News published on Federal Newswire in September 2017

News from September 2017


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Fairfax attorney has been indicted by a federal grand jury for his alleged role in three fraud schemes totaling over $1.4 million in losses, including embezzling over $653,000 from Virginia State Senator Richard Saslaw’s campaign fund.


New Jersey Man Sentenced to Prison for Wire Fraud

News Release: Mortgage Broker Stole $132,450 From East Greenbush Client.


News Release: Fifteen Defendants ranging from VP to Loan Officers Sentenced for Fraud that Resulted in Bank Collapse.



Third Bandido Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge in Connection with the Murder of Hells Angel Anthony Benesh in 2006

News Release: In San Antonio today, 40-year-old Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Organization (OMO) San Antonio Centro Chapter Sergeant at Arms Jesse James Benavidez pleaded guilty to a federal charge in connection with the murder of Hells Angel Anthony Benesh in 2006 announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin...


Utah Chiropractor Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion and Obstructing the IRS

News Release: Utah Chiropractor Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion and Obstructing the IRS.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a preliminary analysis of the Graham-Cassidy Senate Republican health care bill...


Gowdy, Cummings Urge White House, Federal Agencies to Comply with Federal Record Keeping Laws

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) sent letters to the White House and 24 federal agencies renewing the Committee's previous request for information related to senior officials' use of personal, private, or alias email accounts to conduct official government business.


Sleeping Bear Dunes Receives Field Trip Grant from the National Park Foundation

News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) was selected to receive a 2017 field trip grant from the National Park Foundation (NPF), the official charity of America’s national parks. This grant will allow fourth grade classes the opportunity to explore the National Lakeshore on a snowshoeing...


District Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Stranger in Her Home

News Release: Neighbors Heard Screams and Called Police, Who Arrested Defendant at Scene.


Temporary closures adjacent to Gunsight Pass Road due to an abandoned mine cleanup

News Release: GUNNISON, Colo. - Gunsight Pass Road users will experience short-term, increased truck traffic and temporary closures over the next two months due to an abandoned mine cleanup project. The Bureau of Land Management Colorado Gunnison Field Office; the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety; the Coal Creek Watershed Coalition; and the Crested Butte Land Trust are coordinating to conduct the abandoned mine land cleanup project through Oct. 31, 2017.


News Release: KOSCIUSKO, MS: The landscape makeover of the Kosciusko Welcome Center is more than just a new pretty face. The renovation of the gardens surrounding the center helps to celebrate the natural beauty and cultural heritage of Mississippi.


16 Florida companies become IMAGE members

News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - The fifth-largest conventional supermarket chain in the U.S. and two additional companies and their subsidiaries became the latest employers to be certified by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) employment compliance program called IMAGE at a recent ceremony.


News Release: Point Reyes National Seashore Acting Superintendent Steve Mietz, stated that beginning today and going through Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 27, an extreme fire danger alert within the Seashore is in effect. The alert is in effect due to potential high fire danger from extremely high temperatures, low relative humidity, and offshore winds.


Hatch Opening Statement at Finance Committee Graham-Cassidy Hearing

News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a hearing on the Graham-Cassidy-Johnson-Heller healthcare proposal.


News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park offers free entrance and two opportunities to help protect Hawai‘i this Saturday, National Public Lands Day, Sept. 30, by removing invasive plant species in the park and in the Ocean View community.


News Release: DAYTON, Ohio - Robert Steven Jones, 29, of Anna, Ohio, pleaded guilty to 11 charges involving the sexual exploitation of minors, including an infant and a seven-year-old girl.


Las Vegas Man Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for His Role in Multi-Million-Dollar Advance Fee Business Loan Fraud Scheme

News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for his participation in a $3.2 million advance fee scheme to fraudulently obtain money from victims seeking business loans, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.


Soldier of Violent Bloods Street Gang Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison for Racketeering Conspiracy

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A soldier of the Sex Money Murder set of the Bloods street gang was sentenced today to 264 months in prison for his role in a racketeering conspiracy that involved attempted murder and conspiracy to distribute heroin, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.


News Release: Tacoma Fugitive Santiago Mederos Added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List.