News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: Jose Chaves-Leiva, a/k/a “Jose Amando Chaves," of Morrisville, PA, was charged today by Indictment with illegal reentry after deportation, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The indictment alleges that on or about April 3, 2017, Chaves-Leiva, an alien, and native and citizen of Costa Rica, was found in the United States after having been deported from the United States on or about April 28, 2008, July 9, 2008, Jan. 14, 2009, and March 26, 2009.
By DOL Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement about President Trump’s Army Secretary nominee, Dr. Mark Green.
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: MAY 4, 2017 - The last day for residents to complete the 2017 Census Test online is fast approaching.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Pennsylvania biofuel producer and two of its officers were indicted on May 3, 2017, on conspiracy and false statements charges for participating in a scheme that generated over $10 million in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) renewable fuels credits (RIN credits) at Keystone Biofuels, Inc., a company that purported to produce and sell biodiesel for use as transportation fuel.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JANET SMITH, age 54, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information charging her with conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: OAKLAND - A federal grand jury in Oakland indicted Eugene Latrell McNeely on April 20, 2017, for transporting a minor from Oregon to California with the intent that the minor engage in prostitution, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation, Special Agent in Charge, John F. Bennett.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: Darrell Smith, age 61, from Forest City, Iowa, has been charged with mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, and aggravated identity theft. The charges are contained in a Complaint filed last month in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids. The Complaint follows Smith’s conviction and 13-month prison sentence imposed late last year for payroll tax fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GABRIEL PAULINO, 28, of New London, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for heroin and firearm offenses.
By State Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following remarks at a hearing on the value of public-private partnerships in foreign assistance. The committee heard testimony from Jim Kolbe of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RUDY OTONIEL AZANON-RODAS, age 50, a citizen of Guatemala, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information for reentry of a removed alien.
By USDA Newswire | May 4, 2017
Release: U.S. fresh beef exports are back in Brazil! Following a 13-year hiatus, the first shipment of U.S. fresh beef arrived in Brazil ushering in promising long-term market opportunities for the U.S. beef industry. In 2016, the United States exported $6.3 billion in beef and beef products globally. With Brazil’s large market reopened to the United States, U.S. beef exports are poised for new growth.
By DOL Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, slammed House Republicans for passing legislation that would force people with pre-existing conditions to pay more for care, kicks tens of millions of people...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A South Boston woman pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston today to using false Social Security numbers.
By DOL Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: OREGON, Ohio - An auto insulation manufacturer in suburban Toledo faces $569,463 in proposed penalties after a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation following a report that a machine amputated a 46-year-old worker's right hand, wrist and part of his forearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 48-count indictment charging Sergiy Bezrukov, 33, of Salamanca, NY, with conspiracy to defraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Sterling man with receipt and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: Five Arrested in Joint Federal-State Takedown of Major Human Trafficking Operation, Authorities Pledge Support to Trafficking Victims.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: Karie Tafari Anthony Hibbert of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by Indictment with illegal reentry after deportation, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The indictment alleges that on or about April 3, 2017, Hibbert, an alien, and native and citizen of Jamaica, was found in the United States after having been deported from the United States on or about Oct. 22, 2001.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Please join Cape Lookout National Seashore as we open the lighthouse for climbs and celebrate the completion of a photovoltaic system that will power the lighthouse, Keepers Quarters, and related utility systems.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: Six people are under arrest and law enforcement served court authorized search warrants at more than 30 locations as part of an investigation into an organized crime ring involved with prostitution, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. FANG WANG, 28, of Queens, New York, YONGGUANG WU, 27, YUNZHONG...
