News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: While in Cleveland, Ohio, Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced the unsealing of a 43-count indictment in federal court in Cleveland, which charges two Chinese citizens with operating a conspiracy that manufactured and shipped deadly fentanyl analogues and 250 other drugs to at least 25 countries and 37 states. The indictment also alleges the drugs sold by the group directly led to the fatal overdoses of two people in Akron, Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: A New York man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York to one count of cyberstalking, stemming from his extensive cyberstalking campaign that targeted a woman he dated for several months in 2013 and 2014. The victim’s name is being withheld to protect her privacy.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: Ghobad Ghasempour, 38, a Canadian national, was sentenced on Aug. 20, in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 42 months in prison for conspiracy to unlawfully export U.S. goods to Iran.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: The former managing director and vice chairman of a Swiss bank pleaded guilty today for his role in a billion-dollar international scheme to launder funds embezzled from Venezuelan state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: A senior leader of the Aryan Circle (AC) and a subordinate gang member pleaded guilty today and yesterday to being an accessory-after-the-fact to racketeering murder, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph of the Western District of Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: On Aug. 15, Judge Thomas F. Hogan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia entered an order that revoked the naturalized U.S. citizenship of a convicted war criminal. The court held that defendant Edin Dzeko, a native of the former Yugoslavia, procured his U.S. citizenship illegally ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: A federal jury in Las Vegas, Nevada convicted a Las Vegas man of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson of the District of Nevada.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON--Three federal banking agencies today issued an interim final rule amending the agencies' liquidity rules to treat certain eligible municipal securities as high-quality liquid assets, as required by the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act of 2018 (EGRRCPA).
By Fed Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on July 31-Aug. 1, 2018.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: The United States cannot expect to field a modern military if it does not have the capability to produce the high-purity aluminum required to build and maintain armaments used by our military. President Donald J. Trump understands this essential principle, and therefore made a historic decision on March ...
By Commerce News Now | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: Thank you, Dustin, for that kind introduction, and thank you Michael Bless and the workers here in Hawesville for graciously hosting me and our team from the Department of Commerce. We are honored to be here to celebrate this historic day.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, TN – Hillis Group LLC, based in Rock Island, Tennessee, will pay $89,204 in back wages and liquidated damages to 42 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found that the asphalt and trucking company violated overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: KILLBUCK, OH – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Sperry & Rice LLC for 44 safety and health violations at its rubber and plastic manufacturing plant in Killbuck, Ohio. The company faces penalties totaling $400,775.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO, IL - U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta and U.S. Small Business Administrator Linda McMahon discussed President Trump’s strong support for America’s small business job creators during a visit today to Superior Graphite, a small business manufacturer in Chicago.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 22, 2018
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 22, 2018
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 22, 2018
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 22, 2018
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 22, 2018
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 22, 2018
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
