News from June 2019
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Rob Portman (R-OH) today introduced bipartisan legislation to determine if office space leased by the federal government is owned by federal entities. The Secure Federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: WILKES-BARRE - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Johnny Fletcher, age 41, formerly of South Carolina and currently an inmate at the United States Penitentiary Canaan, pleaded guilty on June 12, 2019, before Senior U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo, to assault on a correctional officer and was immediately sentenced to serve an additional 15 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Anthony W. Redd, age 63, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was indicted on June 12, 2019, by a federal grand jury on mail fraud and money laundering charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Financial Services LLC (ICBCFS) pleaded guilty to an antitrust charge and was sentenced to pay a criminal fine in excess of $3 million for its involvement in a bid-rigging conspiracy involving certain financial instruments, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: Over the past two weeks, five defendants have pleaded guilty or have been sentenced in the Northern District of Oklahoma for sex crimes involving minors, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores. The prosecutions are part of the Department of Justice’s Project Safe Childhood initiative and come on the heels...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: Morristown, NJ - Morristown National Historical Park (NHP) is pleased to announce its summer 2019 special exhibits available for public viewing at both its Jockey Hollow Visitor Center and its Washington’s Headquarters Museum.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: United States Files False Claims Act Complaint Against Two Compounding Pharmacies and Their Owner For Submitting Inflated Claims and Improperly Waiving Patient Copayments.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico- On June 11, 2019, Leonardo Lebrón-Torres, president of Dynamic Solar Solutions, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Puerto Rico, was indicted for conspiracy against the United States to provide kickbacks, and six substantive charges for providing kickbacks, announced U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez of the District of Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Aurelius Jamal Eddie, 18, and Julian C. Silversmith, 42, both from the area of Gallup, N.M. appeared in federal court on June 10, 2019, on charges of robbery for interfering with commerce by threats or violence and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence in Indian Country.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO - A temporary river access point for non-motorized vessels has been established at the former Pin Oak Campground location on the Current River north of Van Buren.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that JOHN L. MURRAY, age 66, pled guilty yesterday before United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon to a one count indictment for bank robbery in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Giovani Ramirez-Soto, 27, a citizen of Mexico, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to conspiracy to possession with intent to distribute, and to distribute, one kilogram or more of heroin. Soto also...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: As temperatures increase and thunderstorms occur, visitors to Rocky Mountain National Park should be aware that mountain streams can be dangerous especially in late spring and early summer. Don’t underestimate the power of water.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice announced today that the United States has filed a complaint in intervention against Smart Pharmacy Inc., and SP2 LLC, two compounding pharmacies located in Jacksonville, Florida. The complaint alleges that the pharmacies improperly included the drug aripiprazole...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - The Justice Department today announced that it supported a World Elder Abuse Awareness Day event in Lyman, South Carolina on June 13, 2019. Assistant U.S. Attorneys David Stephens and Rob Sneed gave a presentation to seniors from the upstate using “Fraud Bingo" as a platform to provide tips on avoiding scams.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota and Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chairman Jim Costa of California issued the following statements in response to today’s announcement of open signup for the 2018 Farm Bill’s Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: Roosevelt, AZ - Effective on June 15, 2019, Tonto National Forest and the Tonto National Monument are going into Stage 1 Fire Restrictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Chinese born naturalized U.S. citizen living in Lexington, and a company he and his wife established, were charged in federal court in Boston in connection with stealing proprietary information from his former employer, Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI), a semiconductor company headquartered in Norwood. Yu is also charged with allegedly selling and illegally exporting integrated circuits that incorporated ADI’s stolen trade secrets.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - After an eight-day trial, Dr. Krishan Kumar Aggarwal, of Moon Township, Pennsylvania, and Dr. Cherian John, of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, were found not guilty of drug charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: New York Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Attempting to Join ISIS in Yemen.
