News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Former CEO and COO charged with conspiracy, fraud, and money laundering.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks on the on the “Green New Deal" resolution that was introduced by Democrats last week.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera, known by various aliases, including “El Chapo" and “El Rapido," was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York of being a principal operator of a continuing criminal enterprise - the Mexican organized crime syndicate known as the Sinaloa Cartel - a charge...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
Release: BERLIN, GERMANY – Today, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette participated in a German LNG Conference in Berlin, hosted by German Federal Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy Peter Altmaier. The Deputy Secretary and Minister Altmaier were joined by International Energy Agency Executive ...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), top Democrat of the EPW Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), top Democrat on the EPW Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - One Romanian national was sentenced and two Romanian nationals pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with an ATM skimming scheme operating throughout Massachusetts and other states including Connecticut, New York and South Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Paris John Earnest Devine, 26, pleaded guilty to three counts - carjacking; brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence; and conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine. Devine appeared today before U.S. District Henry Autrey who accepted his plea and set his sentencing date for May 14, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A convicted felon from Chicago was arraigned today on a federal firearm charge for illegally possessing three handguns on the city’s South Side.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management Salt Lake Field Office is seeking public comment on the Park City land sale environmental assessment (EA). As proposed, this EA would dispose of lands in Park City, Summit County, Utah, as directed by the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-11), § 2609(b).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that John Tyler Bible, age 27, of Lamar, Oklahoma, was sentenced to one year probation for Conversion Of Mortgaged Property, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 658. The charges arose from an investigation by the Department of Agriculture Office of Inspector General.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Robert Prag, age 46, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 12 months of imprisonment and 1 year of supervised release for Misprision of a Felony, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 4. The charges arose from an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF").
By USDA Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2019 — On Feb. 14, 2019 at 12 p.m. EST, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will release the complete set of tables prepared for the upcoming USDA Agricultural Projections to 2028 report. The new tables will include projections for farm income, U.S. fruits, nuts, and vegetables ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: An associate of a former U.S. Border Patrol Agent (BPA) pleaded guilty to conspiring to accept money in return for helping to smuggle marijuana and other illegal drugs into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) announced that they have reached a settlement with Antero Resources Corporation resolving alleged violations of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) at 32 sites in Harrison, Doddridge, and Tyler Counties in West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: North Greenville University (NGU), based in Greenville, South Carolina, will pay $2.5 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act of submitting false claims to the U.S. Department of Education in violation of the federal ban on incentive-based compensation, the Justice Department announced ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that GenomeDx Biosciences Corp. (GenomeDx) has agreed to pay $1.99 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., by submitting claims to Medicare for the Decipher® post-operative genetic test for prostate cancer ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: A federal court in New Orleans, Louisiana, entered a permanent injunction judgment against Adrienne Robinson Thomas, doing business as AT Tax Services, barring her from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: Two Colombian nationals were sentenced to 45 and 50 years in prison for their roles in a scheme to smuggle illegal aliens from Colombia into the United States, which resulted in the rape of one and the death of two Cuban nationals.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: GUAYNABO, PR – Investigations by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) have resulted in the recovery of $5,579,939 in back wages and benefits owed to 993 employees of nine subcontractors that provided power generator operation support for hurricane recovery efforts in Puerto Rico. ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an opioid-crisis Dislocated Worker Grant (DWG) to the Cherokee Nation for up to $5,996,501, with an initial grant amount of $1,998,834. This grant will provide disaster relief jobs and employment services to eligible individuals in Oklahoma ...
