News from February 2019
By DOL Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: Dear Secretary Acosta: We write to request additional information about the U.S. Department of Labor’s (Department) plans for proposed rulemaking, subregulatory guidance, and information collection requests regarding “Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs" (IRAPs) and the development of IRAP “accreditors." ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: ROCKFORD -A Rockford man pleaded guilty in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. AUSTIN A. RICHARDSON, 25, admitted in that on Sept. 20, 2017, he possessed a Taurus 9 mm pistol and approximately 50 rounds ...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: Are you interested in working at the country’s first urban National Park site? Are you passionate about New York and New Jersey history and nature? If so, consider applying to work at one of our three units: Sandy Hook, NJ; Staten Island, NY; or Jamaica Bay, NY.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: Spokane, Washington - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Marcos Ramirez-Mercado, 46, of Yakima, Washington, and Michoacán, Mexico, was sentenced today after having pleaded guilty on September 6, 2018, to a conspiracy to distribute five...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: Two Louisiana Tax Preparers Charged With Filing False IRS Returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Feb. 20, 2019, Anthony C. Moore (age: 33), of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, was sentenced for violating Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c). Moore previously pled guilty to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: ALBANY - The first of two co-defendants charged in the armed robbery of an Albany bank was found guilty following a four day trial, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. A citizen jury found Kamilyah Whitlock, 25, of Albany guilty late Thursday...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Raleigh has returned indictments charging BARTOLO ALVAREZ-CRUZ, age 32, of Mexico, JORGE ALBERTO MALDONADO-BROON, age 35, of Mexico, ANTONIO CANDELA-SANTOS, age 42...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Adam C. McFadden, and George H. Moses, both of Rochester, NY, were charged by criminal complaint with wire fraud; conspiracy to commit wire fraud; money laundering; and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Daniel Zipp (619) 546-8463 and Seth Askins (619) 546-6692.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal jury has convicted a 50-year-old internal medicine doctor and 47-year-old hospital owner of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, 17 counts of health care fraud and three counts of money laundering, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick and Assistant Attorney General Brian A.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK - DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman announced the conviction yesterday of Ernesto Lopez, a New York-licensed medical doctor who wrote thousands of medically unnecessary prescriptions for...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: MOAB, UT- The National Park Service Southeast Utah Group is pleased to announce Antonio (Tony) Savarese as the 2019 Community Artist in the Parks (CAIP). Created in 2009, the CAIP program highlights the connection between a local artist and surrounding landscapes, particularly at Arches and Canyonlands national parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas woman was sentenced yesterday to 34 months in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $13.9 million in restitution to victims in connection with a series of grant fraud schemes, announced U.S. Attorney District Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada. The woman’s fraud schemes targeted small business owners, many of them elderly, and a separate Medicare and insurance fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that on Feb. 21, a federal jury in Bridgeport found NORMAN PETERS, also known as “Ski," 38, of Stamford, guilty of cocaine distribution offenses. The trial before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden began on February 19.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TYRONE WOOLASTON was found guilty yesterday of conspiring to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, and using a firearm in furtherance of cocaine trafficking, in connection with a multi-year...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: Dear Mr. Attorney General: Recent reports suggest that Special Counsel Robert Mueller may be nearing the end of his investigation into “any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump" and other matters that may have...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The U.S. Department of Energy and Israel’s Ministry of Energy along with the Israel Innovation Authority have announced the selection of the U.S.-Israel Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation to manage the newly established U.S.-Israel Energy Center. The U.S...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: Catoctin Mountain Park announces 2019 Youth Conservation Corps program.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, March 23, and on Sunday, March 24, from 9 am - 4 pm, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will present a living history weekend focusing on the Women’s Army Corps training facility at Chickamauga Battlefield. Throughout the day, visitors will have the opportunity...
