News from April 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: MACON, Ga. - Georgia’s leading state and federal prosecutors announce a new Coronavirus (COVID-19) Fraud Task Force, aimed at better protecting the citizens of Georgia from criminal fraud arising from the pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Thomas Laws, 62, of Silver City, New Mexico pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, New Mexico to four counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft in a scheme to steal more than $1.5 million from his victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Thomas Laws, 62, of Silver City, New Mexico pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, New Mexico to four counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft in a scheme to steal more than $1.5 million from his victims.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: Powerful explosives can be made from common consumer goods, like pool sanitizers, fertilizers and paint removers, that are bought and sold every day in the United States. In the hands of the wrong people, these basic materials can be used to make improvised explosive devices. Homemade bombs pose a credible threat and can cause mass casualties, infrastructure damage and spread fear among affected communities.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: SODA SPRINGS, Idaho - Today, the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Falls District and U.S. Department of Agriculture Caribou-Targhee National Forest each released a Record of Decision approving portions of the Dairy Syncline Mine and Reclamation Plan under each agency’s jurisdiction.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: Kemmerer, WY - Fossil Butte National Monument is announcing modifications to operations in response to guidance from the Governor and Wyoming Department of Health to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By DOE Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the winners of $32 million in funding for 15 projects as part of the Breakthroughs Enabling THermonuclear-fusion Energy (BETHE) program. These projects will work to develop timely, commercially viable fusion energy, with the goal to increase the number and performance levels of lower-cost fusion concepts.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: Today, several Republican members of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform requested information about the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ recent decision to furlough employees despite receiving $25 million in COVID-19 aid from Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Savannah-area pharmacy and its pharmacist have agreed to settle federal claims that they unlawfully dispensed controlled substances pursuant to prescriptions by a notorious pill-mill doctor.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on the additional funding needed for the Paycheck Protection Program. The Paycheck Protection Program was established under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: Company Shipped Medical Devices without Approved Instructions for Use and Failed to File FDA-Required Adverse Event Reports of Serious Infections.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), working with the U.S. Department of State, brought home a total of 124 U.S. citizens on the return leg of a removal flight via ICE Air Operations yesterday. U.S. citizens occupied the Space Available (“Space A") seats on flights to the United States from El Salvador.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: Miami, Florida - Two South Florida residents appeared in federal court today on charges of using an assault firearm to rob money from drive-through cashiers at a Miami Gardens Burger King and a Miami Gardens Wendy’s.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management Oregon/Washington sold a total of 48.8 million board feet of timber at auctions last month. The timber, located on Oregon and California Railroad Revested (O&C) Lands across western Oregon, sold for nearly $13.8 million.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the removal of Acting Inspector General Glenn Fine as chair of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee...
By Federal Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
A Chilean national has been charged with conspiracy and possession of stolen property following a burglary at a jewelry store in New Jersey.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the winners of $32 million in funding for 15 projects as part of the Breakthroughs Enabling THermonuclear-fusion Energy (BETHE) program. These projects will work to develop timely, commercially viable fusion energy, with the goal to increase the number and performance levels of lower-cost fusion concepts.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: Washington - A group of policy leaders in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are seeking an inspector general review of the use of psychotropic and antipsychotic drugs in nursing facilities across the United States. The request rises out of decades-old concerns that there are insufficient safeguards in place to protect against the unnecessary or inappropriate prescription of these drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: $4.4 Million Available to West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Georgia’s leading state and federal prosecutors announce a new Coronavirus (COVID-19) Fraud Task Force, aimed at better protecting the citizens of Georgia from criminal fraud arising from the pandemic.
