News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MALCOLM HAYNES, also known as “Black," 26, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 90 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for committing armed robberies of the Allingtown Post Office in West Haven and the Wells Fargo Bank in Hamden on April 21, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: Earlier today, Paul Cronin pleaded guilty at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, to a criminal information charging him with one count of wire fraud and one count of making and subscribing a false tax return, in connection with his conduct as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for United States...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: Alleged criminal activity took place during a one year period while David Greenwell served as Bullitt County Sheriff.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: Georgia Woman Sentenced to Prison for Her Role in a Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - John T. Fitzgerald, a former vice president of the Washington, D.C. office of an investment banking firm, was indicted today on federal charges stemming from a scheme in which he allegedly accepted kickbacks for construction management contracts he steered to another firm, as well as other allegedly fraudulent activities.
By Commerce Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans held an oversight hearing on the costly and lengthy process to relicense hydropower and to explore opportunities for new development.
By Homeland Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS S&T Press Office (202) 254-2385 WASHINGTON —Eminent cybersecurity expert Dr. Edward Amoroso will be a keynote speaker for the 2017 Cyber Security R&D Showcase and Technical Workshop on July 11-13, 2017 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.
By USDA Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C., May 3, 2017) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and Acting U.S. Trade Representative Stephen Vaughn today announced that the European Union (EU) has amended its requirements for imports of U.S. citrus. Specifically, the EU has dropped its requirement that U.S. groves be surveyed for citrus canker, which eases entry of U.S. citrus into the EU market and saves growers millions of dollars in production costs.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: An Atlanta, Georgia resident was sentenced to 24 months in prison today for her 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 U.S. Attorney John A. Horn for the Northern District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that the independent federal investigation into the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling on July 5, 2016, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, found insufficient evidence to support federal criminal charges against Baton Rouge Police Department (BRPD) Officers Blane Salamoni ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: A Madison County, Virginia, Sheriff’s Office detective, assigned to the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC), was arrested this morning and charged via federal criminal complaint with four counts relating to the sexual exploitation of minors.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: U.S. District Judge Donald E. Walter of the Western District of Louisiana yesterday issued prison sentences for three former officials of the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office (IPSO), including a former Lieutenant Colonel, for abuses of inmates, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Tom Wheeler of ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: U.S. District Court Judge Marcia G. Cooke sentenced former Miami-Dade Police Detective William Kostopoulos, 49, today to 36 months in prison. Kostopoulos was convicted in February 2017 for using his law enforcement authority to violate the civil rights of two motorists as well as obstructing justice.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: Mahant Singh, operator of a convenience store and gas station in Yazoo City, Mississippi, pleaded guilty today to a criminal violation of the Clean Water Act. Singh admitted to discharging the contents of an underground fuel storage tank into a sewage line connected to the Yazoo City wastewater treatment ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: A Wilmington, Delaware, man was sentenced to 156 months in prison today for distributing child pornography, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney David C. Weiss of the District of Delaware. Roy Harvender Jr., ...
By Fed Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in March indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen even as growth in economic activity slowed. Job gains were solid, on average, in recent months, and the unemployment rate declined. Household spending rose only modestly, ...
By Commerce News Now | May 3, 2017
News Release: Earlier today, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin held a phone conversation with Vice Premier Wang Yang of China. Commerce Secretary Ross, Treasury Secretary Mnuchin and Vice Premier Wang discussed bilateral issues related to the U.S.-China Comprehensive Dialogue and the overall economic and trade relationship between the two countries.
By Labor Gazette | May 3, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment in federal court requiring a New York City design and construction company and its owners to pay $726,989 in back wages and liquidated damages to 184 employees and take other corrective actions to resolve past overtime and recordkeeping violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
By Labor Gazette | May 3, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – As Midwest residents deal with historic flooding in southeastern Missouri, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration urges workers and the public at-large to be aware of the hazards they may encounter and what steps are needed to protect themselves as they begin clean-up activities.
By DOT News Wire | May 3, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
