News published on Federal Newswire in December 2019

News from December 2019


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - INDIAN RIDGE SEAFOOD COMPANY, LLC, a Louisiana Limited Liability Company located in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, was charged on Dec. 30, 2019 in a one count Bill of Information for the illegal sale of oysters in violation of the Lacey Act.


News Release: The FBI is Seeking Information from a Bank Robbery in North Miami Beach.


BLM Utah announces five-year agreement with the Utah Department of Natural Resources as a part of Utah’s Watershed Restoration Initiative

News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is a proud contributor and supporter of Utah’s Watershed Restoration Initiative (WRI), which uses locally-driven projects to improve watershed health, biological diversity, and water quality. BLM Utah and the Utah Department of Natural Resources (DNR) have entered into a new five-year financial cooperative agreement supporting the WRI. The BLM may contribute up to $75 million over the lifetime of this five-year agreement.


ICE lodges detainer against Mexican illegal alien arrested in South Carolina for sexual abuse of a child

News Release: CHARLESTON, S.C. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) lodged an immigration detainer Tuesday against an unlawfully present Mexican man arrested in North Charleston earlier this month for sexual abuse of a child.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement after the President signed their anti-robocalls bill, the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act, into law...


News Release: BILLINGS - The owners of Kisling Quality Builders today admitted they evaded paying more than $320,000 in taxes in a scheme in which they used the construction of a Billings mansion to avoid reporting more than $800,000 in profits, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.


News Release: HOUSTON - A 34-year-old Nigerian man who resided in Houston has been charged with conspiracy, bank fraud and aggravated identify theft, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.


Walden and Latta Statement on Law to Combat Illegal Robocalls

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement after the President signed their anti-robocalls bill, the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act, into law...


News Release: A Tulsa man was sentenced today for making a false statement in a bankruptcy proceeding, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement after the President signed their anti-robocalls bill, the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act, into law...


The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and Denver Police Department Need Your Help Identifying a Bank Robber

News Release: The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and Denver Police Department Need Your Help Identifying a Bank Robber.


News Release: LAKEWOOD, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public scoping comments on approximately 6,095 acres of public lands proposed for the upcoming June 2020 competitive oil and gas lease sale in Jackson, Lincoln, Moffat, Rio Blanco, and Weld counties. The public scoping period starts tomorrow, Dec. 31, 2019 and ends Jan. 15, 2020. Before beginning an environmental analysis, the BLM would like to hear from the public about issues that should be considered.


Tax Preparer Admits Conspiring to Commit Tax Fraud

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, tax preparer today admitted her role in conspiring to defraud the IRS and filing false personal tax returns for a New Jersey business owner and two other individuals, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


News Release: Eric Dreiband, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Geoffrey S. Berman, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the FBI, announced today that Grafton Thomas has been charged with five counts ...


News Release: Blue collar workers are rising. After decades of their being left behind, President Donald Trump has helped grow a full-blown blue-collar boom that can be felt on manufacturing floors in Ohio, at steel production facilities in Pennsylvania and construction sites in Wisconsin. Instead of dismissing America’s blue-collar workers, as politicians had done for decades, the Trump administration has fought for them and won.


U.S. Department of Labor Investigation Results in Las Vegas Restaurant Paying $212,861 to 71 Employees for Overtime Violations

News Release: LAS VEGAS, NV – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Bonito Michoacan Inc. – a restaurant in Las Vegas, Nevada – will pay $212,861 in back wages and liquidated damages to 71 employees after the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) found the employer violated the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).


U.S. Department of Labor Investigation Results in San Francisco Auto Insurer Paying $110,730 to 13 Employees for Overtime Violations

News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Go Maps Inc. – an Internet-based car insurance company headquartered in San Francisco, California–has paid $110,730 in back wages and liquidated damages to 13 employees for violating the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Dec. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.