News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Brittany Maunakea, 29, of Manteca, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to two and a half years in prison for conspiracy to commit mail fraud for her role in a scheme to defraud the State of California by filing false unemployment insurance claims, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. Maunakea was also ordered to pay $139,071 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON -- The Department of Justice and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have proposed a reduction for controlled substances that may be manufactured in the U.S. next year. Consistent with President Trump’s “Safe Prescribing Plan" that seeks to “cut nationwide opioid prescription fills...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: ETHAN TSUBASA THAO, 39, of Eureka, California was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on Aug. 13, 2018 for possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Thao was arrested in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. He received twenty-one months of imprisonment, to be followed by...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Fabeon Ah’Keem Minor, 19, of Gulfport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 8 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The second-in-command of the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips street gang was sentenced today to 540 months in prison for his role in committing a murder, participating in numerous attempted murders, plots to kill a state witness and to kidnap a heroin trafficker, and conspiring to distribute heroin, all as part of a racketeering conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: On Aug. 16, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen hosted the fifth Federal Commission on School Safety meeting, which focused on best practices for school building security, active shooter training for schools, and school-based threat assessments. The Commission meeting was chaired by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and attended by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex M. Azar II.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Aug. 16, 2018) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (USFS) announced today a new strategy for managing catastrophic wildfires and the impacts of invasive species, drought, and insect and disease epidemics.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have proposed a reduction for controlled substances that may be manufactured in the U.S. next year. Consistent with President Trump’s “Safe Prescribing Plan” that seeks to “cut nationwide opioid prescription fills by one-third within ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) on Friday held the investiture of 23 new immigration judges, which increases the total number of immigration judges to 351. Since the end of January 2017, 82 immigration judges have been sworn in, and EOIR anticipates three additional hiring classes this fall that will total at least 75 more immigration judges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, six indictments and one criminal complaint were unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging a total of 22 defendants with illegally bringing into the United States millions of dollars of Chinese-manufactured goods by smuggling them through ports of entry on the East and West ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: Two Indiana men are charged with labor-related extortion offenses in a three-count Indictment unsealed today, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski for the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II for the Northern District of Indiana, Special Agent ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice yesterday filed a brief in opposition to a preliminary injunction in the State of Washington v. U.S. Department of State, a case about 3D printed guns.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: A former senator for the U.S. Virgin Islands has been convicted for wire fraud and theft of federal program funds for taking money ostensibly being used to fund a historical research project, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Gretchen C. F. Shappert for the District of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement actions listed below: Flagstar Bancorp, Inc., Troy, Michigan Supervisory Agreement, issued by the Office of Thrift Supervision dated Jan. 27, 2010 (PDF) Terminated Aug. 14, 2018 Santander Holdings USA, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts Written Agreement dated July 2, 2015 (PDF) Terminated Aug. 14, 2018 Additional enforcement actions can be searched for here.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve plans to continue its previously announced periodic testing of the Term Deposit Facility (TDF) with one operation in August. These operations are aimed at ensuring the operational readiness of the TDF and providing eligible institutions with an opportunity to maintain familiarity with term deposit procedures. The TDF test operations are a matter of prudent planning and have no implications for the near-term conduct of monetary policy.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: MANCHESTER, N.H. – Following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), The Fairbank Group LLC will implement extensive corrective measures to resolve violations of the child labor requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and ensure future compliance at ...
By Labor Gazette | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA, GA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed a strategic partnership with Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute’s Safety, Health and Environmental Services Group; Choate Construction Co.; and Associated General Contractors of Georgia Inc. (AGC Georgia) to promote worker safety and health during the construction of the Holbrook of Woodstock, a senior living development project in Woodstock, Georgia.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: WOOSTER, OH – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited ArtiFlex Manufacturing for exposing workers at its Wooster location to amputation hazards after an employee suffered a partial finger amputation. The company faces $213,411 in proposed penalties.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 16, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 16, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
