News from July 2019
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: Tonopah, NV - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Tonopah Field Office (TFO), has published a Record of Decision (ROD) associated with Gemfield Resources, Ltd. (GRL’s) proposal to develop gold mine operations within the Gemfield Project (Project) area. The Project is located approximately 30 miles south of Tonopah, Nevada, and approximately 0.5 mile north of the town of Goldfield, Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Pennsylvania man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with a scam in which he and co-conspirators defrauded victims by pretending to be employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Maryland man pleaded guilty today to 10 counts of making false statements to acquire firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that ANH DUONG, age 72, was sentenced on Thursday, July 25, 2019 for transporting individuals in interstate commerce for prostitution, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2421(a).
By DOE Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today in response to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s announcement that EPA will not complete a second draft of its study for the national particulate matter standard, or reconstitute the disbanded subpanel on particulate pollution, despite concerns raised by the Agency’s own independent scientific advisors...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Eran Buhbut, 34, of Oakland, pleaded guilty today to conducting an illegal gambling business, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: Lynchburg, VIRGINIA - A federal jury in U.S. District Court in Lynchburg today convicted Gary Hassler, the former head nurse at Rockbridge Regional Jail, of falsifying documents in order to impede a federal investigation into civil rights abuses at the facility, First Assistant United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: Battle Mountain, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Mount Lewis Field Office, has published a Notice of Availability for the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Barrick Cortez Inc.’s proposal to expand its existing open pit and underground gold mine operations in the Cortez Gold Mines (CGM) Operations Area. The proposed expansion, known as the Deep South Expansion Project, is located south of Crescent Valley, in Lander and Eureka counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Following the successful extradition from Israel, Yaniv Gohar, 36, formerly of Berkeley, will be arraigned today on a superseding indictment that adds the charge of failure to appear to the original charges relating to an illegal gambling business, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Yesterday, the United States successfully concluded its third trial against the top leaders and enforcers of La Asociación ÑETA prison gang in Puerto Rico. The three RICO trials resulted in the conviction of 14 ÑETA members to include the organization’s supreme leader and his main lieutenants and assassins. In total, the prosecution of La Asociación ÑETA resulted in the conviction of over 40 of the gang’s most important members.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: Defendant Glenn Blicht Demanded, and Accepted, At Least $150,000 in Bribes from an Employer in Exchange for Not Vigorously Representing Union Members’ Interests.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: A Warren man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for leading an arson conspiracy in which two homes he owned were intentionally set on fire so he could collect insurance money.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: William Winkler will present “Talk to Your Ancestors" on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019 at 7:00 pm at the Cortez Public Library, Cortez, Colorado. Discover the many things your ancestors can teach you, as William explains the importance of family ties and learning from the past. This program is part of the 2019 Four Corner Lecture Series and is free and open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: A man who brandished and racked a stolen firearm during a disturbance outside an apartment complex in Dubuque, Iowa, in August 2018, was sentenced July 25, 2019, to over two years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal indictment against FAYSAL SAYID, 40, and MUHUMED ALI, 36, charging them with multiple counts of income tax evasion and with conspiracy to defraud the United States. SAYID and ALI are currently scheduled to make their initial appearances on August 9, 2019, before Magistrate Judge Hildy Bowbeer in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: Defendants worked in DMV offices in Arleta, Granada Hills, and Winnetka.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Leo Rush, 77, of Pelham, New Hampshire, has been charged with five counts of mail fraud and five counts of wire fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An illegal alien and violent felon who has previously illegally entered the United States on at least six occasions, was sentenced to nearly two years in prison for illegally reentering the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Leo Rush, 77, of Pelham, New Hampshire, has been charged with five counts of mail fraud and five counts of wire fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - National Park Service (NPS) Deputy Director P. Daniel Smith today announced the appointment of Dr. Herbert (Bert) C. Frost to be the new director of the Midwest Region, which will transition to Unified Regions 3, 4, and 5 under the Department of the Interior’s plan to realign its regional boundaries. Frost currently serves as the director of the Alaska Region, which will transition to Unified Region 11.
