News published on Federal Newswire in January 2018

News from January 2018


News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Joy McShan Edwards, 37, of Steubenville, was convicted in U.S. District Court today of retaliation against a witness.


News Release: A Colombian national was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for his participation in a conspiracy and bribery scheme that resulted in the dismissal of a drug trafficking indictment filed against a Colombia-based drug kingpin, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.


News Release: On Jan. 17, 2018, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), in collaboration with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Federal Communications Commission, conducted a test of micro-jamming technology at the Federal Correctional Institution at Cumberland, Maryland. ...


News Release: U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke sentenced a Miami-area man to 12 months and one day in prison and three years’ supervised release for threatening to shoot members of a mosque in Miami Gardens, Florida, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore of the Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg for the Southern District of Florida.


News Release: A former resident of Overland Park, Kansas, was sentenced to 96 months in prison today for aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of false income tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Beall for the District of Kansas.


News Release: A Superseding Indictment charging Christian Ganczarski, aka Abu Mohamed, aka Abu Mohamed al Amani, aka Ibrahim, aka Ibrahim the German (Ganczarski), 51, with conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals, providing and conspiring to provide material support and resources to terrorists, and conspiring to provide ...


News Release: A New Mexico man pleaded guilty today in St. Paul, Minnesota, to engaging in and directing distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against the websites of his prior employers, business competitors and public services, as well as felon-in-possession charges. Acting Assistant Attorney General John ...


Federal Reserve Board announces $29 million penalty against U.S. operations of Mega International Commercial Bank Co., Ltd.

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced a $29 million penalty against the U.S. operations of Mega International Commercial Bank Co., Ltd., of Taipei, Taiwan, for anti-money laundering violations and required the firm to improve its anti-money laundering oversight and controls.


News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the affirmative preliminary determinations in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of stainless steel flanges from the People’s Republic of China (China) and India, finding that exporters in China and India received countervailable subsidies of 174.73 percent, and from 5.00 to 239.61 percent, respectively.


News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the initiation of new antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations to determine whether certain plastic decorative ribbon from China is being dumped in the United States or if producers in China are receiving unfair subsidies.


News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the affirmative preliminary determinations in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of stainless steel flanges from the People’s Republic of China (China) and India, finding that exporters in China and India received countervailable subsidies of 174.73 percent, and from 5.00 to 239.61 percent, respectively.


News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the affirmative final determinations in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of fine denier polyester staple fiber from the People’s Republic of China (China) and India, finding that exporters from China and India received countervailable subsidies of 41.73 to 47.55 percent and 9.50 to 25.28 percent, respectively.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Jan. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Jan. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Jan. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Jan. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Jan. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Jan. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Jan. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Jan. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.