News from January 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: A Fort Pierce resident was sentenced to prison yesterday for making ISIS related threats.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that a jury has convicted Edward Stinson and Debra Baylor of conspiracy to distribute 280 grams or more of cocaine base, in addition to several related drug charges, including one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: We have been notified by several individuals about scam phone calls that appear to come from the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Hotline (CRCL), which is 202-401-1474. The callers claim to be from an office within DHS and make false statements to gather ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: The Justice Department today announced an extensive effort to map and further disrupt, through victim notifications, the Joanap botnet – a global network of numerous infected computers under the control of North Korean hackers that was used to facilitate other malicious cyber activities. This effort ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Pathology laboratory company Inform Diagnostics has agreed to pay $63.5 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by engaging in improper financial relationships with referring physicians, the Justice Department announced today. Inform Diagnostics, formerly known as Miraca Life ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: In the latest joint federal-state Clean Water Act enforcement action, Sunoco Pipeline L.P. has agreed to pay civil penalties and state enforcement costs and to implement corrective measures to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and state environmental laws by Sunoco and Mid-Valley Pipeline Company stemming from three crude oil spills in 2013, 2014, and 2015, in Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in December indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been rising at a solid rate. Job gains have been strong, on average, in recent months, and the unemployment rate has remained low. Household ...
By Fed Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: The Federal Open Market Committee, at its annual organizational meeting this week, unanimously reaffirmed its "Statement of Longer-Run Goals and Monetary Policy Strategy" with an updated reference to the median of participants' estimates of the longer-run normal rate of unemployment in the most recent Summary of Economic Projections (December 2018).
By Fed Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: After extensive deliberations and thorough review of experience to date, the Committee judges that it is appropriate at this time to provide additional information regarding its plans to implement monetary policy over the longer run. Additionally, the Committee is revising its earlier guidance regarding ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor announced $85 million in grants will be awarded to YouthBuild programs in 32 states.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor announced $85 million in grants will be awarded to YouthBuild programs in 32 states.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 30, 2019
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 30, 2019
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 30, 2019
The US Energy Department published a five page notice on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NEVILLE S. NICHOLSON, 62, a citizen of Jamaica last residing in the Bronx, New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to approximately 12 months of imprisonment, time already served, for passport fraud offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - In the latest joint federal-state Clean Water Act enforcement action, Sunoco Pipeline L.P. has agreed to pay civil penalties and state enforcement costs and to implement corrective measures to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and state environmental laws by Sunoco and Mid-Valley Pipeline Company stemming from three crude oil spills in 2013, 2014, and 2015, in Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: MONROE, La. - Daryon D. Kelley, age 23, of Monroe, Louisiana, was found guilty today in United States District Court following a three-day trial, announced United States Attorney David C. Joseph.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Washington-Robinson faces up to 20 years in prison on each of the four counts he pled guilty to when he is sentenced on June 19, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Damian A. Ouellette, 26, of Levant, Maine pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK - Two were charged in federal court Wednesday following a joint investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the New York City Police Department (NYPD). Thomas Irigoyen and Nicholas Ofei Cofie were charged with conspiring to commit...
