News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Whitesburg, Kentucky couple have been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison, for defrauding the Social Security and Medicaid programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Alfred L. Ford, Jr., 30, of Norristown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 54 months in prison for conspiracy to commit access device fraud, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. Ford appeared before U.S. District Court Judge Ronnie White who ordered him to pay $24,639.32 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Tony Leonard, a/k/a “Tom Cat," 49, of Lewiston, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to eight years in prison and three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The defendant pled guilty on Nov. 1, 2018.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its new rule regulating the use of asbestos...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: Steven D. Weinhoeft, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Michael Bell, 33 of Granite City, Illinois, and Kelly Seeger, age 37, of O’Fallon, Illinois, were sentenced in United States District Court for conspiring to manufacture United States Currency. A Federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A California attorney and ex-Rialto police officer pleaded guilty today to one felony count of illegally possessing multiple unregistered weapons, including a short-barreled rifle, two silencers, and a hand grenade.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: NEWARK - An Ecuadorian national was removed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Wednesday for violating U.S. immigration laws and turned over to Ecuadorian authorities where she is wanted for fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) yesterday led a group of 18 Senate Democrats in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A Madera pharmacist and two others were arrested today in connection with a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and hydrocodone, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: From March 15 through Sept. 15, no pets are allowed on Riis Park beach, Fort Tilden beach, West Beach (area between the Silver Gull Beach Club and Reid Avenue) and the Breezy Point Tip including the Bayside Beach. Pets are also not allowed on the ocean beaches in the Sandy Hook Unit.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: Today, the National Park Service released the findings of an after action review (AAR) of the Carr Fire. The review took place in November 2018 with interagency partners affected by the Carr Fire, which ignited on July 23, 2018. Over the course of five weeks, the Carr Fire burned 229,651 acres in and...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
Release: The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the availability of $1 million in cooperative agreement funding to support animal disease traceability (ADT) and electronic identification for cattle. The money will fund between two to five ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Pharmacy chain CVS Pharmacy, Inc. has agreed to pay $535,000 to resolve the United States’ allegations that several of its Rhode Island stores violated the federal Controlled Substances Act by filling invalid prescriptions, announced United States Attorney Aaron L. Weisman and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. McAleenan today released the following statement on the Homeland Security Advisory Committee’s report on CBP Families and Children Care: “Today, a panel of experts under the DHS Homeland Security Advisory Committee - a nonpartisan federal advisory ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: Four Peruvian residents have been extradited to the United States, where they stand accused of operating a large-scale extortion scheme from 2012 through 2015, the Justice Department and U.S. Postal Inspection Service today announced. Jesus Gerardo Gutierrez Rojas, 37, Maria de Guadalupe Alexandra Podesta ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: Following objections raised by the United States and others, the parties in a class action matter involving Lenny & Larry’s cookies filed an amended proposed settlement that would direct additional value toward consumer plaintiffs, the Department of Justice today announced. “Congress passed the Class ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas today announced an agreement with the City of Farmersville, Texas, to resolve allegations that the City violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) when, in July 2017, it ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty today to distribution, receipt and possession of child pornography charges.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Tuesday invited public comment on a proposal modifying their resolution plan requirements for large banking firms. The proposal would keep existing resolution plan expectations in place for the largest firms, while reducing requirements for smaller firms that pose less risk.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the enforcement action listed below: Princeton Capital Holdings LLC, Princeton Capital LLC, and Princap Holdings One LLC, all of Ewing, New Jersey Written Agreement dated April 4, 2019 Enforcement actions can be searched for here.
