News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Benjamin G. Greenberg, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announced several Department of Justice actions to reduce the rising tide of violent crime in America. Foremost of those actions is the reinvigoration of “Project Safe...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: CINCINNATI - Omar Israel-Griffin, 27, of Cincinnati, also known as Deuce, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 235 months in prison for dealing fentanyl and heroin that resulted in at least one death.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: Incident information. Photos of Hurricanes Irma and Maria damage and response. San Juan, PR. - San Juan, PR. - The NPS Eastern Incident Management Team (EIMT) continued its efforts to assist national parks in the Caribbean with their recovery from Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The primary focus remains...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that 16 defendants have been indicted in separate cases for firearms offenses.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill is calling for answers after a recent Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General report recommended that FEMA deny Lincoln County over $200,000 of $3 million in recovery aid that was previously awarded to the county, unless it provides proper documentation for its expenditures-even though FEMA gave unclear instructions over what documentation was necessary.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Clarksburg, West Virginia man has admitted to a firearm charge, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-A former Arkansas state judge pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and witness tampering for perpetrating a seven year-long fraud and bribery scheme in which he dismissed cases on his docket in exchange for personal benefits, and then bribed a witness in an attempt to obstruct an official investigation into the scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division made the announcement.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS S&T Press Office, John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 WASHINGTON—New York City-based Red Balloon Security, Inc. was awarded a $746,756 Small Business Innovation Program (SBIR) contract from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) to develop an upgrade to its existing hybrid prediction system for embedded malware detection.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C., October 5, 2017) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today commended Greg Ibach and Bill Northey, two nominees for key posts at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), for their joint appearance before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. President ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced several Department of Justice actions to reduce the rising tide of violent crime in America. Foremost of those actions is the reinvigoration of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a program that has been historically successful in bringing together all levels of law enforcement to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: A former Arkansas State Judge pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and witness tampering for perpetrating a seven year-long fraud and bribery scheme in which he dismissed cases on his docket in exchange for personal benefits, and then bribed a witness in an attempt to obstruct an official investigation into the scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: William Sheldon, Timothy Lewis, and Charles Good appeared today in federal court in Portland, Maine, where each pleaded guilty to violating the Lacey Act by trafficking juvenile American eels (also known as “elvers” or “glass eels”). Sheldon and Lewis had each been separately indicted by a Grand Jury ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: The middleman in a foreign bribery scheme who falsely held himself out as an agent of a foreign official was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for each count, to run concurrently, for his role in a scheme to bribe a foreign official in the Middle East to land a real estate deal, and to defrauding his co-schemers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: Attorney General Jeff B. Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein announced the designation of Robert W. Patterson as the Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Patterson took charge upon the departure of former Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: A New York businessman was arrested today for overseeing a scheme to forge hundreds of thousands of counterfeit documents containing improperly obtained personal information, which he allegedly sold to his clients, who then allegedly provided this information to telemarketers.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: First Bancorp, San Juan, Puerto Rico Written Agreement issued June 3, 2010 Terminated Oct. 3, 2017 The enforcement action from June 2010 can be found here (PDF) , and other enforcement actions can be searched for here.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department will defer issuing its preliminary determination in the antidumping duty (AD) investigation on aluminum foil from China. The deferral will allow the Commerce Department to fully analyze information pertaining to China’s status as a non-market economy (NME) country, which is being contemplated within the context of this AD investigation.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced affirmative preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) investigations on silicon metal, finding that exporters from Australia, Brazil, and Norway have sold this merchandise in the United States at rates ranging from 20.79 percent, 56.78 percent to 134.92 percent, and 3.74 percent, respectively at less than fair value.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
The US Interior Department published a two page proposed rule on Oct. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 5, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
