News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas W. Pilchak (619) 546-9709.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The president and the chief financial officer of a now defunct New Jersey-based marble and granite wholesaler have been arrested for allegedly orchestrating and participating in a scheme to defraud a bank in connection with a $17 million secured line of credit, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: Dear Speaker Pelosi: The undersigned Republican Members strongly urge you to ensure that the House of Representatives takes up and passes the U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement this year. With just two weeks remaining, the House has so far squandered the first session of the 116th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Kan., who barricaded himself in an apartment when police responded to a call of a domestic disturbance, was sentenced today to 94 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - Christopher G. Hickerson, a Fleming County Magistrate and tobacco farmer, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on Monday, before U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove, to charges of conspiracy to commit crop insurance fraud and tax fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: FBI Releases 2018 NIBRS Crime Data as Transition to NIBRS 2021 Continues.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
Release: BANGOR - The number of passengers expected to fly this end-of-year holiday is expected to be record-breaking with millions of passengers and crew members traveling through security screening checkpoints nationwide. Travelers flying from Maine’s largest airports, Bangor International Airport and Portland...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX), Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), and Judiciary Committee Republican Leader Doug Collins (R-GA) today released legislation - the Lower Costs, More Cures Act (H.R. 19) - to lower drug costs for Americans without limiting access to cures.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: Almost 300 Pounds of Pot Seized at Local Truck Stop in Jackson.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: FOLSOM, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation, as authorized and directed by the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act, Public Law No: 114-322 (WIIN Act), announces public negotiations with the Stockton East Water District, a Central California Area Office Central Valley Project contractor, for the conversion of their water service contract.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in response to the Labor Department’s November 2019 jobs report...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment on December 5, against Timothy Allen Horwath, 50, of Redding, charging him with receipt of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The president and the chief financial officer of a now defunct New Jersey-based marble and granite wholesaler have been arrested for allegedly orchestrating and participating in a scheme to defraud a bank in connection with a $17 million secured line of credit, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE - In fiscal year 2019, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the principal investigative component of the Department of Homeland Security, arrested 2,197 criminals associated with human trafficking, a 38 percent increase from the previous year. HSI Charlotte made 125 of those arrests, which was the 4th highest number of human trafficking-related arrests among HSI field offices.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: Federal Arrest of an El Paso Man for Interstate Transportation of a Minor with Intent to Engage in Criminal Sexual Activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A San Diego woman who ran a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison for deceiving investors by falsely claiming their money would be used to make short-term construction loans to other investors seeking to defer capital gains taxes through “1031 like-kind exchanges.".
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - The United States on Monday filed a civil denaturalization complaint against a 68-year-old gymnastics coach - originally from Mexico - who allegedly concealed his repeated sexual abuse of three minor female athletes throughout multiple immigration proceedings.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment on December 5, against Timothy Allen Horwath, 50, of Redding, charging him with receipt of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A California woman will plead guilty to charges filed today alleging that she paid $9,000 to have an individual take online classes for her son, in order to earn credits to facilitate his graduation from Georgetown University.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: Justice Department Files Statement of Interest Supporting Campus Free Speech.
