News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that WILLIAM McFARLAND pled guilty today to one count of wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud investors in a company controlled by McFARLAND, Fyre Media Inc. (“Fyre Media"), as well as its subsidiary...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Michael Jeffrey Sanders, 27, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced today in United
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Stanislav Nazarov, 46, a dual citizen of Israel and Russia, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after earlier pleading guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering stemming from his role in an international fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Feb. 28, 2018, Dean Alan Treadway, 69, of Knoxville, Tennessee, pleaded guilty before the Honorable Leon Jordan, Senior U.S. District Judge, to possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: St. Mary’s County Health Officer Receives FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award for Her Efforts to Combat the Nation’s Opioid Crisis.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: This morning, the Finance Committee meets to discuss the challenge of protecting consumers from counterfeit goods. And, I am glad that we are having this discussion, which is overdue in my book. In addition, I hope that this Committee will soon hold hearings on the administration’s many trade activities -- including the steel and aluminum investigations and potential tariffs, the NAFTA renegotiations, and the investigation of China under Section 301.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: McFarland Engaged in a Scheme to Defraud over 80 Investors in Fyre Media Inc. and Fyre Festival LLC, as well as a Fyre Festival Ticket Vendor, Causing More Than $26 Million in Losses.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Jesus Patino-Lopez, age 31, of Murrells Inlet, SC, pled guilty in federal court in Florence, to Illegal Re-Entry into the United States, a violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a). United States Magistrate...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Westernport, Maryland woman has admitted to distributing cocaine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: OAKLAND - Quincy Krashna pleaded guilty this afternoon to committing wire fraud as part of a scheme to defraud European concert promoters, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The plea was accepted by the Honorable Jeffrey S. White, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Michael McNeill was sentenced to 120 months in prison and Joshua Flynn was sentenced to 84 months in prison in connection with a multi-count indictment arising from a fraudulent telemarketing enterprise that often targeted elderly victims. Both defendants were also ordered to pay restitution...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) gave the following speech on the House Floor today during consideration of H.R. 4986, the RAY BAUM’s Act, which reauthorized the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for the first time in 28 years...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4986, the Repack Airwaves Yielding Better Access for Users of Modern Services, or RAY BAUM’S Act, by voice vote.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: Shanksville, PA: Over 400 volunteers are needed on Friday, April 27, and Saturday, April 28, for “Plant a Tree at Flight 93," a massive reforestation effort that aims to plant 150,000 new trees at Flight 93 National Memorial.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), held a hearing today continuing its oversight role of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing on, “Oversight of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration:"
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: Mr. Chairman, I believe the consideration of the issues underlying this bill is timely, but unfortunately misguided. This Committee should examine pretrial services and bail issues with the goal of reforming our Nation’s bail system, not for the purpose of protecting the use of money bail, which is unfair to the indigent, unproductive, and expensive for American taxpayers.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), held a hearing today continuing its oversight role of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jersey City, New Jersey, woman was charged today with possessing a weapon as a previously convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) released the following statement after Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma announced several upcoming policy changes to bolster patient control and access to their personal health records.
