News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Nicholas Alan Hodges was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for receiving, distributing, and possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Ryan L. Spradlin. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable William H. Orrick, U.S. District Judge.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-Teams of innovators and municipal governments around the world who are using technology to address challenges such as disaster response, energy management, and mass transit improvement will share their work at the Global City Teams Challenge/Smart and Secure Cities and Communities Expo July...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - June 20, 2019 - Brittan Ezekiel Kettles, aka “Low Low," 27, of Nashville, Tennessee, was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in federal prison for conspiracy to sex traffic a person under the age of 14 and sex trafficking a person under the age of 14, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee. Kettles was convicted by a federal jury in June 2018 after a three-day trial in U.S. District Court.
By State Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Dear Mr. Inspector General: As Members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, we write to request that your office conduct an investigation into the process and legal justifications underlying the emergency determination made under the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) for the sale or transfer of over...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and James P. O’Neill, Police Commissioner of the City to New York (“NYPD"), today...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and government and industry members of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Supply Chain Risk Management Task Force gathered in Washington, D.C. today to update members on progress towards the development of an initial recommendation to help industry and government stakeholders more effectively identify and manage risks to global ICT supply chains.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: On June 19, 2019, the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union hosted the E.U.-U.S. Ministerial Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs in Bucharest, Romania. The meeting provided an opportunity for both sides to take stock of their long-standing cooperation in this area and to reaffirm their partnership in addressing common security threats.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 20, 2019 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)announced today it is offering $75 million in funding for the eradication and control of feral swine through the Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program (FSCP) in a joint effort between USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: (Washington, D.C., June 20, 2019) – Officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today signed a Memorandum of Agreement (PDF, 3.1 MB) that formally outlines how the departments will transfer ownership and operational responsibility for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) from DHS’ Science and Technology Directorate to USDA.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, has agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that the Parish violated the Fair Housing Act when it refused to allow two small group homes for up to five children with disabilities to open in single-family neighborhoods.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Four individuals were charged with engaging in a massive fraud scheme in which their company processed payments from victims of numerous international mass-mail fraud campaigns, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it is requiring Harris Corporation (Harris) and L3 Technologies Inc. (L3) to divest Harris’s night vision business in order to proceed with their merger. The Department further said that, without the divestiture, the proposed acquisition would eliminate ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Walmart Inc. (Walmart), a U.S.-based multinational retailer and its wholly owned Brazilian subsidiary, WMT Brasilia S.a.r.l. (WMT Brasilia), have agreed to pay a combined criminal penalty of $137 million to resolve the government’s investigation into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: A former attorney recently convicted of securities fraud by a jury in the District of Columbia, pleaded guilty today to failure to file an income tax return and pay taxes, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Mohammad Sikder, 60, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today to two counts of violating the Toxic Substances Control Act for his role in renovating a Washington, D.C., property without following lead-safe work practices and lead disclosure requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today seeking to block Quad/Graphics Inc.’s proposed acquisition of LSC Communications Inc. in order to preserve competition in the markets for magazine, catalog, and book printing services in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Today, Portline Bulk International S.A. pleaded guilty in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, to one count of violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships and one count of Obstruction. The charges stem from the falsification of the Oil Record Book onboard the M/V Achilleus, a Maltese-flagged ocean-going bulk carrier ship managed by Defendant Portline.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: A former Hadley Police Department Officer was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield, Massachusetts, for using unreasonable force during an arrest and then falsifying a police report of the incident.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: A medical director and two operators of a Houston, Texas, medical clinic were charged in an indictment unsealed today for their alleged participation in a multimillion-dollar health care fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: A federal jury in Boston found the chairman and CEO of an investment firm and a member of the investment firm’s board of directors guilty today for their participation in a scheme to bribe officials of the Republic of Haiti in exchange for business advantages for the investment firm.
