News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A North Carolina man who conspired with others to gain unauthorized access to government computer systems and online accounts belonging to several United States government officials was sentenced today to 5 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Deptford, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for using a fake Facebook profile to entice children to produce sexually explicit images, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation proposes to grant $350,865 to the University of California, Los Angeles, toward its research on landscape resistance and the movement of genes across a distinct range of California tiger salamander populations, and has prepared an Environmental Assessment to disclose potential effects associated with the research.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: New Jersey, Florida, Arizona and Pennsylvania Men Latest to Plead Guilty in Multimillion Dollar India-Based Call Center Scam Targeting U.S. Victims.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: SEPT. 8, 2017 - The 2015 Annual Surveys of State and Local Government Finances shows revenues, expenditures, debt, and cash and security holdings by level of government. Level of government includes state, local, and state and local combined. The statistics are organized by state. To find out more, visit .
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A federal grand jury in Dallas returned an indictment last week, charging Garland, Texas, residents, Tammy Boulyaphonh, aka “Tammy Doan" and “Tuyet Thi Doan" and Khamlor Boulyaphonh, with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and four counts of false statements on income tax returns, announced John Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: U.S. Citizen Pleads Guilty to Providing Material Support to Al Shabaab.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A former member of the Planning Commission for the City of Westminster has been convicted of a federal bribery charge for soliciting and receiving a $15,000 bribe to help a person obtain a liquor license.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - Two men, formerly of Hyannis, were sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for their roles in a heroin trafficking operation on Cape Cod.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that HAMLET PERALTA was sentenced by United States District Judge Katherine B. Forrest to five years in prison for running a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme to obtain money from investors by fraudulently representing that he was using their investments to further a profitable, multimillion-dollar wholesale liquor business.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that Carlton Tyrone Nash, age 37, of Greenville, was sentenced to 310 months (25.8 years) in federal prison. In April of this year, a jury returned a guilty verdict, following a two-day jury trial in federal court in Anderson...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: EL PASO, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the El Paso Community College - Risk Management Institute have signed an alliance to provide workers, students, and employers in El Paso with information, guidance, and access to OSHA training classes.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: The White River and Sunrise areas of Mount Rainier National Park remain closed due to the unpredictable fire behavior of the Norse Peak Fire. This fire is burning outside the east boundary of the park.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Pecos, NM: Pecos National Historical Park will celebrate the 22nd annual National Public Lands Day by hosting a special free event, “Paint to Hike" on Saturday, September 30th, 2017. Join us in giving back to Pecos by volunteering your time to paint fence posts. In return, receive an afternoon of exploration...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Luis Matias, of Buffalo, 27, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute; and to distribute, butyryl fentanyl, and possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, butyryl fentanyl. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A federal jury has returned four guilty verdicts against the final defendant charged in a racketeering scheme that paid over $250,000 to a clerk in the Orange County Superior Court in exchange for him resolving hundreds of criminal cases and traffic violations without the knowledge of judges or prosecutors.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A North Carolina man who conspired with others to gain unauthorized access to government computer systems and online accounts belonging to several United States government officials was sentenced today to 5 years in prison.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - Next week, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will hold three subcommittee hearings to gather stakeholder perspectives that will assist the Committee in continuing to develop proposals focused on building a 21st century infrastructure for America.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY -The National Women’s Hall of Fame is the nation’s oldest membership organization dedicated to recognizing and celebrating the achievements of great American women. This esteemed group grows with each Induction Ceremony and as women continue to influence and shape the arts, athletics, business, education, government, humanities, philanthropy and science.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - A Texas man pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to transporting a person for the purpose of engaging in prostitution.
