News from October 2019
By DOT News Wire | Oct 30, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Oct. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Oct 30, 2019
The US Justice Department published a six page proposed rule on Oct. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Innovative Land Swap Includes GSA, MIT, City of Cambridge
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Charles Denver Phillips a/k/a “Pup," and his wife, Lois Latrilla Phillips, 46, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason for conspiring to distribute and for actually distributing methamphetamine. The couple lived in Anchorage.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Ohio inmate offered a guilty plea in federal court today to writing at least 15 threatening letters containing powder. In some of the letters, he claimed the powder was anthrax or fentanyl or threatened the use of explosive devices.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: A Detroit man was sentenced yesterday after having been convicted by a jury in October, 2018, on charges of murder-for-hire, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and oxycodone, and use of a firearm causing death during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: A Kittery man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Portland to transporting images of child exploitation, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of The Guardians Project, a Federal Law Enforcement Initiative to Combat Corruption, Fraud, and Abuse in South Dakota.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: The former CEO and chief operations officer (COO) of a Monaco-based intermediary company have pleaded guilty for their roles in a scheme to corruptly facilitate millions of dollars in bribe payments to officials in multiple countries. These included Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Libya and Syria. The company’s former business development director also pleaded guilty for his role in paying bribes in Libya.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Eighteen residents of Pittsburgh or the surrounding area and a Philadelphia man have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. The indictment follows an eight-month wiretap investigation into heroin trafficking from Philadelphia to the Pittsburgh-area for further distribution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Three more individuals have been charged in connection with a long-running scheme to defraud a financial institution in a scheme to obtain car loans in the Rio Grande Valley, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Defendant paid $250,000 to have his son admitted to USC with falsified athletic profile depicting him as a nationally ranked volleyball player, despite having never played competitively.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news reports that President Trump is still searching for a loophole to install Ken Cuccinelli as Acting Homeland Security Secretary...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: GAINESVILLE, Ga. - John Michael “Mike" Gowder and James Heaton have been convicted after a two-week jury trial on 102 counts related to illegally prescribing and obtaining more than 15,000 doses of prescription pain medications outside the usual course of professional practice and for no legitimate medical...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A California businessman became the 12th parent to be sentenced in the college admissions case.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson delivered the following remarks at today's full committee business meeting on the reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jaclyn Stahl (619) 546-8456 and Fred Sheppard (619) 546-8237.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The former office manager of a Virginia law firm has been charged in an indictment unsealed today for her role in a scheme to have money sent to her personal bank accounts from the Law Firm’s bank account.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: A Sabattus man was sentenced today in federal court in Portland for possessing a stolen firearm and possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Washington, PA, was sentenced in federal court to three years of probation, with 90 days of home detention, 100 hours of community service, and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine and $80,000 in restitution on charges of aiding and abetting the unlawful distribution of controlled substances and health care fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
