News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - The former financial officer of a Boston-based non-profit was arrested today and charged in connection with a fraud and embezzlement scheme that that netted over $1.3 million dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - The Justice Department today announced that it has filed a lawsuit alleging that female tenants and applicants in residential rental properties in or around Oklahoma City were subjected to sexual harassment, coercion, intimidation, and threats in violation of the federal Fair Housing...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: HAGERSTOWN, Md. - A new headquarters for Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park is expected to bring jobs and an economic boost to Williamsport, Md. Yesterday, the National Park Service (NPS) and Maryland Economic Development Corporation (MEDCO), with support from Washington County, Md., reached an agreement to identify and rehabilitate property adjacent to the park to serve as a visitor center and the park’s new headquarters.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAFAEL NEFTALI CASTILLO BAEZ, 34, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing in the Bronx, N.Y., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for supplying heroin to a New Haven drug trafficking ring.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed ten bills, H.R. 237 (U.S. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska), H.R. 3608 (U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif.), H.R. 6108 (U.S. Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga.), H.R. 6345 (U.S. Rep. Stevan Pearce, R-N.M.) H.R. 6346 (U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La.)...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: Yuma, Ariz. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s Yuma Area Office announced today that it has closed the Horne Road Bridge near the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation due to the bridge’s poor structural condition.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former medical assistant from Woodbridge was sentenced today to four years in prison for her role in leading a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, which involved supplying thousands of dangerous opioids for distribution.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The Bureau of Reclamation has extended by two weeks the comment period on a draft Environmental Assessment. The document discloses the potential environmental effects of the Cold Creek Coho Passage and Screening Project as required by the National Environmental Policy Act. This extension is in response to comments received from the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: Receiver for Company Agrees to pay up to $750,000 to Servicemembers.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that David T. Shulick, 48, of Gladwyne, was sentenced today to a term 60 months’ imprisonment for embezzling funds from the School District of Philadelphia and for his part in a scheme to defraud PNC Bank and for filing false tax returns. Shulick was convicted in May 2018 after a jury trial.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded $205 million in supplemental funding for infrastructure grants to small airports in 34 states. More than half of these airports serve rural communities and mostly general aviation. This funding is in addition to the $3.31 billion already awarded in regular Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding during fiscal year 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Theodore B. Holbrook, 37, and George J. Arauz, Jr., 45, both of Gresham, Oregon, were sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison for defrauding 50 investors of nearly $2.5 million using a sham energy technology start-up company. Holbrook and Arauz were also ordered to pay more than $2.3 million each in restitution and will be on supervised release for three years after completing their prison sentences.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON -- The Bureau of Land Management today recognized three hardrock mining companies for advancing the use of sustainable development practices in their work. The awards were presented at a ceremony officiated by Kathy Benedetto, Senior Advisor to the Bureau of Land Management.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: A former Miami-Dade County resident was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga to 97 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $722,000 in restitution for his roles in bank fraud and money laundering schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Danvers man was arrested today and charged in connection with his role in a conspiracy to defraud a large facilities services company with offices in the Greater Boston area.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Shital Thakkar (619) 546-8785 and Shane Harrigan (619) 546-6981.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Residents of the Norfolk area will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA Pre✓® application program inside the Norfolk International Airport terminal during the week of October 15 - 19 where officials will host a temporary “pop-up" TSA Pre✓® application center. The week’s enrollment opportunity was rescheduled from September due to Hurricane Florence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A California ceramic materials company will pay $175,000 to resolve allegations that it committed multiple False Claims Act violations relating to awards by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Army under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass. - What could a 60-year-old national park on the sandy shores of Cape Cod and a newly established national monument in the remote woods of interior Maine have in common? The differences between the two are apparent, yet there are similarities linking these two jewels of the National Park System that have their roots in New England’s natural, historic, and literary heritage, as memorialized by the famed naturalist and writer, Henry David Thoreau.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: MISSOULA, Mont., - Salomon Mejia Preciado, a 36-year-old resident of Yakima, Washington, was sentenced today to 151 months in prison to be followed by 5 years of supervised release. Preciado pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Preciado is a former federal felon and was prosecuted in the Eastern District of Washington and sentenced in 2003 to ten years in prison. U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy handed down the sentence.
