News from August 2018
By DOE Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement after President Trump signed into law H.R. 2345, the National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense Against Travel Scams.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Darren Clay Robinson, aka “Mountain," age 54, of Schenectady, New York, and Teaneck, New Jersey, pled guilty today to conspiring with more than 10 people to distribute heroin, crack cocaine and cocaine throughout the Capital Region.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces that United States District Court Judge William H. Steele sentenced Matthew Dean Adams on Aug. 14, 2018 to time served since his incarceration on Feb. 22, 2018 for participating in interstate threatening communications. Adams was ordered to have no contact with his victims and must successfully complete 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 42-year-old Honduran national illegally in the United States has been sentenced to federal prison for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman announced that 16 entities will receive $3.5 million for laboratory and pilot-scale research projects as part of the Desalination and Water Purification Research Program. The DWPR Program works with Reclamation researchers and partners to develop more innovative, cost-effective and technologically efficient ways to desalinate water.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: Four Energy and Commerce Democrats sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today demanding to know when he and his staff learned that the Commission had provided inaccurate information about why its comment system went down during the net neutrality repeal public comment...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has determined that Oscar A. Lopez was not a responsibly connected member of Coram Deo Farms Inc., Tubac, Ariz.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Chalmer “Chuck" Detling, II has been arraigned on seven counts of wire fraud and eight counts of aggravated identity theft. Detling was indicted by a federal grand jury on August 8, 2018, for using the identities of 36 former clients without their knowledge or authorization in order to apply for and obtain 50 fraudulent litigation advances, totaling hundreds of thousands dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Debra Kerouac, 28, of Manchester, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty to one count of producing child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - The Obi Fire is estimated at 9,921 acres. Growth today was primarily in the southern portions of the fire perimeter as the fire continues to back down towards Cape Royal. Fire behavior is active with isolated tree torching and surface fire of one to four foot flames where the fire is consuming dead logs. The fire continues to grow through pine needles and downed logs.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former Los Angeles County deputy sheriff pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana as part of an interstate drug trafficking scheme in which the deputy agreed to use his position as a law enforcement officer to ensure the successful transport of narcotics.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: While speaking at the DHS National Cybersecurity Summit in New York City on July 31st, Vice President Pence calls on the United States Senate to take action before the end of the year to enact legislation creating the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division today announced the formation of the Newark/Philadelphia Regional Medicare Fraud Strike Force (Regional Strike Force), a joint law enforcement effort that brings together the resources and expertise of the Health ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island today announced a settlement agreement with the Providence public school district that will provide English language services to the district’s 8,000 students who currently lack fluency ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a settlement with Mississippi Delta Community College (MDCC) to resolve allegations that MDCC discriminated against Pamela Venton on the basis of race in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended. Title VII is a federal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: A Monroe, North Carolina resident was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for attempting to interfere with the due administration of the Internal Revenue laws, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: On Aug. 8, Chief Judge James C. Dever III of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina entered an order that revoked the naturalized U.S. citizenship of a child sex offender; restrained and enjoined him from claiming any rights, privileges, or advantages of U.S. citizenship; ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: A former Microsoft employee was sentenced today to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with the spread of a particular type of ransomware commonly referred to as Reveton. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with Native American Community Health Center (Native Health), a private corporation located in Phoenix, Arizona. The settlement agreement resolves allegations that Native Health violated the employment rights of Commander ...
