News from September 2017

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Kearneysville, West Virginia woman has admitted to distributing cocaine, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Sept. 21, 2017.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, NC - Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina announced today a settlement reached with Bank of America (the Bank) to resolve the United States’ investigation of certain trading activity by the Bank’s New York “Swaps Desk" involving trading ahead of...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: For Further Information, Contact: Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara A. Stingley (619)546-8403 or Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph J.M. Orabona (619)546-7951.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - King Edward Harris II was sentenced today to five years in prison for distributing fentanyl pills, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Guatemalan national was charged yesterday in federal court in Boston with an immigration crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, NC - Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina announced today a settlement reached with Bank of America (the Bank) to resolve the United States’ investigation of certain trading activity by the Bank’s New York “Swaps Desk" involving trading ahead of...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Florida Return Preparers Sentenced to Prison for Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Harpers Ferry, West Virginia man has admitted to distributing heroin, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: GLENNALLEN, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management Glennallen Field Office has approved Constantine North Inc.’s request to construct a road to access federal and state mining claims located 30 miles north of Haines, Alaska within the Porcupine Mining District.

By State Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) has announced the House of Representatives will consider H.R. 2061, the North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2017 next week. The legislation reauthorizes activities to promote human rights and democracy in North Korea; activities...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: DAYTON - Ronald Scott Gibson, 46, of West Manchester, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 200 months in prison for distributing child pornography after having been convicted of a prior related state sex offense.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Roseburg, OR. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the 2017 closing dates for the Roseburg District campgrounds.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based subsidiary of Novelion Therapeutics Inc., has agreed to pay over $35 million to resolve criminal and civil charges relating to its marketing of Juxtapid, a drug that is labeled with...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Cassie Tillinghast, 32, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to bank fraud before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.

By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: A General Management Plan for the Moccasin Bend National Archeological District received final authorization from the National Park Service on Sept. 14, 2017. Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP is looking forward to implementing the plan which includes establishment of a visitor...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that John Breault, age 31, made an initial appearance in federal court in Burlington today on a heroin distribution charge. United States Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy released Mr. Breault on conditions.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Craig Watters, age 30, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been charged with distribution, receipt, and possession of child pornography. The charges are contained in an Indictment filed on Sept. 14, 2017 in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.

By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Get outdoors and take part in the celebration for National Public Lands Day 2017, with Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area on Saturday, September 30. One night of free camping has been authorized at the Alum Ford Campground as well as for all backcountry permits.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ELENA ILIZAROV, 45, of Stamford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for using an identity theft victim’s personal identifying information to submit fraudulent bills to private insurance companies offering dental insurance.