News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - Matthew G.T. Martin, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, announced today that JEFFREY BYRON PLYLER, of Albemarle, North Carolina, pleaded guilty in federal court in Greensboro to a felony charge of making a materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statement.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: St. Augustine, FL - In honor of National Park Week, Castillo de San Marcos National Monument will host a special evening candlelight event on Saturday, April 20, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - UniCredit Bank AG (UCB AG), a financial institution headquartered in Munich, operating under the name HypoVereinsbank, and part of the UniCredit Group has agreed to enter a guilty plea to conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and to defraud the United...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm today sentenced Charles Bertsch, age 60, of Laurel, Maryland, to nine years in federal prison, followed by 25 years of supervised release, for distribution of child pornography. Judge Grimm also ordered that, upon his release from prison, Bertsch must register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Christina Nolan served as the keynote speaker for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Elder Fraud Prevention and Response Network Convening in Burlington, Vermont. Speaking last week to an audience comprised of Federal, State, Local and Private Sector stakeholders, U.S. Attorney Nolan emphasized the commitment of her office to protecting the elderly from any kind of abuse, financial or physical.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - William Edward Boyce, II, of Flemington, West Virginia, has admitted to distributing methamphetamine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2019
News Release: FBI Media Alert: FBI, Albuquerque Police Department Catch Jeyden Bailey Barnhill.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2019
News Release: PENDLETON, Ore.-The Bureau of Reclamation is increasing flood control releases out of McKay Dam. Outflows from the dam are currently 2,000 cfs and will be ramped up to 2,500 cfs at 8:00 a.m. PDT. The water in the system is still high, and more precipitation is expected. Flooding is probable in areas along McKay Creek with the increased releases.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 13, 2019
News Release: Dear Commissioner Rettig: On April 3, 2019, pursuant to my authority under section 6103(f) of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC"), I requested that the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS") furnish certain return and return information by April 10, 2019. As I explained in my earlier letter, that request is...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2019
News Release: National Park Week celebrates the 419 units of the National Park System, encouraging everyone to find a connection to the vast network of national parks which protect and preserve our national and cultural history. The staff at Big Thicket National Preserve will kick-off this year’s National Park Week...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2019
News Release: As the filing deadline for income taxes quickly approaches, United States Attorney Trent Shores announced that charges have been filed against four individuals for tax crimes.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2019
News Release: PENDLETON, Ore.-The Bureau of Reclamation is again increasing flood control releases out of McKay Dam. Outflows from the dam are currently 2,500 cfs and will be ramped up to 2,750 cfs at 2:00 p.m. PDT. Additional increases to flows are likely within the next 24-48 hours. The area is experiencing the...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: On April 12, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Deputy Secretary David P. Pekoske announced the release of Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Notices of Funding Opportunity for eight DHS preparedness grant programs totaling more than $1.7 billion. The grant programs ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: (Washington, D.C., April 12, 2019) — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the implementation status of the 2018 Farm Bill. President Trump signed this Farm Bill into law on December 20th, 2018 and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) promptly began implementation of key programs. USDA held several listening sessions with stakeholders and the public, specific to each agency’s respective mission areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that General Electric (GE) will pay a civil penalty of $1.5 billion under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) to resolve claims involving subprime residential mortgage loans originated by WMC Mortgage (WMC), a GE ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: This week, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) conducted a pilot test of micro-jamming technology at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, S.C. The test – the first collaboration of this kind in a state corrections facility – was conducted to determine if micro-jamming could prevent wireless ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: Sutter Health LLC, a California-based healthcare services provider, and several affiliated entities, Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation, Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation, Sutter Gould Medical Foundation, and Sutter Medical Foundation, have agreed to pay $30 million to resolve allegations that the affiliated ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that Louie Bernard Revette pleaded guilty to federal charges related to his commission of a crossburning on Oct. 24, 2017, in Seminary, Mississippi. Specifically, Revette, 37, pleaded guilty to one count of interference with housing rights, a federal civil rights violation, and one count of using fire during the commission of a federal felony.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday published transcripts of more than 50 interviews with former policymakers and former senior staff that chronicle nearly half a century of Federal Reserve history.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: Thank you, Fernando, for that kind introduction. Thank you to, Governor of the State of Yucatán Mauricio Vila Dosal for hosting this dinner.
