News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - Two Dominican nationals and a Taunton woman pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to their roles in a heroin and fentanyl trafficking organization that operated in Taunton and Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Anthony James Kyyitan, 38, of Laveen, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 45 months in prison for recklessly handling a firearm on the Gila River Indian Community. Kyyitan had previously pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Dr. Allan Spagnardi and Dr. Stacy Spagnardi have been arraigned on conspiracy and fraud charges for using their chiropractic clinic to submit false claims to private insurance providers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A Mexican national who was previously designated as an important target because of his links to international drug trafficking was indicted today by a federal grand jury on narcotics charges related to a meth lab in Hesperia where multiple pounds of methamphetamine were seized.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Allegedly Did Not Disclose His Failure to File or Pay Taxes.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release FEMA News Desk Phone: 202-646-3272 ORLANDO, Fla. – From Pensacola on the west end of the Panhandle to Key West, Hurricane Irma has had a severe impact across the state of Florida.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release FEMA News Desk Phone: 202-646-3272 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved more than $44 million for assistance to individuals and more than $96 million for emergency work in response to hurricanes Irma and Maria.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS S&T Press Office, John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 Washington, D.C.—The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) today announced a $749,928 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award to Manassas, Virginia-based Progeny Systems Corporation for developing a secure, mobile application development environment and deployment process.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Oct. 11, 2017) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today expressed strong support for the tax reform agenda championed by President Donald J. Trump, hailing it as a great benefit to American agricultural producers. President Trump highlighted the tax reform proposals in an event in Pennsylvania featuring truckers and representatives of the trucking industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: The Departments of Justice and State announced today that they have formalized a partnership aimed at protecting U.S. workers from discrimination and combatting fraud by employers that misuse visas. The partnership, memorialized by a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Department of Justice’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement with InMotion Software LLC (InMotion), a software developer and recruiter in Texas, resolving the department’s investigation into whether the company violated the Immigration and Nationality Act’s (INA) anti-discrimination provision. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina charging Bobby Paul Edwards, 52, of Conway, S.C., with one count of forced labor, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John M. Gore of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Beth Drake of the District of South Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced it will offer a $1 million award to the State of Nevada in order to assist with the immediate costs of responding to the mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. The grant is drawn from emergency response funds within the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The grant funds ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: A partial owner of several Florida-based energy companies pleaded guilty today to foreign bribery charges for his role in a scheme to corruptly secure contracts from Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: A congressional staffer was charged today with filing a false security clearance form, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu for the District of Columbia and Assistant Director in Charge Andrew Vale of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: A former congressional staffer pleaded guilty today for his role in orchestrating a scheme to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from charitable foundations and the individuals who ran those foundations to pay for personal expenses and to illegally finance a former congressman’s campaigns for public ...
By Fed Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the execution of the enforcement actions listed below: Bank of Gueydan, Gueydan, Louisiana Order of Assessment of a Civil Money Penalty, dated October 6, 2017 Farmers State Bank, Victor, Montana Order of Assessment of a Civil Money Penalty, dated October 6, 2017 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on September 19-20, 2017. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: "President Trump’s tax plan will make our tax code more simple and fair, and help American business stay competitive. Accomplishing these objectives will lead to increased economic growth, and, most importantly, better jobs for the American worker. Our nation’s 3.6 million truckers will directly benefit ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: ALLENTOWN, PA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), PA-OSHA Consultation Program, and HealthWorks’ Safety Peer Group – a consortium of Lehigh Valley area employers – have established an alliance to enhance workplace safety and health.
