News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Seven defendants, in multiple cases, have been sentenced for their roles in schemes related to defrauding health care benefit programs, unlawful dispensing of opioids, and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that former Kanawha County Deputy Sheriff Robert Dwight Evans, 52, of Boomer was sentenced today to three years of probation for lying to the FBI. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the FBI and the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: MISSOULA-A Missoula man who admitted possessing methamphetamine and a firearm was sentenced on Tuesday to 10 years in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: A federal jury on Tuesday evening, convicted a Tuscaloosa County man of possessing methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: In 1963 and 1964, Congress passed a series of acts making it illegal to pay employees different wages on the basis of sex and for employers to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, and sex. These important laws laid the foundation for the modern-day workplace and stated unequivocally that discrimination will not be tolerated.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Bryan L. Brewer (43, Winter Park) with six counts of wire fraud, four counts of bank fraud, and four counts of money laundering. If convicted, Brewer faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each wire fraud count, up to 30 years’ imprisonment for each bank fraud count, and up to 10 years in prison for each money laundering count.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Jokelra Copeland has been convicted by a federal jury for accepting bribe payments to smuggle contraband, including illegal drugs, into Autry State Prison in Pelham, Georgia.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Josue Eduardo Cota, 33, of Douglas, Ariz., was sentenced Feb. 13, to serve 720 months in prison for producing and distributing child pornography following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Rosemary Marquez.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: El Dorado, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Meredith Atwell, age 39, of Huttig, Arkansas was sentenced Feb. 13, 2019 to 54 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Wire Fraud and one count of Possession of a Prohibited Object in Prison. The Honorable Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearings in the United States District Court in El Dorado.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on the resignation of FEMA Administrator Brock Long...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - Today the Natural Resources Committee continued its historic series on climate change impacts across the country with a hearing in the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forest and Public lands - led by Chair Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) - on Climate Change and Public Lands: Examining Impacts and Considering Adaptation Opportunities.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A suspended Massachusetts State Police Trooper agreed to plead guilty in connection with the ongoing investigation of overtime abuse at the Massachusetts State Police (MSP).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ASHRAF HASAN-HAFEZ and ILYA KOGAN were sentenced yesterday to 45 and 50 months, respectively, in prison for their participation in a scheme to defraud the Medicare and Medicaid programs. HASAN-HAFEZ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national residing in Lynn pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to Social Security fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) wants to know what services and opportunities you’d like to see at Fort Washington Marina. Should we offer more non-motorized boating opportunities? What types of boat repair services are needed? Would you like to see food and drink services? Help the NPS answer these questions and more at an upcoming public workshop.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: FBI Special Agent in Charge Renn Cannon Statement on Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) sent a letter to Acting Attorney General Matthew G. Whitaker, requesting that he clarify statements he made during his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on February 8, 2019.and below.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Arlington man pleaded guilty today to orchestrating eight fraud schemes that resulted in total losses of approximately $20 million.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: BALTIMORE - A Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang member associated with the Los Angeles Crazy Salvatruchas clique and wanted in El Salvador was removed from the U.S. Friday by deportation officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO.)
By DOE Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), in partnership with Energy Industries of Ohio Inc., is set to scale up the fabrication of components made from advanced nickel superalloys that will help bring advanced ultrasupercritical (AUSC) power plant technology to the level of readiness for commercial-scale demonstration.
