News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SEAN PETER, a/k/a “Huggie," JASON CAMPBELL, a/k/a “Holiday," a/k/a “Fish," and STEVEN SYDER were sentenced today for the murder of Brian Gray on Oct. 2, 2012. PETER was sentenced to 23 years in prison...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Spokane -William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Michelle Susan Ferrell, age 59, of Spokane Valley, was sentenced today after having pleaded guilty on Feb. 26, 2019, to wire fraud. Senior United States District Judge Robert H. Whaley sentenced...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) released a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) outlining how more information could help student...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, along with the Oregon-California Trails Association (OCTA) and the Fernley Rotary Club, will host a National Public Lands Day (NPLD) event on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019 to clean up this unique historic site.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Jeffrey Blackwell, 46, of Philadelphia, PA was charged by Superseding Indictment with honest services wire fraud, federal program bribery, filing a false tax return, and failure to file a tax return. In a news conference today, U.S. Attorney McSwain discussed the charges against the defendant and the commitment of the U.S. Attorney’s Office to investigating and prosecuting all types of public corruption.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) and Chief Intelligence Officer David J. Glawe traveled to Herzliya, Israel this week to provide keynote remarks at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism's (ICT’s) 2019 World Summit on Counter-Terrorism. ICT’s annual conference ...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Today, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. McAleenan delivered remarks at the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) Biennial National Conference at the University of Maryland to express his strong support for law enforcement across the nation and emphasize the importance of the partnership between DHS and federal law enforcement officers.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Sept. 12, 2019) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today praised the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for taking another step to fulfill President Trump’s pledge to repeal and replace the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: The United States filed a civil injunction suit seeking to bar Simple Solutions FL LLC, Angela Nurse, Joe Leon, and Wendy Edwards from owning or operating a tax return preparation business and preparing tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The complaint, filed in United States ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Desmond Logan, 38, formerly an officer with the Chattanooga Police Department (CPD), pleaded guilty today in federal court in the Eastern District of Tennessee to two counts of violating the civil rights of victims while performing his duties as a law enforcement officer. Specifically, the defendant sexually assaulted one woman and, in a separate incident, entered the car of another victim and refused to let her out, causing her to fear for her physical safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Attorney General William P. Barr today announced that Corey F. Ellis has been named Acting Director of the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA). Ellis is filling the position that has been held since December 2017 by James A. Crowell IV, who was nominated by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as a judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: A Toms River, New Jersey physician pleaded guilty today for his role in a $13 million health care fraud scheme, which previously resulted in charges in April 2019 against 23 other defendants in one of the largest health care fraud cases investigated by the FBI and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG) and prosecuted by the Department of Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: A former District of Columbia attorney was sentenced to prison today in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia for operating a fraudulent trading program for investors and failing to file a tax return announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Performance Diesel Inc. (PDI) to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) associated with the manufacture, sale and installation of aftermarket products that defeat the emissions ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: A former president of Local 2463 of the American Federation of Government Employees pleaded guilty today to Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, in connection with his theft of tens of thousands of dollars from the union, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and District Director Mark Wheeler of the Department of Labor’s Office of Labor Management Standards Washington District Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: A federal district judge sentenced a south Florida health care facility owner to 20 years in prison today after being found guilty in the largest health care fraud scheme charged by the U.S. Justice Department. The case involves a decades-long scheme of kickbacks and money laundering in connection with fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid for services deemed medically unnecessary.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: A federal jury in Kentucky found two men guilty of conspiring to use more than $206,670 of corporate funds to make contributions to the campaign of a candidate for United States Senate and for causing the concealment of these contributions from the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Assistant Attorney ...
By Commerce News Now | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Thank you, Henry, for that kind introduction. And thank you for the work that you and your team are doing at MBDA to support not just minority businesses, but the economic development of our entire country.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Thank you, Jim, for that kind introduction. Good morning everyone, and welcome to the Third Annual Joint Review of the EU – U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. Thank you, Director-General Astola — and the entire European delegation — for making the trans-Atlantic trip to discuss Privacy Shield and our shared commitment to protecting personal data.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, TN – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Accelerated Learning Solutions Inc. – a school management company based in Nashville, Tennessee – has paid $45,378 in back wages to 59 employees for violating the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
