News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks during the Committee markup of H.R. 2561, the “POLICE Act."STATEMENT OF RANKING MEMBER NADLER FOR THE MARKUP OF H.R. 2561, THE "POLICE ACT"
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for attempting to entice a minor to engage in illicit sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: MACON: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Eulalio Martinez, age 38, a citizen of Mexico residing in Alma, Georgia, has been found guilty of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine 4,923 grams of pure methamphetamine (Count 1) and Illegal Reentry (Count 2), following a four-day jury trial before Senior District Court Judge Hugh Lawson in Macon. Mr. Martinez was indicted on the charges on June 14, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: FBI Seeking Information from a Bank Robbery in Miami.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: A Tangipahoa Parish man pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans of the Eastern District of Louisiana and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division announced today.
By USDA Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, May 17, 2018 -- Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of three producers and three industry representatives to serve on the Peanut Standards Board. All appointees will serve the remainder of three-year terms ending June 30, 2020.
By USDA Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., May 17, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded the removal of a burdensome regulation that has long plagued family farms. The rule requiring producers to obtain Data Universal Number System (DUNS) and System for Award Management (SAM) numbers to participate ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: The owner of a Michigan home health agency pleaded guilty today to fraud charges for his role in a scheme involving approximately $8 million in fraudulent Medicare claims for home health services that were procured through the payment of illegal kickbacks.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: Three high-ranking leaders of the Nine Trey Gangsters set of the United Blood Nation (UBN or Bloods) street gang, including the “Godfather” of the organization, who also served as “Chairman” of the UBN, were convicted today of racketeering conspiracy charges. Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: A New Mexico man was sentenced today in St. Paul, Minnesota, for directing computer attacks against the websites of his prior employers, business competitors and public services, and felon-in-possession of a firearm charges. Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Department of Justice’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions today signed his order and opinion in the Matter of Castro-Tum. Please attribute the following statement to Justice Department spokesman Devin O’Malley: “Starting in 2012, immigration judges began increasingly to rely on administrative closures, which suspended cases indefinitely ...
By Fed Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Regions Bank, Birmingham, Alabama Cease and Desist Order dated June 25, 2014 (PDF) Terminated May 14, 2018 Other enforcement actions can be searched for here.
By Fed Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: On May 17, 2018, the Federal Reserve conducted a floating-rate offering of term deposits through its Term Deposit Facility. The operation offered seven-day term deposits with the rate set equal to the sum of the interest rate paid on excess reserves plus a fixed spread of 1 basis point.
By Labor Gazette | May 17, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ – Following a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona has ordered Synergy Commercial Service LLC and owner Eduardo Bernal to pay $351,869 in back wages and liquidated damages to 136 employees for minimum wage and overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The court also ordered the Gilbert-based janitorial company to pay $33,000 in civil money penalties.
By Labor Gazette | May 17, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – After a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma has ordered Meers Store & Restaurant Inc. and owner Margaret Maranto to pay $335,687 in back wages and liquidated damages to 84 employees for willful ...
By Labor Gazette | May 17, 2018
News Release: DELRAY BEACH, FL – The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida has sentenced the owners of Angel’s Recovery - a Delray Beach substance abuse recovery residence - to prison and ordered them to pay $4,045,364 in restitution after a federal investigation found that they had defrauded healthcare ...
By State News Post | May 17, 2018
The US State Department published a one page notice on May 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 17, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 17, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 17, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
