News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: More Than $200 Million in Alleged Bribes and Kickbacks Paid to Mozambican Government Officials and Investment Bankers.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: On the morning of Feb. 15, 2019 a visitor reported a dead cow elk on Upper Hoh Road in Olympic National Park. U.S. Park Rangers, with the assistance of officers with the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, investigated and discovered the cow elk had been killed sometime between February 14 and the early morning hours of February 15. The carcass was within yards of the roadway and no attempt was made to harvest the meat.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Michael Ringer, 49, of Carthage, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, March 7, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $1.9 million to Texas as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, ...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: I would like to extend a warm welcome to Assistant Secretary Dan Simmons, who leads DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. I understand that Assistant Secretary Simmons was officially sworn in in January, so we’re glad that he’s finally in place to provide much needed leadership to EERE.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 50 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to defraud New Jersey state benefit programs,, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, March 7, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $1.7 million to Massachusetts from Section 7721 of the Plant Protection Act as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A former investment advisor was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for deceiving his former clients concerning the management of their retirement savings as well as lying to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Attorney General William P. Barr and U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray today announced the largest coordinated sweep of elder fraud cases in history, surpassing last year’s nationwide sweep. The cases brought during this sweep involved more than 260 defendants from around the globe who victimized more than two million Americans, most of them elderly.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: Defendant failed to appear for trial in September.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Maria Guadalupe Martinez-Plascencia, 48, of Guadalajara, Mexico, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a mandatory...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: I would like to extend a warm welcome to Assistant Secretary Dan Simmons, who leads DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. I understand that Assistant Secretary Simmons was officially sworn in in January, so we’re glad that he’s finally in place to provide much needed leadership to EERE.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: Attorney General William P. Barr and United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger today announced the largest coordinated sweep of elder fraud cases in history, surpassing last year’s nationwide sweep. The cases during this sweep involved more than 260 defendants from around the globe who victimized more than two million Americans, most of them elderly.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, March 7, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $2.2 million to New York as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the nursery production system. Overall, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - Attorney General William P. Barr and United States Attorney William M. McSwain today announced the largest coordinated sweep of elder fraud cases in history, surpassing last year’s nationwide sweep. The cases during this sweep involved more than 260 defendants from around the globe who victimized more than two million Americans, most of whom are elderly.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 39-year-old Vidor, Texas man has been indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $2.5 million to Oregon as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, USDA is ...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - Lake Mead National Recreation Area welcomed 7.5 million recreation visitors to the park in 2018, according to figures released by the National Park Service. For the second year in a row, it is the sixth most visited park in the entire National Park Service.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing on “Wasted Energy: DOE’s Inaction on Efficiency Standards & Its Impact on Consumers and the Climate:"
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Adrian, Mo., man who led law enforcement officers on a high-speed pursuit after shooting at another person has been sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing a firearm.
