News from April 2019
By USDA Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Washington - As part of its efforts to ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failing to meet their contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee today released the draft fiscal year 2020 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. The legislation funds the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, and other related agencies, including the American Battle Monuments Commission and Armed Forces Retirement Home.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On April 29, 2019, Pedro Cortez-Gomez, 36, of Greeneville, Tennessee, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, Senior U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 15 years in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy. Since Cortez-Gomez was residing in the United States illegally, he faces deportation after serving his sentence in federal prison.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota and a bipartisan delegation of Members of Congress met last week with President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil and President Mauricio Macri of Argentina as part of a trip to review the agricultural trading relationships between...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Santos Guerrero Morillo, 39, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced to 240 months in federal prison for his leadership role in a heroin trafficking conspiracy.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Philadelphia man pleaded guilty today to his role in a gas pump skimming fraud scheme in Northern Virginia and elsewhere that resulted in the theft of thousands of credit and debit cards and a loss to financial institutions and the U.S. Postal Service of nearly $500,000 in actual losses and at least $3.5 million in intended losses.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies today approved its fiscal year 2020 bill. In total, the bill includes $189.8 billion in discretionary funding, an increase of $11.7 billion over the 2019 enacted level and $47.8 billion over the President’s 2020 budget request. The bill next heads to the full Committee for markup.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A California man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a scheme to steal tax refund checks from the mail and cash them at banks by using fake driver’s licenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Two Costa Rican Residents Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms in Connection with $10 Million International Telemarketing Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Jose Antonio Morales, 33, of Fort Pierce, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robin L. Rosenberg to a total of 84 months in prison today, after having been convicted at trial of being a felon unlawfully in possession of a firearm and possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute the controlled substance (Case No. 18-Cr-14056).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - The president of a staffing company was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for defrauding a commercial finance lending company out of more than $400,000, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On April 29, 2019, Pedro Cortez-Gomez, 36, of Greeneville, Tennessee, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, Senior U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 15 years in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy. Since Cortez-Gomez was residing in the United States illegally, he faces deportation after serving his sentence in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: OAKLAND -Cardelle Divon Peter was sentenced to 80 months in prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition after having been previously convicted of a felony, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed down today by the Honorable Jeffrey S. White, United States District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Dayton - Today the government is unsealing indictments charging current and former city officials, as well as local businessmen, with crimes related to corruption and fraud. Today’s announcement involves four Dayton men.
By State Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) announced today the Committee’s Republican members have introduced over 50 foreign policy solutions in 50 legislative days, setting a bold foreign policy agenda for the 116th Congress. The package of bipartisan bills promotes...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington woman caught selling heroin last year in Huntington pled guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Tonya Lynn Thompson, 36, entered a guilty plea to distributing heroin in federal court in Huntington. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the FBI Drug Task Force and the Cabell County Sheriff’s Department.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Lake Havasu Field Office completed the infrastructure improvement project to enhance recreational use at Crossroads Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Area. The work included repairing, sealing and striping the parking lot and reconstructing an access road.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: McALLEN, Texas ‐ The owner of a durable medical equipment (DME) company has been ordered to federal prison for defrauding Medicaid of more than $3 million, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Anna Ramirez-Ambriz, 57, of McAllen, pleaded guilty March 31, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Southern District of Texas and the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division hosted a roundtable today for community organizations to discuss the problem of sexual harassment in housing, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa released the following statement today regarding the release of the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) second annual Private Debt Collection report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018.
