News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that TIFFANY RICHARDSON, age 30, of Chalmette, Louisiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan to prison for one (1) month followed by home confinement for seven (7) months in connection with her plea of guilty to one count of disaster relief fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A criminal complaint was unsealed here today charging a Russian national for her alleged role in a Russian conspiracy to interfere in the U.S. political system, including the 2018 midterm election.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY - A Jefferson County man pleaded guilty today to failing to pay over payroll taxes to the Internal Revenue Service for a medical staffing company he owned, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Philadelphia Field Division announced today a conclusion to the origin and cause investigation into the residential fire that occurred on Feb. 1, 2018, at 71 Shady Drive in Indiana, Pennsylvania.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration announced today the expansion of its TSA Pre✓® expedited screening program to three additional domestic and international carriers. The new partnering airlines now participating are Norwegian Air and Icelandair. Via Airlines will begin participating on November 1. Today’s announcement brings the number of airlines participating in TSA Pre✓® to 56 domestic and international carriers.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Everyone is invited to participate in free guided hikes and programs in the Kahuku Unit of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park in November. Visitors can also explore Kahuku on their own, Wednesdays through Sundays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2018 – To help residents, farmers and ranchers affected by the devastation caused by Hurricane Michael, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to aid people in their recovery efforts. USDA staff in the regional, state and ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2018) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced the signing of a joint agency formal agreement under the Winning on Reducing Food Waste initiative. The agreement ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: Bourgeois shot at three young African-American men fleeing Hurricane Katrina in 2005 Roland J. Bourgeois, Jr., 55, of New Orleans, LA, appeared yesterday before Senior U.S. District Court Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon and pleaded guilty to charges that, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, he shot at three ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: Jacqueline Ramos, aka Jackie Acosta, of Salinas, California, pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of conspiring to submit false claims for income tax refunds and two counts of bank fraud, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida, Katherine Fernandez Rundle, Miami-Dade State Attorney, Robert F. Lasky, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: StarKist Co. has agreed to plead guilty for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices of packaged seafood sold in the United States, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) entered into a settlement with Heritage Thermal Services Inc., a subsidiary of Heritage Environmental Services LLC, resolving allegations that the company violated the Clean Air Act at its hazardous waste incinerator located in ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned a seven-count indictment Thursday morning charging William Clyde Allen, III, age 39, of Logan, Utah, in connection with ricin-related threats. The indictment alleges he knowingly threatened to use a biological agent and toxin, specifically ricin, as a weapon. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: Terry J. Albury, 39, a former Special Agent of the FBI, was sentenced today to 48 months in the District of Minnesota in connection with his unauthorized disclosure and retention of classified national defense information.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: Two Detroit-area home health agency owners were sentenced to 10 and six years in prison, respectively, for their roles in a multimillion dollar scheme to defraud Medicare by billing for home health services that were never provided.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: As dozens of officials from the US and the EU convene in Brussels this week for the second annual review of the EU-US Privacy Shield framework, they can take pride in one overriding fact: Privacy Shield works.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: I am pleased to be back in Brussels for this Second Annual Review of the Privacy Shield Framework. Thank you to the European Commission for planning and hosting this year’s event. And a special thank you to Commissioner Jourová for inviting me to join you in this review.
By USDA Wire | Oct 18, 2018
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 18, 2018
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
