News from October 2019
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 14, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) strongly urged Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and Lyft CEO Logan Green to reconsider their companies’ participation at a congressional hearing scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. The Subcommittee...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Santerrio Montinez Smith, age 32, of Columbia, was convicted by a federal jury on a dog fighting charge after a day-and-a-half long trial before United States District Judge Mary G. Lewis. The jury took just two...
By State Newswire | Oct 14, 2019
News Release: John Thompson serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment in the Department of State’s Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES). In this position, he is responsible for policies and programs in the areas of environment, conservation, wildlife trafficking, water resources, and global change.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Santerrio Montinez Smith, age 32, of Columbia, was convicted by a federal jury on a dog fighting charge after a day-and-a-half long trial before United States District Judge Mary G. Lewis. The jury took just two...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2019
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA -Death Valley National Park is opening Sunset Campground on October 15. Ten of the park’s twelve campgrounds are now open. Increasing numbers of campers are arriving in Death Valley as temperatures cool down.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 13, 2019
News Release: En español The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued the following statement of safety and enforcement during the California Wildfires: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are concerned about the potential impact of the California wildfires ...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. McAleenan is traveling to Tucson, Arizona, to participate in a celebration of life ceremony for U.S. Border Patrol Agent Robert Hotten, who lost his life last Sunday on duty. While in Tucson, the Acting Secretary, joined by Acting Commissioner ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2019
News Release: Philadelphia, PA - On October, 11th, at approximately 6:30am, members of the U.S. Marshals Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crimes Fugitive Task Force and Yeadon Police Department, arrested Tyrone “Chub" Madison, 26. Madison was wanted by Yeadon Police for an attempted robbery which occured September 18th...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2019
News Release: The copper reproduction bust of Orville Wright, located at the foot of the Wright Brothers Monument, was stolen, and the heavy granite base that the bust was mounted to was toppled over and damaged last evening or early this morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2019
News Release: Kenner, LA - On the morning of Oct. 11, 2019, with critical support from the Kenner Police Department (KPD), New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) Sex Offender Registration Unit and NOPD 5th District, LA Probation and Parole, and Crimestoppers GNO, the U.S. Marshals (USMS) New Orleans Task Force located...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2019
News Release: Burlington, VA - On Oct. 10, 2019, Christopher Edwards, 31, was arrested in South Burlington, VT when located by members of the United States Marshals Service at the University Mall.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security, after extensive analysis by the U.S. Coast Guard and further review by a Contract Adjustment Board chaired by the Department’s Deputy Under Secretary for Management, has granted limited extraordinary contract relief to Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) for the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) contract under the authority of Public Law (P.L.) 85-804.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: A grand jury in Detroit, Michigan, returned an indictment yesterday charging Carl L. Collins III, a Michigan attorney, with tax evasion, filing two false tax returns and seven counts of willfully failing to file individual and corporate tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Matthew J. Schneider for the Eastern District of Michigan.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: A Beverly Hills, California, businessman was sentenced yesterday to 21 months in prison for filing false tax returns, which failed to report his offshore accounts in Germany and Israel and the income earned on those accounts, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Nicola T. Hanna for the Central District of California.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: A former University of Georgia undergraduate student pleaded guilty today for his role in a $1 million Ponzi scheme that targeted investors, including his fellow students. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Charles Peeler of the Middle District of Georgia and Special Agent in Charge J.C. Hacker of the FBI’s Athens, Georgia Field Office made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: A financial advisor based in Miami, Florida, pleaded guilty today to a money laundering conspiracy for his role in using the U.S. financial system to launder money to promote violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and Ecuadorian bribery law violations and to conceal and disguise the true ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: William Waller Jr., a Las Vegas real estate broker and the owner of Burbank Holdings or Platinum Properties, was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for tax evasion and willful failure to file tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Consistent with its January 2019 Statement Regarding Monetary Policy Implementation and Balance Sheet Normalization, the Committee reaffirms its intention to implement monetary policy in a regime in which an ample supply of reserves ensures that control over the level of the federal funds rate and other ...
By Fed Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced its approval of the application under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 by Magnolia Banking Corporation, Magnolia, Arkansas, to acquire Prescott Bancshares, Inc. ("Prescott"), and thereby indirectly acquire Prescott's subsidiary bank, Bank of Prescott, both of Prescott, Arkansas.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced that Steven B. Kamin will be stepping down as director of the Division of International Finance, effective early next year. Kamin will serve as a senior adviser to the division and will retire after a successor has transitioned into the role.
