News from April 2019
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Fort Scott National Historic Site is looking for 6 energetic and outgoing teens to participate in our 2019 summer Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program running Tuesday through Saturday from June 18 through August 10. This eight week long program is for young people between the ages of 15 and 18 years of age. Shifts start at 8 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. with a one hour lunch. Salary is the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee's hearing on the fiscal year 2020 budget request for the Department of Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: At time of offense, defendant was on supervised release for robbing six banks in 2006.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Erin Elizabeth Peterson, 41, of Bakersfield, was sentenced Monday to seven and a half years in prison for possession of stolen U.S. mail and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. Peterson was also ordered to pay $92,908 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury in March indicted a Sylacauga man for attempted coercion and enticement of a minor announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Event: Investiture Ceremony. Date: Friday, April 12, 2019. Event Start Time: 3:00 p.m. EDT. (Please arrive at the courthouse no later than 2:30 p.m. to allow time to go through security.). Location: United States Courthouse, Fifth Floor. 111 North Adams Street. Tallahassee, Florida 32301. OPEN PRESS, NO...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Today, Claire M. Grady, Acting Deputy Secretary offered the President her resignation effective tomorrow. For the last two years, Claire has served this Department with excellence and distinction. She has been an invaluable asset to DHS – a steady force and a knowledgeable voice.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Bring State and Local Partners Together to Increase Collaboration (Washington, D.C., April 9, 2019) — Today, as part of the Trump Administration’s Winning on Reducing Food Waste Month , the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Food and Drug ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Univar USA Inc. (Univar), a subsidiary of Univar Inc., of Downers Grove, Illinois, has agreed to pay the United States $62.5 million to settle allegations under the customs penalty statute that it was grossly negligent or negligent when it imported 36 shipments of transshipped saccharin between 2007 ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), a global financial institution headquartered in London, England, has agreed to forfeiture of $240 million, a fine of $480 million, and to the amendment and extension of its deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with the Justice Department for an additional two years for ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: The Justice Department will honor 12 individuals and programs for their exceptional service to victims of crime during the annual National Crime Victims’ Service Awards Ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Friday, April 12. The Department will also recognize former U.S. Attorney General Ed Meese for a career of outstanding service on behalf of crime victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: The former associate general counsel and assistant secretary of SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. (SeaWorld), a publicly traded amusement park corporation headquartered in Orlando, Florida, pleaded guilty today for his role in an insider-trading scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: A Colombian national arrested in Colombia and extradited to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery for his role in the robbery of an employee of a New York business that sold jewelry and gemstones.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: A former U.S. Army Reserve employee pleaded guilty today to charges of wire fraud and theft of government money as part of a scheme to steal more than $400,000 from the 63rd Regional Support Command at Moffett Field in Mountain View, California, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Abingdon, Virginia, has indicted Indivior Inc. (formerly known as Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals Inc.) and Indivior PLC (Indivior) for engaging in an illicit nationwide scheme to increase prescriptions of Suboxone Film, an opioid drug used in the treatment of opioid addiction, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: The lead defendant in a federal hate crimes indictment pleaded guilty yesterday to five charges and admitted he organized a group of street gang members who firebombed African-American residences inside the Ramona Gardens Housing Development “in order to force the African-American victims to move from the [development].” Carlos Hernandez, also known as “Rider,” 34, pleaded guilty yesterday to five felonies that carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: A Jefferson County man pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama to filing a false tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town for the Northern District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: A Portsmouth man was sentenced today to five life sentences plus an additional 50 years in prison for his involvement in a violent crime spree, including his commission of four murders, multiple attempted murders, robbery, attempted robbery and firearms offenses stemming from his involvement in the Nine ...
By Fed Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced it has fined Standard Chartered plc and Standard Chartered Bank, of London, England, $164 million for the firm's unsafe and unsound practices relating to inadequate sanctions controls and failure to disclose sanctions risks to the Federal Reserve.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Good morning, and thank you, Tom, for that kind introduction. It is an honor to share the stage with so many luminaries of the U.S. space industry, and especially with Acting Secretary of Defense Shanahan. Thank you for those remarks.
