News from April 2019
By DOL Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), Republican Leader of the House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, joined by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) and Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, today introduced the Association Health Plans Act of 2019, legislation to expand health care options and lower costs for small businesses through association health plans (AHPs).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Antwan L. Hutchinson, 27, of Columbus, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to murdering two potential witnesses and conspiring to distribute narcotics.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced today the creation of a “VOICE Most Wanted" fugitives list, highlighting fugitives connected to victims and families of victims who have sought help or information from ICE through the Victims Of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Livonia Man Arrested, Charged with Possession of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A jury today convicted a Larned man on federal charges of arranging for a series of denial of service attacks on a Kansas internet service provider, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) responded to President Donald Trump’s Executive Orders to ease the permitting process for oil and gas pipelines, weakening the Clean Water Act.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: On April 11, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. McAleenan designated David P. Pekoske, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator, senior official performing the duties of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Deputy Secretary. Patricia Cogswell, TSA’s Acting Deputy Administrator, will oversee day-to-day operations at TSA and continue to focus on TSA’s mission and priorities.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: (Washington, D.C., April 11, 2019) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement in response to the announcement by Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) that Vietnam will ban the importation of glyphosate: “We are disappointed in Vietnam’s decision ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Data show increases in small and large farms; older farmers; and new military service and demographic information, women farmers (WASHINGTON, D.C., April 11, 2019) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the results of the 2017 Census of Agriculture, spanning some 6.4 million new ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Now that tax season is in full swing, the Department of Justice reminds taxpayers to choose tax preparers carefully.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Julian P. Assange, 47, the founder of WikiLeaks, was arrested today in the United Kingdom pursuant to the U.S./UK Extradition Treaty, in connection with a federal charge of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion for agreeing to break a password to a classified U.S. government computer.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Three men were found guilty by a federal jury of sex trafficking and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and Special Agent in Charge ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: A tax return preparer formerly of Roanoke, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns and filing a false personal tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Thomas T. Cullen for the Western District of Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: An e-commerce company president entered a guilty plea today for conspiring to fix prices for customized promotional products sold online to customers in the United States, the Department of Justice announced. Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Two former executives of a Springfield, Missouri-based charity and a former Arkansas state senator have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a multi-million-dollar public corruption scheme that involved embezzlement, bribes and illegal campaign contributions for elected public officials ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury today returned an indictment charging Gregory B. Craig, a Washington-based lawyer, with making false statements and concealing material information about his activities on behalf of Ukraine from the Department of Justice, National Security Division’s Foreign Agents Registration Act ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: A federal jury today convicted two Bucharest, Romania, residents of 21 counts related to their scheme to infect victim computers with malware in order to steal credit card and other information to sell on dark market websites, mine cryptocurrency and engage in online auction fraud, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman of the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: A jury yesterday convicted Paul J. Elmer, the former CEO and owner of Pharmakon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Pharmakon), of conspiracy to defraud the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and nine counts of adulterating drugs, the Department of Justice announced today. Pharmakon was a Noblesville, Indiana, drug compounding facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice will hold a public workshop on May 2-3, 2019, to explore industry dynamics in media advertising and the implications for antitrust enforcement and policy, including merger enforcement. The workshop will cover the different types of television and online advertising, and it will ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: PEORIA, IL – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed an alliance with the Illinois On-Site Consultation Program, and Illinois Funeral Directors Association (IFDA) to address safety and health hazards faced by industry employees.
