News published on Federal Newswire in October 2019

News from October 2019


An Iron Will

News Release: “An Iron Will" Festival to Commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the Newlee Iron Furnace.


Olean Man Going To Prison For More Than 15 Years For Receipt Of Child Pornography

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jacob Tunison, 30, of Olean, NY, who was convicted of receipt of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 188 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.


Health Committee Chairs’ Statement on CBO Analysis of H.R. 3

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), and Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) released a joint statement today on the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) initial analysis of H.R. 3, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019. The CBO estimates a savings from Title I of the bill to Medicare of $345 billion between 2023-2029...


News Release: Macon, GA-- A former University of Georgia undergraduate student admitted to operating a Ponzi scheme which collected approximately $1 million in investments and defrauded 117 investors, including fellow students and their families. Syed Arham Arbab, 22, of Augusta, pleaded guilty on Friday, October...


News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Adam B. Schiff, the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, released the following statement...


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JEFFREY WADA, a former employee of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB"), was sentenced today to nine months in prison for participating in a scheme to defraud the PCAOB by obtaining...


News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Anthony Michael Grant, age 35, of Porum, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 121 months’ imprisonment and 5 years of supervised release for Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation...


News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Ashan Westcott, 29, of Tortola, British Virgin Islands, was sentenced on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, for possession of a firearm by an illegal alien, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.


California Businessman Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Tax Returns

News Release: California Businessman Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Tax Returns.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Pasadena man who falsely claimed to be a licensed attorney was sentenced today to 50 months in federal prison for his conviction on charges related to his representation of “clients" in federal and state courts.


Reclamation announces Stony Gorge Reservoir seasonal closure

News Release: ELK CREEK, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has scheduled a seasonal closure at Stony Gorge Reservoir from Oct. 15, 2019, through Mar. 31, 2020, weather permitting. Annual closures allow Reclamation to perform necessary maintenance tasks and enhance natural resource recovery.


News Release: Fayetteville, AR - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that a dedicated email address has been created to allow anyone affected by Paul Petersen’s arrest to email the United States Attorney’s office at usaarw.adoptions@usdoj.gov. A direct link...


Virginia Beach Area Woman Sentenced to More than 10 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking

News Release: Defendant helped co-defendant have sex with a teenage victim.


News Release: Macon, GA-- A former University of Georgia undergraduate student admitted to operating a Ponzi scheme which collected approximately $1 million in investments and defrauded 117 investors, including fellow students and their families. Syed Arham Arbab, 22, of Augusta, pleaded guilty on Friday, October...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Chairman Eliot Engel (D-NY) announced they will introduce legislation to sanction Turkish officials involved in the Syria operation and banks involved in the defense sector until Turkey ends its military operations...


California Entrepreneur Sentenced in College Admissions Case

News Release: BOSTON - A California man became the eighth parent to be sentenced today in connection with the college admissions case.


Operation Independence Day Arrest Results in Guilty Plea

News Release: A man arrested as part of a month long operation to capture predators and identify child victims pleaded guilty Friday in federal court for sexual exploitation of a child, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.


Broward County Resident Charged with Wire Fraud, Mail Fraud, and Money Laundering Relating to Dragon-Click Investment Fraud Scheme that Targeted the Elderly

News Release: Isaac Grossman, 45, of Parkland, Florida, was arrested today on wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering charges, for allegedly directing an elder fraud scheme involving the sale of stock in Dragon-Click Corp, a South Florida-based technology company announced Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Miami Field Office.


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jalisa L. Hawkins, of Duquesne, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 39 months and 20 days incarceration for her role in a heroin distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


BLM Uncompahgre Field Office seeks comments for Spring 2020 Special Recreation Permit applications

News Release: MONTROSE, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Uncompahgre Field Office is seeking public comments on six Special Recreation Permit (SRP) applications for Spring 2020.