News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - An Alexandria man pleaded guilty today to bank fraud in connection with a $1.2 million ATM skimming and cloned card scheme.
By DOE Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - DOE’s Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) has announced that Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos, LLC (N3B) has successfully completed transition for the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract (LLCC).
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - Yesterday, U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey sentenced Hugh Michael Glenn, 47, of Dallas, Texas, on child pornography offenses, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By EPA Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Committee Member Scott Peters (D-CA) issued the following statements today following news that Albert Kelly has resigned from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as Administrator Pruitt’s top advisor of Superfund cleanups.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: Tourism to Andersonville National Historic Site and Jimmy Carter National Historic Site creates $13,594,200 in Economic Benefits. Report shows visitor spending supports 180 jobs in local economy.
By State Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the committee will convene a hearing on Tuesday, May 8, entitled “Confronting the Iranian Challenge." The hearing will begin at 10 a.m.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: Due to extreme fire danger, Big Bend National Park has closed 11 backpacking sites in the Chisos Mountains. Starting on May 1, the Juniper Flats, Boulder Meadows, and Pinnacles campsites will be closed until further notice. The trail remains open to hiking.
By DOE Newswire | May 1, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced up to $68.5 million in available funding for early-stage research of advanced vehicle technologies that will enable more affordable mobility, strengthen domestic energy security, and enhance U.S. economic growth.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A 55-year-old Pearland resident has entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev. -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Nevada, will be holding a free workshop to provide guidance and tips on public mining claims, June 28 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the third floor of the Nugget Casino Resort, 1100 Nugget Ave., Sparks, NV. There is no cost to attend the workshop.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Eric Matthew Will, 35, of Muskegon, Michigan was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for producing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Paul L. Maloney imposed a 20-year term of supervised release that will commence once Will is released from imprisonment. Will will also be required to register as a sexual offender.
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) called on Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Acting Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner David Kautter to issue clarifying guidance on the new pass-through deduction in the Internal Revenue Code. Given taxpayers’...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Jorge Armando Ramirez-Lira, a/k/a Negro, a/k/a Jorge Beltran-Carillo, a/k/a Edgar Nava-Baltazar, was sentenced to an additional eight years and one month in prison for importing heroin into the U.S. from Colombia and laundering the drug proceeds.
By DOE Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today announced a hearing for Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Sharing the Road: Policy Implications of Electric and Conventional Vehicles in the Years Ahead."
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at 1 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Improving the Coordination and Quality of Substance Use Disorder Treatment."
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pennsylvania businessman pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of filing a false tax return, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two Essex County, New Jersey, men have been charged with robbing six convenience stores at gunpoint in November and December 2017, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced today that a federal Grand Jury sitting in Portland handed down an indictment charging Abdirashid Ahmed, 38, of Lewiston and Garat Osman, 32, of Auburn, with health care fraud involving the MaineCare program and soliciting and receiving health care kickbacks from May 2015 through December 2017.
By Homeland Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The owner of PRB Logics Corporation, an Orange County-based seller of electronic components, was arrested Tuesday on federal charges alleging he sold counterfeit integrated circuits, some of which could have been used in military applications.
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting the public’s help in making the personal information in large databases safe for scientists to use-without risking the privacy of the individuals behind it.
