News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: #ServewithSTEM. On November 8th, the FBI is recognizing and promoting STEM. STEM refers to the academic disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. A STEM education is in demand because STEM skills promote critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and innovation, which are...
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 7, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - The final tally is in from the 14th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on October 28th, 2017. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field (NEFD) and its partners, over the course of four hours, collected 96,130 pounds or 48 tons of expired, unused, and unwanted prescription...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: REDDING, Calif. -- The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public nominations for five open positions on the Northern California Resource Advisory Council. The RAC works closely with BLM managers in Alturas, Arcata, Cedarville, Redding and Susanville, providing guidance on the full range of the BLM's responsibilities. As published in a notice in the Federal Register, the BLM will consider nominations until Dec. 4.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, U.S. District Judge John. J. Tuchi sentenced Anthony Wayne Hamilton, 27, of Phoenix, Ariz., to 260 years in prison for a series of violent gas station robberies committed throughout the Phoenix area. Hamilton was found guilty by a federal jury on June 12, 2017, of 11 counts of Hobbs Act Robbery and 11 counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Stephen Chang, age 29, of Los Angeles, California, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Yvette Kane to 262 months’ imprisonment for travel with intent to engage in criminal sexual conduct (3 counts) and coercion of sexual activity from a minor (2 counts).
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release FEMA News Desk Phone: 202-646-3272 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – One and a half months after Hurricane Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico nearing category 5 strength, the government of Puerto Rico, FEMA and its federal partners have been making progress in one of the nation’s most logistically complex responses in history.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON, November 7, 2017) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has released recommendations regarding the use of antibiotics in agriculture. Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young, USDA Acting Chief Scientist, today issued the following statement: “The WHO guidelines are not in alignment with U.S. policy and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: Americans nationwide did their part to reduce the opioid crisis by bringing the DEA and its more than 4,200 local and tribal law enforcement partners a record-setting 912,305 pounds—456 tons—of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs for disposal at more than 5,300 collection ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: Charges were unsealed today against two former executives of Rolls-Royce plc and its subsidiaries (Rolls-Royce), a former Rolls-Royce employee, a former intermediary for Rolls-Royce in Kazakhstan and an executive of an international engineering consulting firm – all for their alleged participation in ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: A Germantown, Ohio, businessman who controlled the operation of an anti-aging skincare business in Dayton, Ohio, was convicted today of seven counts of filing false corporate, individual, and private foundation tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions welcomed the confirmation of Steven Engel as the Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: A Detroit-area doctor was sentenced to 180 months in prison today for his role in a $26 million health care fraud scheme that involved billing Medicare for nerve block injections that were never provided and efforts to circumvent Medicare’s investigation of the fraudulent scheme. A co-conspirator who ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: Four members of an international fraud syndicate have been sentenced to federal prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with their scheme to manufacture and use fraudulent credit cards using the personally identifiable information of US-based individuals.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: A former U.S. Secret Service Special Agent, who had been a member of the Baltimore Silk Road Task Force, was sentenced to prison today on charges of money laundering, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch ...
By Labor Gazette | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA, GA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has resumed normal enforcement throughout most of Florida and Georgia. The agency had ceased most programmed enforcement actions following Hurricane Irma.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: BUFORD, GA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Elringklinger USA Inc. for exposing workers to electrical, fall, and noise hazards. Proposed penalties total $308,906.
By State News Post | Nov 7, 2017
The US State Department published a two page notice on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Nov 7, 2017
The US State Department published a one page notice on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 7, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
