News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Eighty-Four, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to defraud the United States, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that KELLY RAY POTTER JR, age 41, of McAlester, Oklahoma pled guilty to DRUG CONSPIRACY, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 846, 841(a)(1), and 841(b)(1)(A), punishable by not less than 10 years imprisonment, and up to life imprisonment, and up to a $10,000,000.00 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Chaoyi Le, 28, of Shanghai, China, who was convicted of Lacey Act False Labeling, was sentenced to time served and fined $5,000 by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $3,518.75 to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Randy Rance, 56, of Tonawanda, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with distribution and possession of child pornography. The charges carry a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 20 years and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - For the ninth consecutive year, the Zion Forever Project will host 24 distinguished artists, for a week of creativity and inspiration, while painting the beauty of Zion Canyon in plein air style. The Zion National Park Plein Air Art Invitational celebrates the influence of original art in the founding of the National Park Service, over one hundred years ago, and raises money to support the Park’s Youth Education Initiative and Arts Programs.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Today the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced it will hold a series of public meetings from mid-November through mid-December to gather vital public input on the proposed Ambler Road. The BLM is developing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) identifying and analyzing concerns...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2017
News Release: The National Park Service invites the public to the 2nd Annual Thunder on the River Living.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 29, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) publicly released a written memorandum from the non-partisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) that states...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: A Greenwich, Connecticut man pleaded guilty yesterday to failing to report funds he maintained in foreign bank accounts to the Department of Treasury, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente for the Eastern ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Mohamad Jamal Khweis, 28, of Alexandria, Virginia, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for providing material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: The former owner of a Las Vegas strip club was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for evading payment of more than $1.7 million in employment taxes, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: The Drug Enforcement Administration will join forces tomorrow with more than 4,000 local, tribal, and community partners at more than 5,000 collection sites to collect potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. The effort will help prevent these drugs, including opioids, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev, 27, a citizen of Uzbekistan and resident of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: A Boynton Beach, Florida, resident was sentenced to 30 months in prison today in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida for corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the due administration of the internal revenue laws and theft of government funds, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: "Today’s release of the gross domestic product growth for Q3 2017 proves that President Trump’s bold agenda is steadily overcoming the dismal economy inherited from the previous Administration. This is a remarkable achievement in view of the recent hurricanes which have shattered so many lives. As we ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: On Oct. 27, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Minister of Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu met to discuss the U.S.-India commercial relationship and launch their first session of the U.S.-India Commercial Dialogue. Upon noting the impressive three-fold increase in total U.S.-India trade since ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the affirmative preliminary determination in this antidumping duty (AD) investigation, finding that exporters of aluminum foil from the People’s Republic of China (China) sold their product at prices that resulted in preliminary dumping margins ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK, NY – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Acme Parts, Inc., of Brooklyn have reached a settlement agreement to improve Acme Parts’ workplace safety and health.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 27, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on Oct. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 27, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Oct. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
