News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Thomas G. Buckner, 66, of Gibsonia, Pa., and his brother, John. P. Buckner of Lyndora, Pa., have been sentenced in federal court to 30 months incarceration and a $500,000 fine, and 24 months incarceration and a $300,000 fine, respectively, on charges of major fraud against the U.S. Department of Defense and income tax evasion violations, United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation and Napa County are postponing their scheduled community forum Oct. 11 at the Lake Berryessa Senior Center. The postponement is due to fires affecting the area and for the safety of those in the community. The forum will be rescheduled and announced at a later date.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - An Andover woman was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for stealing more than $100,000 from her employer.
By State Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - This afternoon, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will participate in a panel discussion entitled “Overcoming Challenges, Empowering Girls." The event, which promotes girls’ education and ending child marriage and FGM, is hosted by Girls Not Brides USA and the FGM Network in cooperation with the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Former North Carolina Police Officer Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Participation in Drug Distribution Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that Halsey B. Frank has taken the oath of office to become the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine. U.S. Attorney Frank was nominated by President Donald Trump on July 27, 2017 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 4, 2017. He took the oath of office today from U.S. District Court Chief Judge Nancy Torresen.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS S&T Press Office, John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded a $67,152 contract to Philadelphia-based small business, Heilig Defense, LLC, to harden the cyber-defenses of financial institutions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: A former police officer with the Windsor, North Carolina Police Department was sentenced today to 180 months in prison for accepting bribe payments from a purported large-scale drug trafficking organization in exchange for protecting shipments of purported narcotics. Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. of the Eastern District of North Carolina made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it reached an agreement with Bar-T Year Round Programs for Kids (Bar-T), located in Montgomery County, Maryland, to remedy alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Title III of the ADA prohibits public accommodations, including child ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Gregory G. Brooker of the District of Minnesota announced the conviction of a former employee of Canadian Pacific Railway for causing intentional damage to Canadian Pacific’s computer network.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: A federal jury convicted the owner and chief executive officer of an armored vehicle company for his role in a scheme to provide the U.S. Department of Defense with armored gun trucks that did not meet ballistic and blast protection requirements set out in the company’s contracts with the United States. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: An Antioch, Tennessee, woman was convicted today by a federal jury sitting in Nashville, Tennessee, of eight counts each of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Donald ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: A Lauderhill, Florida, man pleaded guilty today to aggravated identity theft and conspiring to use stolen IDs to file fraudulent tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg for the Southern District of Florida.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: DALLAS, TX – On Oct. 10, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which had ceased most programmed enforcement actions following Hurricane Harvey, resumed normal enforcement throughout Texas and Louisiana.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) joined U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta for a mine safety tour of ICG Beckley, LLC’s Pocahontas Beckley Mine in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Officials from the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), which is an agency within the Department of Labor, also participated in the mine safety tour.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 10, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 10, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 10, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 10, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 10, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
