News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: Defendant Profited by Trading Securities Using Victims’ Hacked Brokerage Accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: THREE DEFENDANTS CONVICTED ON ALL COUNTS FOR MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME INVOLVING 14 PROPERTIES.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced two New Jersey men today admitted their roles in a conspiracy to distribute 140 kilograms of narcotics in New Jersey.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. ‒ Beginning the week of Nov. 13, and continuing for approximately one week, the Sierra Soil and Water Conservation District, in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management Las Cruces District and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, will treat up to approximately 11,000 acres...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that NAVNOOR KANG, the former Director of Fixed Income and Head of Portfolio Strategy at the New York State Common Retirement Fund (“NYSCRF"), pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken for participating in a massive “pay-for-play" bribery scheme involving the NYSCRF, the nation’s third largest public pension fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: FBI Media Update: Man Wearing Make-Up, Fake Nose, Robs Albuquerque Bank.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: Members of the Senate Finance Committee have been laser focused on developing legislation to reform the nation’s broken tax code. As they gear up to advance a tax overhaul that will create more jobs, increase paychecks, and make the tax code fairer for hard-working, middle-class American individuals and families, here’s a look at what they’re saying...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on November 7, 2017, Toronse Carter (age: 20) of Milwaukee was indicted for rioting, arson, and arson connected with a federal felony in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2101(a)(2), ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: Defendant Defrauded Arizona-Based Medicaid Funded Health Benefit Care Program of Almost $2 Million.
By State Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement after Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, announced that he will retire at the end of the 115th Congress...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of theft of mail, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Joshua Ray Fountain, 40, of Panama City, Florida, was sentenced today to serve a total term of 144 months in prison after pleading guilty to possessing with intent to distribute over five grams of methamphetamine, and admitting to violating the terms of his federal supervised release...
By State Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: This morning, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) hosted the Honorable Nikki Haley, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, to discuss her recent trip to Africa.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that BRIAN BLOCK, the former chief financial officer of the publicly traded real estate investment trust (“REIT") formerly known as American Realty Capital Partners (“ARCP"), was sentenced to 18 months in...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: Permits are available by lottery to collect previously cut wood generated from hazard tree removals and wildland fuels reduction within Rocky Mountain National Park. Permits are limited to up to two cords to be collected on three consecutive days by a scheduled appointment. Over 75 permits are anticipated...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: RIDGELAND, MS - The Natchez Trace Parkway invites visitors to enjoy the talents and sounds of local musicians at the Parkway Information Cabin on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, from 9:30 am to 11:30 am. The Natchez Trace String Band, a small group of local acoustic musicians, will fill the cabin with the sounds of traditional folk, country, and bluegrass music. Visitors are welcome to stop by for a few minutes, or bring a chair and stay awhile.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Cumberland, County, New Jersey, man today admitted robbing two banks with an accomplice, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: Port Alsworth, AK - A new study shows wolves in Southwest Alaska are using a diversity of food resources to meet their dietary needs, including a high use of salmon and salmon carcasses. The study was published in the August 2017 issue of Canadian Journal of Zoology. The study also found a possible increase in wolf pack stability in packs making regular use of salmon as a food resource.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT DEWAYNE WATKINS, also known as “D," 42, of Bristol, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, heroin and cocaine base (“crack").
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: DAYTON - Zachery Van Meter, 21, of Brookville, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to receiving child pornography.
