News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - An undocumented Mexican national has been ordered to federal prison for assaulting and injuring the Border Patrol (BP) agent who arrested him, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Roman Sanchez-Rivera, 27, pleaded guilty Feb. 17, 2017.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: On October 24 at 2 p.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development and the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies will hold a joint hearing on "Public-Private Solutions to Educating a Cyber Workforce". The hearing will take place in room 210 of the House Capitol Visitor's Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - DEA Acting Administrator Robert Patterson today announced results of the 2017 National Drug Threat (NDTA), which outlines the threats posed to the United States by domestic and international drug trafficking and the abuse of illicit drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that DENISE TAYLOR, age 55, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, pled guilty to EMBEZZLEMENT AND THEFT FROM INDIAN TRIBAL ORGANIZATION, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1163, punishable by not more than 5 years imprisonment, and up to a $250,000.00 fine or both.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to the CEOs of Google, Facebook and Twitter today requesting a meeting to discuss the companies’ policies for content management and advertising on their platforms. The request follows multiple reports of vague and confusing content guidelines that are frequently applied inconsistently.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: I am writing to request that you join me in placing the full authority of the Committee behind a letter that I and other members of the Maryland congressional delegation sent on Aug. 18, 2017, requesting documents and information from the Kushner Companies relating to multiple reports...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - A Central Texas man, who pleaded guilty in July 2017 to two counts of receiving child pornography, was sentenced last week by Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 168 months in federal prison.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after the House Steering Committee selected Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) to serve on the Energy and Commerce Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: United States Files Enforcement Action Against Long Island Company and Its Owner to Prevent Distribution of Adulterated and Misbranded Dietary Supplements.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MICHAEL J. COTTON, age 68, of Bogalusa, was charged today in a one-count Bill of Information with soliciting sexual favors from a woman in exchange for obtaining a bond reduction for her boyfriend.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
Release: ALBANY, N.Y. - A Montgomery County, New York, man was arrested at Albany International Airport (ALB) Friday, Oct. 20, after Transportation Security Administration officers caught the Amsterdam, N.Y., resident trying to carry a loaded.380 caliber handgun past a security checkpoint. The gun was loaded with six bullets.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - An indictment, unsealed today, charges Jason C. Weigand, 47, of Denver, PA, in a scheme to defraud clients of his financial advising businesses, Nations First Financial Group (“Nations First") and First Financial Princeton LLC (“First Princeton"), announced Acting United States Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal bankruptcy laws, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud in two separate cases, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Daniel Jojola, 34, of Roswell, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for violating the federal firearms laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: Twenty-nine individuals have been sentenced for their respective roles in selling guns and drugs in Pompano Beach following a yearlong intensive investigation lead by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Broward Sheriff’s Office. Sentences imposed on the defendants ranged from one to 12 years in prison.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to the CEOs of Google, Facebook and Twitter today requesting a meeting to discuss the companies’ policies for content management and advertising on their platforms. The request follows multiple reports of vague and confusing content guidelines that are frequently applied inconsistently.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after the House Steering Committee selected Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) to serve on the Energy and Commerce Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - An indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Dallas this month, and unsealed last week, charges Tim Jones, 46, of Dallas, Texas, with offenses related to a scheme to illegally solicit payments from probationers, announced John Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - The father-and-son executives of two suburban Chicago tutoring companies have been sentenced to federal prison for orchestrating an $11 million fraud scheme that bilked more than 100 school districts around the country, including Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Leesburg man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for wire fraud in connection with his role in a $9.5 million investment fraud.
