News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jean Patrice Delia, age 44, of Montreal, Canada, pled guilty today to conspiring to steal trade secrets from the General Electric Company (GE).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A former accountant was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with a $2 million wire fraud scheme.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: Washington - Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Donald “DJ" LaVoy today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $237 million to help farmers, ag producers and rural-based businesses lower energy costs (PDF, 260 KB). The Department is providing 640 awards to applicants in all 50 states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Western Pacific. USDA is providing the funding through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A citizen of Mexico today admitted he illegally transported aliens for compensation after he was arrested in November in Glacier County by Border Patrol agents who were investigating suspected alien smuggling from Canada, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: Drug overdoses are the leading cause of injury-related deaths in the United States and every day we see the impact that prescription drug abuse has on our neighborhoods. This crisis is destroying communities throughout New England and our nation. In an effort to address this epidemic...
By State Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: What: The U.S. Census Bureau will offer an embargo period for subscribers to view statistics from the 2014-2018 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, which feature more than 40 social, economic, housing and demographic topics, such as homeownership rates and costs, health insurance, and educational...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: WILLOWS, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation, as directed by the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act, Public Law No: 114-322 (WIIN Act), announces a negotiation session for Black Butte Project contractors for the conversion of water service and existing repayment contracts for prepayment of construction costs.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: FOLSOM, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation proposes to issue a 24-month interim Central Valley Project water service contract renewal for the Placer County Water Agency for the annual delivery of up to 35,000 acre-feet of CVP water in Placer County. The contract would be from March 1, 2020, through Feb. 28, 2022. Deliveries would be made through existing facilities, and no new construction is required. A draft Environmental Assessment is available for public review.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Dino Paolucci, age 42, of Mississauga, Ontario, was sentenced to 84 months’ imprisonment by United States District Judge Eduardo C. Robreno for participating in five stock manipulation schemes in 2012 and 2013. In addition, the Court also ordered Paolucci to pay $2 million in forfeiture.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: Bank Admits to Helping U.S. Taxpayers Conceal Income and Assets from the United States;.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: On Dec. 3, Severo Elizalde-Abelardo, 39, was sentenced to 33 years and 9 months in federal custody for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. Elizalde-Abelardo managed and directed multiple drug deals between his codefendants. He instructed his coconspirators to meet with customers and...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Dino Paolucci, age 42, of Mississauga, Ontario, was sentenced to 84 months’ imprisonment by United States District Judge Eduardo C. Robreno for participating in five stock manipulation schemes in 2012 and 2013. In addition, the Court also ordered Paolucci to pay $2 million in forfeiture.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - A federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment charging three.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: PITTSBUGH - A resident of Brooklyn, NY, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today published the 2018 Pesticide Data Program (PDP) Annual Summary. The summary shows more than 99 percent of the samples tested had pesticide residues well below benchmark levels established by the Environmental...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: The second member of a couple who admitted producing and sharing child pornography has been sentenced to a substantial prison sentence.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: Americans playing Russian roulette with their medications has prompted Congress to act, and a recently introduced bill is the solution to curbing prescription drug prices. In July, Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Wyden introduced the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act. If signed into law, the bipartisan...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: Justice Department Announces Deferred Prosecution Agreement with HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: NOAA’s 14th Arctic Report Card recounts the numerous geophysical and biological changes that occurred in the northern polar region during 2019, with near-record high air and ocean temperatures and melting of the Greenland ice sheet, low sea-ice extents, and shifts in the distribution of commercially valuable marine species.
