News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Connecticut man was charged today in federal court with a felony computer hacking offense related to a phishing scheme that gave him illegal access to over 250 Apple iCloud accounts, many of which belonged to members of the entertainment industry in Los Angeles.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth R. Moellering, who handled the case, stated that in November 2014, the defendant opened accounts at five banks in Niagara Falls, NY. Loukisas deposited checks drawn on a Canadian bank account held by her company, PM Global Consulting Services, into the five U.S. accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer was arrested last night on charges of unlawful retention of national defense information.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Vicente Santiago-Castro, 40, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Benton to a term of 16 months in prison for being illegally present in the United States after having previously been removed by immigration officials, announced Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Cry Baby Foods LLC satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man who worked as an emergency medical technician and volunteer firefighter today admitted enticing a child to produce sexually explicit images, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Donna Arledge, age 43, of Greer, pled guilty in federal court in Greenville, to a conspiracy to commit mail theft, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371. United States District Judge Bruce H. Hendricks, of Charleston, accepted the plea and will impose sentence after she has reviewed the presentence report which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md.-The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has made four awards totaling approximately $266,000 to support standards education in undergraduate and graduate-level curricula. Since 2012, NIST’s Standards Services Curricula Development Cooperative Agreement Program has made 31 awards totaling more than $1.8 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Anthony Allen Bernal, 28, of Nampa, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to unlawful possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. A federal grand jury indicted Bernal on Sept. 14, 2017. The indictment alleged that Bernal possessed a firearm after previously being convicted of a felony crime.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 16, 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, issued a statement following the news that 3.2 million more individuals were uninsured by the end of 2017 as compared to the end of 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - A French Creek, West Virginia man has admitted today to distributing methamphetamines and a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Blake Alan Miller, age 34, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 180 months imprisonment and 5 years supervised release for Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B).
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler and House Homeland Security Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson today released a joint statement in response to a misleading report released by the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security regarding terrorism in America.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two defendants pleaded guilty today to federal drug crimes, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Debra Martin, 34, of Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 100 grams of more of heroin. In a separate prosecution, Schauwne Martin, 36, of Dunbar, pleaded guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Bassett Mirror Company Agrees to Pay $10.5 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Evaded Customs Duties.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Several maintenance projects to improve park facilities and trails are scheduled to begin by late January 2018. These projects are paid for with visitor entrance fees. Some projects will last several days; others will take several months. Because schedules may change due to weather or site conditions, updates will be posted at visitor centers, on the park website, via press releases, and on the park’s Facebook page. A list of planned maintenance work follows.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: NEWNAN, Ga. - Ramiro Hermosillo-Salazar has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for violations of federal drug and firearm laws. Law enforcement uncovered a methamphetamine “superlab" containing approximately 400 pounds of crystal and liquid methamphetamine at Hermosillo’s residence in Palmetto, Georgia, along with several loaded firearms.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired an oversight hearing focused on the domestic and global energy outlook, featuring testimony from the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Dr. Fatih Birol. During the hearing, Murkowski and Birol discussed the significant improvements ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer was arrested last night on charges of unlawful retention of national defense information.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler and House Homeland Security Ranking Member Bennie Thompson today released a joint statement in response to amisleading report released by the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security regarding terrorism in America.
