News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Alexander Seegar, 29, of Darien Center, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci to receipt of child pornography. The charge carries a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: The lead defendant in the Han Gil criminal case pleaded guilty today to gun and drug charges, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that two defense supply companies, and a married couple who operated them, have agreed to resolve the government’s claims that they supplied non-conforming parts to the military in violation of the False Claims Act. The government described its claims in its federal court complaint filed today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The leader and the enforcer of a drug-trafficking organization that distributed more than 45 kilograms of methamphetamine in the Kansas City metropolitan area were sentenced in federal court today.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report on the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: DALLAS - The lead defendant in the Han Gil criminal case pleaded guilty today to gun and drug charges, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two individuals were found guilty today for their respective roles in using phony monetary instruments to obtain luxury vehicles and other high value items; one of the defendants was additionally convicted of bankruptcy fraud, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national residing in Roxbury with lawful permanent resident status was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a wide-ranging narcotics trafficking operation that included distributing counterfeit prescription pain pills containing fentanyl throughout Boston and Cape Cod.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - 35 residents of Western Pennsylvania, one resident of New York, and one resident of West Virginia have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of drug trafficking and firearms violations, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Latam Games, LLC of Miami, Florida, was sentenced today to pay a $500,000 fine following its guilty plea to structuring financial transactions to evade currency reporting requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Four Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) from the Eastern District of New York (EDNY), one paralegal, and three law enforcement partners were among those recognized by Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and Director James Crowell, IV, of the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA)...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Transportation Security Administration in collaboration with the Government Technology & Services Coalition is hosting the 2019 Industry Day with focused discussions on “Raising the Baseline." TSA Acting Deputy Administrator Patricia Cogswell and DHS Chief Procurement Officer Soraya Correa will provide remarks followed by roundtable discussions on strategic priorities with key senior officials.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Quionte Jordan Crawford, of Fairmont, West Virginia, has admitted to using his smart phone to convince minors to send explicit pictures and videos, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: A man who sexually exploited a child pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations Chairwoman Marcia Fudge of Ohio delivered the following remarks at the subcommittee hearing on the potential implications of eliminating broad-based categorical eligibility for SNAP households.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - 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: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Floyd Chase, 49, of Brewer, Maine, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Judge Nancy Torresen to three years in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to make false statements to a federal firearms licensee. He pled guilty on Nov. 26, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Brazilian national pleaded guilty today in connection with sending a letter to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that threatened an armed attack on a South Boston school in 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ZARKEE SANDERS, 42, of Hamden, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 65 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a New Haven drug trafficking ring, and for violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota issued the following statement Thursday regarding an announcement by USDA’s Risk Management Agency to move the final haying and grazing date from November 1 to September 1 and to also allow chopping for silage, haylage, and baleage under RMA’s prevented planting provisions. An earlier deadline will significantly increase the quantity and quality of feed available to livestock producers.
