News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Savannah man charged with killing the wife of a deployed U.S. Army soldier on post at Fort Stewart has been ordered held without bond.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: Kids ages 8 to 12 and their parents are invited to join us for Junior Ranger Days in Big Thicket National Preserve every Wednesday in July from 9 am to noon. Each week, park rangers will lead fun hands-on activities focused on a variety of topics, from wildlife to wilderness survival. Be prepared to be outdoors with water, insect repellent, sunscreen, closed-toed athletic shoes, and clothes that can get dirty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Marshals Service is seeking the public’s help in locating a man wanted in connection with an April 2018 shooting in Reading, Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: HONOLULU - Wagdy A. Guirguis was sentenced today to five years in prison for conspiracy to defraud the United States announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and United States Attorney Kenji M. Price for the District of Hawaii.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Brent Campbell, also known as “Marv" and “Slim," 35, of Waterbury, CT, as well as Jeffrey Haynes, 37, and Marlana Gibeault, 46, both of Rutland County, VT appeared yesterday and today in United States District Court in Burlington...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: Firms Received Federal Contracts Set Aside for Veterans, Minorities.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: On June 26, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. McAleenan released the following statement after the Senate passed an emergency spending bill to provide the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with an additional $4.5 billion to address ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: On June 27, Acting Secretary Kevin K. McAleenan released the following statement on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) leadership changes: "Mr. Mark Morgan, who is serving as the Acting Director of ICE, will take the helm of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as the Chief Operating ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 27, 2019 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today released the following statement on President Donald Trump’s appointment of Chad Rupe as Administrator of the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Utilities Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury in Madison, Wisconsin, indicted a La Crosse, Wisconsin, dentist yesterday for tax evasion, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Scott C. Blader for the Western District of Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: Gennex Media LLC (aka Brandnex.com and PMGOA) pleaded guilty and was sentenced today for conspiring to fix prices for customized promotional products sold online to customers in the United States. Gennex Media’s president, Akil Kurji, was also sentenced today for his role in the conspiracy. According ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: A former Venezuelan government minister and a former officer at Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled electricity company, Corporación Eléctrica Nacional, S.A. (Corpoelec), were charged in an indictment returned today for their alleged roles in laundering the proceeds of violations of the Foreign ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: A seven-count indictment was returned yesterday charging a former Assistant Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Inspector General, with engaging in a scheme to conceal material facts, making false statements and falsification of records.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: A federal jury found the owner of a Tampa, Florida-area medical marketing company guilty today for his role in an over $2.2 million Medicare fraud scheme involving the payment of kickbacks and bribes to medical clinics in Miami in exchange for the referral of DNA swabs that were obtained from Medicare beneficiaries.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: Larry D. Meyers, the former head of the securities lending desk at Banca IMI Securities Corp., pleaded guilty to a criminal antitrust charge for his involvement in a bid-rigging conspiracy for certain financial instruments, the Department of Justice announced.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: The nation's largest banks have strong capital levels and virtually all are now meeting supervisory expectations for capital planning, the Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced following its annual examination. As a result, the Board is not objecting to the capital plans of all 18 firms but is requiring one firm to address limited weaknesses identified from the test.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced its approval of the proposal under section 4 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 by Texas Independent Bancshares, Inc. ("TIB"), Texas City, Texas, to acquire Preferred Bancshares, Inc. ("Preferred") and thereby indirectly acquire Preferred's subsidiary ...
By Labor Gazette | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the launch of additional plain-language, user-friendly compliance assistance materials to help employers, workers, and other stakeholders understand their responsibilities and their rights under federal labor law. The Department's Wage and ...
By Labor Gazette | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor has announced "The Right Talent, Right Now" as the theme for the 2019 National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM).
By Labor Gazette | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor will hold a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH) on July 17-18, 2019, in Washington, D.C.
