News from December 2018
By Commerce News Now | Dec 12, 2018
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 12, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a one page proposed rule on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: Company Ignored Concerns Raised by Compliance Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that eight defendants were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, and one kilogram or more of heroin. The charge carries a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Richard Lee Hollobaugh, of Parsons, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 24 months incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced JAMIL HASSAN LEWIS, 37, of Henderson to 63 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kristina O’Connell, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging ANA NUNEZ, also known as Ana Pagoaga, 47, of Naugatuck, with 12 counts of filing false tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with a scam in which he and co-conspirators defrauded victims by pretending to be employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Raleigh has returned a superseding indictment charging five foreign nationals with various federal crimes stemming from a bribery and kickback scheme, including money laundering, immigration fraud, and a subsequent murder for hire plot.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement after Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., was named as the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) beginning in the 116th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal judge today sentenced the former Chief Executive Officer of a suburban pharmaceutical company to four years in prison for pocketing $2.2 million from investors and spending the money on property in Michigan, golf and yacht club dues, and trading in options on futures contracts.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Acting Administrator Dan Elwell today named D. Kirk Shaffer as the FAA Associate Administrator for Airports, effective December 17. In this position, Shaffer will oversee the annual Airport Improvement Program (AIP). Since 2017 through the AIP program, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham. United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STEVEN F. HARVIN, 53, of New Haven, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of theft from programs receiving federal funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that eight defendants were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, and one kilogram or more of heroin. The charge carries a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former Bergen County, New Jersey, man was arrested today in Park City, Kansas, on charges that he defrauded at least 20 people by soliciting investments in what he claimed were highly successful financial instruments, but which was actually a Ponzi scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Harvey E. Schlesinger has sentenced John Eric Williams (49, Jacksonville) to three years and four months in federal prison for escaping from custody at a Jacksonville halfway house. This sentence will run consecutive to the remaining portion of the 70-month federal prison sentence he was serving when he absconded.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A suspended Massachusetts State Police Trooper pleaded guilty today in connection with the ongoing investigation of overtime abuse at the Massachusetts State Police (MSP).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Marc Beaulieu, 31, of Caribou, Maine, was sentenced to serve 60 months in federal prison for robbing a credit union in Somersworth, New Hampshire.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: Doctor Pleads Guilty To Obstructing The IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Robert Peters, 53, and Steven Reindahl, 55, both of Turtle Lake, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Madison to hindering a federal grand jury investigation by providing false testimony about a January 2017 Montana mountain lion hunt. This charge carries maximum penalties of six months in prison, a $50,000 fine, and five years of probation.
