News from November 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Morgan Bullock, 33, of Camdenton, Missouri, was sentenced to 12 months in prison and restitution in the amount of $136,458.68 for his scheme to defraud homebuyer customers of Bullock Building and Development, LLC. He appeared in federal court this afternoon before U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - A Durham man who participated in the home invasion robbery of a tobacco store owner was sentenced to prison Thursday, announced Matthew G.T. Martin, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
News Release: Southern District of Georgia continues to lead nationwide effort against fraudulent 'telehealth' scams.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Subcommittee on Aviation Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) have formally requested a Full Committee hearing to receive testimony from senior Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials who were in charge of the agency between 2012 and 2017 when nearly all decisions regarding the certification of the Boeing 737 MAX were made.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
News Release: A federal jury found a District of Columbia insurance broker guilty today for his role in a scheme to defraud CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield of more than $2 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Bryant Freemont, Jr., age 19, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska for Robbery in Indian Country. United States District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr., sentenced Freemont to 18 months of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After completing his term of imprisonment, Freemont will begin a three-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach man was sentenced late yesterday to 24 years in prison for his role as a gunman at multiple armed robberies of local grocery stores.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
News Release: Defendants now charged with death-eligible crimes.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
News Release: Public Notice. FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has extended the 60-day public comment period for the Westlands Water District draft repayment contract. This draft contract provides project water service and facilities repayment pursuant to the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Markell Palmer-Tate, 27 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after pleading guilty to aiding and abetting an attempted bank robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
News Release: BOISE - Juan Frausto-Bedolla, 29, of Tijuana, Mexico, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to fifteen years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. Frausto-Bedolla was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye. Frausto-Bedolla pled guilty to the offense on December 7, 2018.
By State Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
News Release: Washington-Today, Rep. Adam B. Schiff, the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Acting Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released transcripts from joint depositions of one current and one former White House official responsible for Ukraine policy: Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman and Dr. Fiona Hill.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
News Release: Midland, MI - Under a proposed settlement announced today by the United States, the State of Michigan and the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan, The Dow Chemical Company will implement and fund an estimated $77 million in natural resource restoration projects intended to compensate the public...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) today demanded answers from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) about its efforts to change key provisions of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Tara Sabatini, 44, of St. Charles, Missouri, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Thursday, November 7, 2019, on three counts of wire fraud. She appeared this afternoon for her initial appearance.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
News Release: BOISE - Juan Frausto-Bedolla, 29, of Tijuana, Mexico, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to fifteen years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. Frausto-Bedolla was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye. Frausto-Bedolla pled guilty to the offense on December 7, 2018.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded $198,642 to Transmute Industries, Inc. based in Austin, TX to develop a proof-of-concept application for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to support increased transparency, automation and security in processing the importation of raw materials such as steel, timber and diamonds raw goods entering the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - The principals and co-founders of a North Andover mortgage short sale assistance company were charged today in connection with defrauding mortgage lenders and investors out of nearly $500,000 in proceeds from about 90 short sale transactions. The defendants allegedly defrauded the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
Release: Studies Will Be Aimed at Improving Accuracy of Earth System Models
