News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX- On April 15, 2019, Corey Slinkey, 42 of Fort Defiance, Ariz., was sentenced by District Judge Susan M. Brnovich to 46 months’ imprisonment. Slinkey had previously pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Michael MacDonald, 29, of Manchester, was sentenced to 78 months for bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A former medical doctor and his business partner were sentenced Tuesday to 33 months in prison for their individual roles in a $7.1 million Medicare health care fraud scheme that occurred at three Las Vegas hospice and home healthcare agencies, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Methuen man was arrested yesterday in connection with falsely representing himself as a law enforcement officer in order to purchase two Glock firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Jorge Corona, age 26, of Springdale, Arkansas, was sentenced yesterday to 120 months in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release for one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute More than 5 Grams of Methamphetamine. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Robert L. Hayes, Sr., age 74, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted on April 17, 2019, by a federal grand jury on child pornography charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, TN-The FBI Memphis Field Office-Nashville Resident Agency recognized Dismas House with the 2018 Director’s Community Leadership Award today, April 18, 2019. Dismas House was selected by the FBI Memphis Field Office for their extraordinary service to the Nashville community.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Joel G. Rivera, 33, of St. Croix, pled guilty on April 18, 2019, in District Court to one count of Using a Firearm during a Violent Crime, and one count of Carjacking, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - A federal Grand Jury today returned a ten count indictment against John Jackson, 30, of St. Thomas, charging him with two counts of production of child pornography, three counts of transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, one count of rape first degree, and three counts of aggravated rape second degree, United States Attorney Gretchen Shappert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: CINCINNATI - An Ohio man who pretended to be a missing Illinois boy has been indicted by a grand jury with charges related to making false statements to federal agents and aggravated identity theft.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: Participants May Buy Groceries Online in New York (Washington, D.C., April 18, 2019) – For the first time, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants will be able to select and pay for their groceries online, during a two-year test (pilot) launched today in New York State. In making ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: (Washington, D.C., April 18, 2019) - U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel found that China has administered its tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for wheat, corn, and rice inconsistently ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: Japanese authorities have extradited to the United States two former executives of a Las Vegas, Nevada, investment company in connection with their alleged roles in a $1.5 billion Ponzi scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: Amor M. Ftouhi, 51, of Quebec, Canada, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Leitman to life in prison for committing an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries and two other offenses in conjunction with his attack on a Bishop Airport police officer on June 21, 2017. Assistant ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with Honeywell International Inc., and International Paper Co., for cleanup of contaminated soils and sediments at the LCP-Holtrachem plant in Riegelwood, Columbus County, North Carolina. The United ...
By Fed Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: The federal bank regulatory agencies on Thursday requested comment on a proposal to modify a capital requirement for U.S. banking organizations predominantly engaged in custodial activities, as required by the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (EGRRCPA).
By Fed Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: BB&T Corporation, Winston-Salem, North Carolina Cease and Desist Order dated Jan. 25, 2017 (PDF) Terminated April 17, 2019 Additional enforcement actions can be searched for here.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: This past Monday was Tax Day, perhaps the least appealing day on America’s national calendar. This year, however, President Donald Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act gave Americans something to smile about.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the initiation of a new antidumping duty (AD) investigation to determine whether sodium sulfate anhydrous from Canada is being dumped in the United States.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: APEX, NC – After an investigation by the a U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), La Rancherita Inc. – operating as La Rancherita Mexican Restaurant in Apex, North Carolina – has paid $53,100 in back wages to 18 employees to resolve violations of the overtime, minimum wage, and recordkeeping requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
