News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that six defendants in a far-reaching conspiracy to distribute cocaine were sentenced to Federal prison on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, by the Honorable Hugh Lawson, Senior United States District Judge in Valdosta.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Express Plus Pharmacy, LLC, a pharmacy that operated in Davie, Florida and its owner, Antonio Primo, have agreed to pay $170,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting fraudulent claims to Tricare for compounded medications such as pain creams, the United States Attorney’s Office announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Russian Cyber-Criminal Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Role in Organized Cybercrime Ring Responsible for $50 Million in Online Identity Theft and $9 Million Bank Fraud Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad for the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that pursuant to criminal complaints and arrest warrants issued by a United States Magistrate Judge in the Eastern District of Wisconsin four suspects in an Internal Revenue Service impersonation scam were arrested...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - A Texas Panhandle man was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 17 ½ years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine,
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Leonel Antonio Rodriguez Ayala, age 29, and a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to illegally re-entering the United States.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Says the Fundamentals of Terrorism Have Evolved WASHINGTON – Today, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke testified before the House Committee on Homeland Security for a hearing on World Wide Threats: Keeping America Secure in the New Age of Terror.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release FEMA News Desk Phone: 202-646-3272 WASHINGTON – While Nov. 30 marks the end of a historic hurricane season, FEMA and its partners continue to work diligently in support of disaster survivors recovering from the devastating season. Four hurricanes made landfall: Harvey, Irma, Maria ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2017 - Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement regarding the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) export forecast published today.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2017 - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of five members to serve on the National Pork Board. The producers appointed to serve three year terms include: * Brett Kaysen, Nunn, Colo.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Two real estate investors were sentenced yesterday for their role in a conspiracy to rig bids at public foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced. Gregory Casorso and Javier Sanchez were charged on Nov. 19, 2014, in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: A former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI) Special Agent pleaded guilty today to accepting bribes in exchange for securing the dismissal of a drug trafficking indictment filed against a Colombian cocaine trafficker, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: A Russian cyber-criminal was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for his role in a $50 million cyberfraud ring and for defrauding banks of $9 million through a hacking scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Jerry Lynn Gragg, 40, a former police officer with the Savanna Police Department in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Muskogee, Oklahoma, to one count of violating the civil rights of a female whom he sexually assaulted during a routine traffic stop.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: An Indianapolis, Indiana immigration attorney pleaded guilty today for defrauding the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and more than 250 of his clients by filing false visa applications and reaping approximately $750,000 in fraudulent fees.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand traveled to Ottawa, Canada on Thursday, Nov. 30, to lead the U.S. delegation in the Trilateral Summit on Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls. This is the second meeting of the trilateral working group. The first was hosted by the U.S. in 2016 and next year’s meeting will be in 2018, hosted by Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: A former Kansas bank executive was charged in an indictment filed today for his participation in a bank fraud scheme to obtain a $15 million construction loan from 26 Kansas banks based on allegedly false information contained in the loan documents.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: “When jurisdictions choose to return criminal aliens to the streets rather than turning them over to federal immigration authorities, they put the public’s safety at risk. San Francisco’s decision to protect criminal aliens led to the preventable and heartbreaking death of Kate Steinle. While the State ...
By Fed Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Brand Group Holdings, Inc., Lawrenceville, Georgia and The Brand Banking Company, Lawrenceville, Georgia, Written Agreement dated Aug. 2, 2010 Terminated Nov. 27, 2017 The enforcement action from August 2010 can be found here (PDF) and other enforcement actions can be searched for here.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today published in the Federal Register an Interim Final Rule (IFR) and request for public comments on revisions of performance accountability measures for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP). Revised measures are necessary because the ...
