News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: OAKLAND - Susan Elizabeth Kyle pleaded guilty in federal court in Oakland to embezzlement of money from a labor organization by an officer, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI") Special Agent in Charge John Bennett. The plea was accepted yesterday by the Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr., U.S. District Court Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.VA. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Labaron Bulley, 32, of Charleston, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr., to 33 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Stuart credited the collaborative investigative efforts of the Charleston Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) with the successful prosecution of Bulley.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Robin Pendergraft, Chief of the Criminal Division will lead the efforts of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - Reported gun crimes were down 17.3 percent during the first three quarters of 2018 (January - September) compared to the same time period last year in the city of Memphis and unincorporated parts of Shelby County, according to figures from the Project Safe Neighborhoods G.U.N. (Government United for Non-Violence) Unit. The latest figures build on a 15.3 percent decline during the first half of the year (January - June).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: United States Attorneys Peter Deegan and Marc Krickbaum announced today that Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) Daniel Tvedt and Virginia Bruner will lead the efforts of their respective Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Romondo Begay, 23, of Whippoorwill, Ariz., was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 108 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by a twelve-year term of supervised release with sex offender registration, treatment, and testing. Begay had previously pleaded guilty to abusive sexual contact of a child.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: Man Robs Northeast Albuquerque Bank. The FBI is seeking information from a bank robbery Oct. 30, 2018, at Washington Federal, 3000 Eubank Boulevard NE, in Albuquerque. The robbery occurred at approximately 1:08 p.m. Anyone with information about this robbery is asked to contact the FBI at (505)...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today released her latest report in her ongoing investigation into dramatic increases in prescription drug prices. The report found that, on average, Missourians pay up to 591% more than their foreign counterparts for some of the most commonly prescribed brand-name drugs in the Medicare Part D program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that IRFAN AMANAT, the former owner and manager of Enable Invest Ltd. (“Enable"), a Dubai-based investment fund, was found guilty yesterday in Manhattan federal court of various securities fraud-related offenses, after a trial presided over by U.S District Judge Paul G. Gardephe. This follows the December 2017 conviction of co-defendants Omar Amanat and Kaleil Isaza Tuzman.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP), along with House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and House Committee on Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), released...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger for the Eastern District of Wisconsin and Special Agent-in-Charge R. Justin Tolomeo of the FBI’s Milwaukee Division announced that on Oct. 25, 2018, Jason Michael Ludke (age: 37), of Milwaukee...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - It is said that practice makes perfect, and EM and its liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) are putting practice into action before tackling significant projects.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2018
News Release: Honorees Represent More Than 20 Agencies, Worked on Dozens of Cases.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - First Assistant United States Attorney Elizabeth A. Strange announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) Todd M. Allison will lead the efforts of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in conjunction with the Department of Justice’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming general elections...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2018 — On Nov. 2, 2018, at 12:00 p.m. EDT, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will release selected tables prepared for the upcoming USDA Agricultural Projections to 2028 report. USDA will post online tables containing long-term supply, use, and price projections to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2018
News Release: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein today announced a grant of more than $840,000 to the University of New Hampshire to conduct a national survey of hate crime incidents and victimization. He also announced that a $10 million dollar technical assistance program launched last March by Attorney General ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2018
News Release: The Department today released an update on hate crimes and announced the launch of a new comprehensive hate crimes website designed to provide a centralized portal for the Department’s hate crimes resources for law enforcement, media, researchers, victims, advocacy groups, and other related organizations ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2018
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement that requires Aux Sable Liquid Products LP (Aux Sable) to strengthen air pollution controls and reduce air pollution at its natural gas processing facility, located southwest of Chicago. The ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2018
News Release: The former managing director and vice chairman of a Swiss bank was sentenced to 10 years in prison today, after previously pleading guilty for his role in a billion-dollar international scheme to launder funds embezzled from Venezuelan state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2018
News Release: An Arvada, Colorado, woman pleaded guilty today to one count of willfully making and subscribing to a fraudulent corporate income tax return announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
