News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Three individuals in Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty this week to conspiring to steal more than $2 million in tax refunds from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that three men have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy to import and distribute methamphetamine in Ketchikan, Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: GREAT FALLS - Poplar resident Brian Douglas Eagle, 23, admitted sex abuse charges in federal court on Monday after he tried to assault the victim while she was taking a shower, U.S. Attorney Kurt G. Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that, U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced VICTOR ZELAYA-FUNEZ, age 38, a Honduran national residing in Zachary, Louisiana, to 185 months in federal prison following his convictions for sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Tiffany Culbertson, 23, of Meridian, Idaho, pleaded guilty last week to conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act extortion under official color of right, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Culbertson pleaded guilty in front of Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge pursuant to a written plea agreement filed with the Court. Culbertson’s sentencing is set for Feb. 21, 2019.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has issued a Notice of Intent for a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects to enhance the performance and economics of the existing and future coal fleet.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Emma Semler, 23, of Collegeville, PA was convicted today by a jury of one count of distribution, and aiding and abetting the distribution, of heroin resulting in death, and one count of distribution, and aiding and...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 96 months in prison and six years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: Classrooms More Racially and Ethnically Diverse.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that a Juneau couple has been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy to distribute drugs in Juneau, Alaska.
By State Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing entitled “Development, Diplomacy, and Defense: Promoting U.S. Interests in Africa.".
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: FBI Tech Tuesday: Business Email Compromise (BEC)-Gift Card Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey today announced that Target Corporation has agreed to pay a total of $3,000,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act and Massachusetts False Claims Act by submitting claims for payment to Massachusetts’ Medicaid program in violation of rules prohibiting Medicaid prescriptions from being automatically refilled.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: PINEHURST, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking information from the public in regards to the unauthorized removal of multiple live, green Douglas-fir trees on public land under the jurisdiction of the Coeur d’Alene Field Office in the vicinity of the West Fork of Pine Creek and the...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: POSTPONED: Mandating a $15 Minimum Wage: Consequences for Workers and Small Businesses
By DOL Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, took to the Senate floor to outline her opposition to Jonathan Kobes’ nomination to serve on the Eight Circuit Court of Appeals. In her remarks, Senator...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 96 months in prison and six years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: OWENSBORO, Ky. - A Millwood, Kentucky, man, has pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Joseph H. McKinley on Monday, to multiple counts of production and distribution of child pornography, and possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Tyrone D. Marshall, age 37, of Troy, New York, was sentenced yesterday to 92 months in prison, to be followed by 6 years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine in Albany and Rensselaer Counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jaquan Walker, age 24, of Troy, New York, was sentenced yesterday to 60 months in prison for possessing and intending to distribute crack cocaine.
