grab theft of more than $100,000 in Chanel purses from the Saks Fifth Avenue department store at Plaza Frontenac on Nov. 26, 2016. According to the plea agreements of various defendants, a large group of...
By Homeland Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: Travelers will be able to check how much longer they are eligible to remain in the US For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection will now remind travelers of their last possible departure date from the United States, according ...
By Homeland Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Today, Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly met with Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and other senior government officials to discuss the repatriation of returning Haitian nationals and other areas ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: One of the nation’s largest vendors of electronic health records software, eClinicalWorks (ECW), and certain of its employees will pay a total of $155 million to resolve a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging that ECW misrepresented the capabilities of its software, the Justice Department announced. The settlement also resolves allegations that ECW paid kickbacks to certain customers in exchange for promoting its product. ECW is headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: A Montgomery County, Alabama resident was sentenced to 42 months in prison for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Clark Morris for the Middle District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: Former Puerto Rico Senator Hector Martinez Maldonado and Juan Bravo Fernandez, the former president of one of the largest private security companies in Puerto Rico, were convicted of bribery following a four-week trial in San Juan, Puerto Rico, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: A dual citizen of Gabon and France was sentenced to 24 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to pay bribes to senior government officials across Africa, in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: Two Georgia residents were sentenced in Atlanta, Georgia today for their roles in a conspiracy to alter odometers of used motor vehicles, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: Today, Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh, a U.S. citizen and former member of the U.S. Air Force, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, and obstruction of justice. Pugh, of Neptune, New Jersey, was convicted at trial on March 9, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department today announced a settlement with the City of Jackson, Mississippi to resolve allegations that the city violated the Fair Housing Act (FHA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by preventing people in recovery from alcohol and substance abuse from living in group homes in most residential areas.
By Fed Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced final amendments to the check collection and return provisions in Regulation CC (Availability of Funds and Collection of Checks) and also requested further public comment on an additional proposed amendment to Regulation CC's liability provisions.
By Fed Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON--Responding to concerns over the limited availability of state-certified and -licensed appraisers, particularly in rural areas, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Office of the Comptroller ...
By Labor Gazette | May 31, 2017
News Release: MILTON, Fla. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a dozen citations and proposed $226,431 in fines following its investigation into the Nov. 29, 2016, death of a 26-year-old machine operator at a Pensacola-area electrical cable manufacturer.
