News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.- Karanjit Singh Khatkar, 23, and Jagroop Singh Khatkar, 24, residents of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, pleaded guilty today for conspiring to commit wire fraud and money laundering in a scheme to steal bitcoin from an Oregon resident.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger announced that on Dec. 16, 2019, Brian L. Ganos of Muskego, Wisconsin, was sentenced by the Honorable Pamela Pepper to 78 months in federal prison for leading a 12-year fraud scheme involving over $260 million in government-funded contracts intended to benefit...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) sent a letter today to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai concerning the troubling lack of transparency, and an apparent lack of appropriate process, leading up to the FCC’s approval of the T-Mobile/Sprint merger.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Reps. Doris Matsui (D-CA), and Brett Guthrie (R-KY) applauded the passage by voice vote in the House of Representatives of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act (HR 4998), their bipartisan bill to help secure America’s telecommunications supply chain...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging John Comito, Chief Executive Officer of Staten Island-based AutoExec Computer Systems, Inc. (AutoExec) with mail and wire fraud in connection with the federal program known as E-rate. Comito was arrested this morning, and was arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Steven M. Gold. Comito was released on a $500,000 bond.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) today released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4227, the Mapping Accuracy Promotes Services (MAPS) Act, and H.R. 4229, the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability (Broadband DATA) Act, by voice vote...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: With the first year of the 116th Congress coming to a close, Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) highlighted the Subcommittee’s work to combat the climate crisis, protect Americans from toxic substances, protect clean air and water, and more. In total, the Subcommittee held 16 hearings, one markup and passed 15 bills.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Last Saturday, Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Congressman Richard Neal (D-MA), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, ...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on bipartisan consumer protection bills that passed the House today.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Last Saturday, Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Congressman Richard Neal (D-MA), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Justin R. Beaver, of Moundsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 105 months incarceration for distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A contract employee for Siemens Corporation at the Monroeville, PA location has been sentenced in federal court to a six-month term of imprisonment to be followed by a two-year term of supervised release, and a fine of $7,500 on his conviction of intentional damage to a protected computer, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Steven McGill, age 49, of Albany, pled guilty on December 13 to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - David Adrian Enriquez, 35, of Las Cruces, New Mexico was sentenced on December 13 in federal court in Las Cruces, New Mexico to 188 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: ALAMOGORDO, NEW MEXICO - White Sands National Monument, in recognition of the upcoming holidays, will host an event in the visitor center on Saturday, Dec. 21, from 11:00, am to 3:00 pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - An Overland Park woman is scheduled to appear in court this week on a federal interstate prostitution charge, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Christian Michael Stutes, 23, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity, and receipt, distribution, and possession of child pornography involving prepubescent minors. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Michael Duran, 33, of Española, N.M., and a member of the Ohkay Owingeh tribe, pleaded guilty in federal court in Albuquerque on December 13 to robbing a restaurant and gas station on the Santa Clara Pueblo in October 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Lawrence Westbrook III, 41, of Lexington, was sentenced to 300 months in federal prison on Friday, by Chief United States District Judge Danny C. Reeves, for offenses involving methamphetamine trafficking and illegal firearms possession.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HAWAI‘I - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park’s Kahuku Unit will not adjust its schedule as previously announced.
