News published on Federal Newswire in November 2017

News from November 2017


News Release: A federal grand jury in West Palm Beach returned an indictment yesterday against three high-volume Florida real estate investors for conspiring to rig bids submitted through the online property foreclosure auction process, the Department of Justice announced.


News Release: A Colombian national pleaded guilty today in connection with his role in a bribery scheme that resulted in the dismissal of a drug trafficking indictment filed against a Colombia-based cocaine trafficker from the Cali Cartel, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.


News Release: Tommy Water Zhou was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment today for trafficking juvenile American eels (also called “elvers” or “glass eels”) in violation of the Lacey Act, following a hearing in federal district court in Norfolk, Virginia. The sentence was announced by Acting Assistant Attorney General ...


News Release: The former chief executive officer of ArthroCare Corporation, a publicly traded medical device company based in Austin, Texas, was sentenced today to 240 months in prison for his role in orchestrating a fraud scheme that resulted in shareholder losses of over $750 million. Acting Assistant Attorney General ...


News Release: A Chicago, Illinois, woman was sentenced to 30 months in prison today for conspiring to file fraudulent tax returns using stolen identities, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and Acting U.S. Attorney Joel R. Levin of the Northern District of Illinois.


Federal Reserve Board announces annual indexing of reserve requirement exemption amount and of low reserve tranche for 2018

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced the annual indexing of two amounts used in determining reserve requirements of depository institutions. These amounts are the reserve requirement exemption amount and the low reserve tranche.


Statement by U.S. Secretary of Labor Acosta on October Jobs Report

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta issued the following statement on the October 2017 Employment Situation report: “October’s jobs report shows a return to strong pre-hurricane employment growth, with 261,000 new jobs created in October and upward revisions of +51,000 jobs for September and +39,000 jobs for August. Including revisions, this month’s report reflects 351,000 additional jobs. Since January, the economy has added nearly 1.5 million jobs.


General Foreman at Port Elizabeth Convicted of Submitting False Timesheets

News Release: NEWARK, NJ – After a seven-day trial, a jury sitting in U.S. District Court in Newark found Paul Moe Sr., general foreman for a Port Elizabeth terminal operator, guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and 13 substantive counts of wire fraud.


The US State Department published a one page notice on Nov. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Nov. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Nov. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Nov. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Nov. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Nov. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a six page notice on Nov. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Nov. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Nov. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Nov. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Nov. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.