News from August 2019
By DOL Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: DALLAS, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered Kinder Morgan Inc. - an energy infrastructure company based in Houston, Texas - to pay a former employee back wages, damages, and attorney’s fees after an investigation found that the company violated the whistleblower provisions of the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act (PSIA).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Lauderhill, Florida, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca District is coordinating the transfer of 45 handheld Bendix King radios to 13 different local fire organizations in Northern Nevada. The radios, which cost approximately $1,200 each, are considered “excess" Federal property and therefore available to local cooperators under the Rural Fire Readiness (RFR) Program at no cost to the local departments.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Michael E. Algiere, 33, of Oakland, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Lance E. Walker to 85 months in prison and three years of supervised release for interfering with commerce by robbery. Algiere pleaded guilty on April 24, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: Former CPA Indicted for Failing to Report Foreign Bank Accounts and Filing False Documents with the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Warwick man who allegedly befriended a 15-year-old Hopkins, Michigan, girl on social media and allegedly helped her devise and execute a plan to run away from home and avoid being located or contacted by her parents has been charged in federal court in Providence with interstate travel to engage in sexual activity with a minor and receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Matthew Brehm (619) 546-8983.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: Steven Powers, 35, a former probation and parole officer with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to two counts of violating the civil rights of two female probationers whom he supervised when he subjected them to unwanted sexual contact.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-A new study released today by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) describes a continuous approach to mobile app vetting that integrates the capabilities of enterprise mobility management (EMM) solutions with app vetting tools to improve the security of mobile devices.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago financial adviser has been arrested on a federal fraud charge for allegedly swindling millions of dollars from clients, including a man who received approximately $5 million in a wrongful conviction settlement.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - A New London, North Carolina, woman was sentenced to 14 months in prison today for federal employment tax fraud, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal judge today sentenced a Chicago man to four years in prison for unlawfully supplying guns to a violent street gang.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Juan Longino, 46, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 34 months in federal prison, for unlawfully possessing a loaded firearm as a convicted felon. Longino pleaded guilty to this charge on April 23, 2019. His prison term will be followed by a three-year period of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that the Office on Violence Against Women has awarded $1,255,509 in grant funds to the West Virginia Division of Justice and Community Services (DJCS).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: North Carolina Office Manager Sentenced to Prison for Employment Tax Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Herman Lee Brown, Jr., of Inwood, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms violation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: Three doctors and one medical practice entered into settlements with the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve allegations that they referred patients for genetic testing in exchange for kickbacks from a Seattle-area testing company, announced U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran. The physicians, Dr. Gregory...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging eight Las Vegas residents with conspiring to violate federal criminal copyright law by running two of the largest unauthorized streaming services in the United States, resulting in the loss of millions of dollars by television program and motion picture copyright owners.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: Saturday, August 31 through Monday, Sept. 2, 2019, Fort Scott National Historic Site will take you on an exploration of the Labors leading to the creation of the “Crack Post on the Frontier". Labor Day weekend activities include Native American dancing, artillery demonstrations, small arms drills, living history demonstrations and a variety of interpretive programs. All programs are free.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Michael E. Algiere, 33, of Oakland, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Lance E. Walker to 85 months in prison and three years of supervised release for interfering with commerce by robbery. Algiere pleaded guilty on April 24, 2019.
