News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger announced that on June 1, 2018, United States District Court Judge J.P. Stadtmueller sentenced Edy Matute to 41 months in prison for being an illegal alien in possession of firearms in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(5)(A) & 924(a)(2). Matute also received a sentencing enhancement for possessing the firearms in connection with drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2018
News Release: Largest Increase in AUSAs in Decades Allocates Prosecutors to Focus on Violent Crime, Civil Enforcement, and Immigration Crimes.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today released the first video in a series featuring committee members highlighting their legislative efforts to combat the opioid crisis. These videos will highlight just a handful of the 57 legislative solutions the committee advanced to the full House in May.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today released the first video in a series featuring committee members highlighting their legislative efforts to combat the opioid crisis. These videos will highlight just a handful of the 57 legislative solutions the committee advanced to the full House in May.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced they will issue new state by state scorecards.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2018
News Release: Legg Mason, Inc. (Legg Mason), a Maryland-based investment management firm, has entered into a non-prosecution agreement with the Department of Justice and agreed to pay $64.2 million to resolve the Department’s investigation into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in connection with Legg Mason’s participation, through a subsidiary, in a Libyan bribery scheme.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced they will issue new state by state scorecards.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after new reports disclosed that Facebook gave phone and electronic device makers access to vast amounts of user data...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2018
News Release: Largest increase includes AUSA in Rhode Island to support the newly created Prescription Interdiction & Litigation Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore has sentenced Michael Rubino (59, Clearwater) to 13 months in federal prison for bankruptcy fraud and equity skimming. Rubino had pleaded guilty on Jan. 31, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2018
News Release: Largest Increase in AUSAs in Decades Allocates Prosecutors to Focus on Violent Crime, Civil Enforcement and Immigration Crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2018
News Release: Husband and wife thieves to serve nearly six years; fence to serve two.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Larry Malloy, 25, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to distributing Schedule I and Schedule II controlled substances, including heroin and fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 4, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recognized the energy productivity achievements of C.F. Martin & Co. ® (Martin Guitar), a Nazareth, Pennsylvania-based guitar manufacturer and a partner in DOE’s Better Plants Challenge. As a partner in DOE’s Better Plants Challenge, Martin Guitar committed to improving...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 4, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after new reports disclosed that Facebook gave phone and electronic device makers access to vast amounts of user data...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Five Florida residents have admitted to their involvement with a gas station skimming fraud scheme, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that two persons have pled guilty to the smuggling and transporting of fourteen illegal aliens who traveled on foot from Quebec to Derby, Vermont in October 2017. The two defendants are Alberto Alvarado-Castro, 30, a Mexican citizen, and Hector Perez-Alvarado, 25, a Honduras citizen.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2018
News Release: On the 500th day of the Trump Administration, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and U.S. Attorney for the District of Oklahoma, Trent Shores announced that the Department of Justice is taking a dramatic step to increase resources to combat violent crime, enforce our immigration laws, and help roll back the devastating opioid crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Joseph Norko, 51, of Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, was sentenced on Friday to serve 121 months in prison for attempting to arrange sexual encounters with children.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger announced today that Jonathan Tilman Lane, from Kiel, Wisconsin, was arrested and appeared in federal court in Milwaukee to face charges of tampering with a consumer product.
