News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 42-year-old woman has been ordered to federal prison following her conviction of conspiracy to import methamphetamine and heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Aurelia Rufino-Pilar pleaded guilty Sept. 5, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that James Palladino, 54, of Delray Beach, Florida, who was convicted of conspiracy to engage in monetary transactions, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to six months in prison and ordered to forfeit $175,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine base, commonly known as crack, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Top House and Senate Democratic health leaders today called into question the legality of Idaho’s reported plan to allow health insurers to offer “state-based plans" that do not meet consumer protections required under federal law. In a letter sent to Trump Administration officials, the lawmakers expressed...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that former owners of a local construction company, Patriot Company, Inc., have pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a “rent-a-vet" scheme to fraudulently obtain more than $13.8 million in federal contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - Two Boston-area investment advisors were charged today in federal court in Boston with using their clients’ funds to make their own investments and to pay personal expenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, Byung J. “BJay" Pak, has announced leadership changes designed to address Department of Justice priorities, critical issues in the district, and the vision for the priorities of this Office, to enhance the mission of the office, and better serve the citizens of this district.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Honeywell today sentenced Daniel R. Kendricks (46, Bradenton) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The Court also ordered him to forfeit the firearm used in the offense. Kendricks was found guilty after a bench trial on Oct. 31, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: What the CHIP Deal Can Teach Us About Bipartisanship.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats sent a letter to Strava today requesting a briefing on the company’s data and security practices in light of reports that the company has publicly shared personal information that put its users at risk. Security analysts have raised the possibility that Strava’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Young Bloods Fugitive Steven C. Touch Arrested.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats sent a letter to Strava today requesting a briefing on the company’s data and security practices in light of reports that the company has publicly shared personal information that put its users at risk. Security analysts have raised the possibility that Strava’s...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Special Sunday ranger-led snowshoe hikes are being added to the program calendar at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) this winter! In addition to their regularly scheduled Saturday hikes, snowshoe hikes will be offered on Sundays at 1:00 p.m., February 4 and February 11. Meet at the National Lakeshore’s Philip A. Hart Visitor Center in Empire. Reservations are required. Please call 231-326-4700, extension 5010, for details and to make reservations.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: We write to you with deep concern regarding harassment in the workplace and to obtain information on what you are doing to address the issue within your agency. As you are well aware, workplace harassment is not a new issue that workers face; it is pervasive, systemic, and unacceptable.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Philadelphia removed a former soldier of the Republika Serbian Krajina who failed to disclose his role in the ethnically motivated murder of a Croatian couple during the war in the former Yugoslavia...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Guatemalan national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to failing to register as a sex offender and to illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Top House and Senate Democratic health leaders today called into question the legality of Idaho’s reported plan to allow health insurers to offer “state-based plans" that do not meet consumer protections required under federal law. In a letter sent to Trump Administration officials, the lawmakers expressed...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) released the following statement after the State of the Union address by President Donald Trump...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Vivian Wang, 54, of Alpharetta, Georgia, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft related to a nationwide casino and credit card scheme, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan. and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich. wrote a letter to U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo to seek information about the Commission’s oversight of the emerging cryptocurrency bitcoin futures and options.
