News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Two Michigan men pleaded guilty today for their roles in an advanced fee scheme involving phony Standby Letters of Credit supposedly issued by European banks.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is hosting a public meeting on July 25 to provide information on a proposed magnesium/dolomite quarry mine in Luna County, and to gather input in the preparation of an environmental assessment (EA). The meeting will be held at the Mimbres Valley Learning Center at 2300 E. Pine St. in Deming, NM from 6 to 8 p.m.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) announced today that the Committee will hold a Member Day Hearing on issues within the Committee’s jurisdiction in the 116th Congress on Thursday, July 25, at 10 am in the John D.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and released a statement following the exploratory report the Athlete and National Governing Bodies (NGB) Engagement Commission, or Borders Commission, released after a nine-month review.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Marcus Sales, 29, of Syracuse, New York, pled guilty yesterday to a federal cocaine distribution conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New York Field Division, and James N. Hendricks, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa- On July 16, 2019, Kelly Everett Mitchell, age 47, of Burlington, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to a total of 312 months in prison for distribution of methamphetamine, possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute, and providing...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Antonio Morrow (42, St. Petersburg) to eight years and five months in federal prison, for possessing with the intent to distribute cocaine, cocaine base, and hydromorphone, and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Morrow had pleaded guilty on May 1, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Indianapolis - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that James Hans Huffman, 48, of Bloomington was sentenced to 96 months in prison for Possession of Child Pornography by the Honorable Sarah Evans Barker. Huffman served as the Chief Deputy Auditor for Monroe County, Indiana from 2017-2018, and Chief Deputy Treasurer for Monroe County, Indiana from 2009-2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: St. Louis - Jaleel Zakee Adams, 23, of Florissant, MO was sentenced today to a term of 20 years in federal prison by Senior United States District Judge E. Richard Webber. At the time of his guilty plea in April 2019, Adams admitted that on Nov. 15, 2017, he knowingly sold acetyl-fentanyl to R.I.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Two former employees of Redirections Treatment Advocates - a contracted physician and the clinic’s operations manager - have been sentenced in federal court for offenses related to the unlawful distribution of controlled substances and health care fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Three members of the Almighty Vice Lords Nation (AVLN) gang were indicted by a federal grand jury in Detroit on charges of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances such as marijuana, heroin, cocaine, and suboxone; and use of a communication facility to commit the drug conspiracy offense, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider. The indictment was unsealed yesterday.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted 19 Baltimore men on federal charges related to an alleged drug distribution conspiracy operating in Northwest Baltimore near the intersection of Liberty Heights Avenue and Garrison Boulevard. The indictment was returned on June 27, 2019, and was unsealed today upon the execution of search warrants and the arrests of the defendants. The following defendants, all from Baltimore, are charged in the indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera, known by various aliases, including “El Chapo” and “El Rapido,” was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Brian M. Cogan to a life term of imprisonment plus 30 years to run consecutive to the life sentence for being a principal leader of a continuing criminal enterprise ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Paul M. Camara Jr., president and co-owner of an insulation contractor, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport, Connecticut, for his role in schemes to rig bids in violation of the antitrust laws and engage in criminal fraud on insulation contracts, marking the third conviction in this ongoing investigation, ...
By Fed Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today announced that they will not take action related to restrictions under the Volcker Rule for certain foreign funds for an additional two years. The three federal banking regulatory agencies have consulted with the staffs of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission regarding this matter.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: BACKGROUNDER ON DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COOPERATION WITH HOUSE OVERSIGHT ON CENSUS INVESTIGATION
By Commerce News Now | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Today, House Democrats took the unnecessary step to hold the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, and Attorney General William P. Barr in contempt after the Department spent months cooperating with the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, as well as its voluminous and burdensome requests for information and testimony.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES, CA – Login Consulting Services Inc. – a staffing and recruitment company based in El Segundo, California – has paid $58,815 to two employees after a U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found violations of the H-1B foreign labor certification program.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: STERLING, IL – Rock River Valley Self Help Enterprises Inc. – based in Sterling, Illinois – will pay 215 current and former employees with disabilities nearly $574,000 in back wages as part of its agreement to resolve issues uncovered by a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation ...
