News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: NEWNAN, Ga. - Christopher Bradley Braden, who on two separate occasions arranged to meet minor girls for sex, was sentenced to federal prison for enticing a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS") and Thomas P. DiNapoli, New York State Comptroller, announced that GREGORY BAYARD pled guilty to wire fraud...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: Former IRS-CI Special Agent Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Tax Returns, Theft of Government Money and Obstruction of Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: Texas oil-and-gas mogul Christopher A. Faulkner has pleaded guilty to securities fraud, engaging in illegal monetary transactions, and tax evasion, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) vote on changes to the 3.5 GHz band, a mid-band spectrum critical to the deployment of 5G networks.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2018, included as title I of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (S. 3021), was signed into law today. The new law will provide for investment in harbor, waterway, flood protection, and other water infrastructure improvements throughout the country.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today released a white paper detailing the committee’s investigation and recommendations regarding coordinated vulnerability disclosure (CVD) cybersecurity practices.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces today that Eye Centers of Florida has agreed to pay the United States $525,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly falsifying medical records in order to bill for cataract surgeries on patients that would not have otherwise qualified for the surgery.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Environment Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), and Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement after President Trump signed S. 3021, the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, into law.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Cedar Grove Pack Station, owned by Timothy B. Loverin, to operate the Cedar Grove Pack Station and Grant Grove Stables under a new five year concession contract with Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Roy Breedlove, age 54, of Ozark, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison without the possibility of parole followed by five years of supervised release on Possession...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Environment Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), and Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement after President Trump signed S. 3021, the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, into law.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa - A resident of Baldwin, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a narcotics charge, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) vote on changes to the 3.5 GHz band, a mid-band spectrum critical to the deployment of 5G networks.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) vote on changes to the 3.5 GHz band, a mid-band spectrum critical to the deployment of 5G networks.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Savannah River Site (SRS) crews recently completed onsite startup testing for an EM project designed to accelerate removal of radioactive waste from underground tanks.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - Two people have been charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and mail fraud for their participation in a scheme to defraud Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc. (DPSG), announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: Three Arizona Tribes to Participate in the TAP Program in the District of Arizona.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: A Canton man was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for child pornography crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Michael Pecka, 33 of Fairport, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Charles J. Siragusa to making a false official statement. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, or both.
