News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: A man who conspired with others to distribute ice methamphetamine was sentenced yesterday to 30 years’ in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: Brookline, Mass--July 20, 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, in which President Kennedy's dream of putting an American on the moon was realized. To honor this historic occasion, John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site will offer special programs on Friday, July 19 and Saturday, July 20.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following statement regarding the release of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Special Compliance Personnel Program Annual Report.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has drafted an environmental assessment for a program to support the conservation of the southwestern willow flycatcher. This endangered bird nests and feeds in dense forests of willow and non-native saltcedar (tamarisk) trees along rivers in the southwestern United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of an Unregistered Firearm was sentenced on June 18, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: ARCATA, Calif. - Public events in July and August mark the 20th anniversary of establishment of the Headwaters Forest Reserve. Free events include opening of a new hiking trail, a short film premiere, a guided walk and a writing workshop.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: Howren admitted to distributing between 1.5 and 4.5 kilograms of Methamphetamine, primarily in Greene and Washington Counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Indian national was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison for his role in an international conspiracy to smuggle foreign nationals into the United States via commercial airline flights, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
Release: NEW YORK - Transportation Security Administration officers at LaGuardia Airport stopped a Kansas resident from bringing the trigger and body of a 3D imprinted handgun past the security checkpoint on Wednesday, July 3.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $477 million in airport infrastructure grants, the third allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - The owner of a Jacksonville, Florida-area substance abuse treatment center pleaded guilty today for his role in a $57 million money laundering conspiracy associated with a pass-through billing scheme involving laboratory testing services.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: On July 9, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. McAleenan joined Secret Service Director James Murray and the National Threat Assessment Center’s (NTAC) Chief Dr. Lina Alathari for the release of its annual report on Mass Attacks in Public Spaces (MAPS). The report examines 27 targeted attacks that occurred in public spaces during 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: Izmir Koch, 34, of Huber Heights, Ohio, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for beating a man he believed to be Jewish outside of a Cincinnati restaurant. Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband for the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division; Benjamin C. Glassman, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio; and Todd A. Wickerham, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Cincinnati Division, announced the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: The owner of a Jacksonville, Florida-area substance abuse treatment center pleaded guilty today for his role in a $57 million money laundering conspiracy associated with a pass-through billing scheme involving laboratory testing services.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: A New York anesthesiologist was arraigned today on an indictment charging her for her role in an alleged telemedicine conspiracy to submit fraudulent claims to Medicare, Medicare Part D plans and private insurance plans. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: A Florida attorney was sentenced to 60 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for his role in a multi-million dollar fraud scheme to obtain payments from extortion victims to settle sham copyright infringement lawsuits by lying to state and federal courts throughout the country, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Erica H. MacDonald of the District of Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: Candace Marie Claiborne, a former employee of the U.S. Department of State, was sentenced today to 40 months in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $40,000 for conspiracy to defraud the United States, by lying to law enforcement and background investigators, and hiding her extensive ...
By Fed Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: The federal bank regulatory agencies today issued a final rule that reduces regulatory burden by simplifying several requirements in the agencies' regulatory capital rules.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: Five federal financial regulatory agencies announced on Tuesday that they adopted a final rule to exclude community banks from the Volcker Rule, consistent with the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: Synthetic identity payments fraud is a fast-growing but little-understood problem that affects individuals, financial institutions, government agencies, and private industry. The severity of this type of fraud is documented in a new white paper (PDF) released today by the Federal Reserve System.
