News from April 2020
By DOL Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: PERRY, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Creative Multicare Inc. - a carpet restoration, plumbing and resurfacing contractor based in Stockbridge, Georgia - for exposing employees to safety and health hazards after a fatal incident at a worksite in Perry, Georgia. The company faces $183,127 in penalties.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.5 million grant to Southern Tier Network, Inc. in Corning, New York, to install approximately 83 miles of high-speed dark fiber-optic cable to support...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Martin, South Dakota, man convicted of Theft of Firearms was sentenced by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a letter Thursday to Vice President Mike Pence, who chairs the White House Coronavirus Task Force, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson called on the Federal government to address the building stress and challenges facing the nation’s pork producers.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Louisiana man pleaded guilty yesterday in connection with an international business email compromise scheme that defrauded companies of almost $900,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Georgia woman who operated a telemedicine network through two companies has been charged for her alleged participation in an ever-growing healthcare and telemedicine fraud scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.4 million grant to Yeshiva University’s Innovation Lab in New York, New York, to provide technical assistance to Israeli firms seeking to locate in New York City. The EDA grant, to be located in an Opportunity Zone, will be matched with $600,000 in local funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An ambulance transportation company that operates throughout Virginia has agreed to pay $110,000 to settle allegations that the company submitted false claims to Medicare for ambulance transports, in violation of the False Claims Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: A Gladwin, Michigan man was charged in a criminal complaint with wire fraud related to his work as a tax return preparer, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: Strong City, KS - Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is announcing the suspension of the prairie bus tours through June 30, 2020 to implement the latest guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), and local and state authorities to promote social distancing. The park...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: Norfolk, VA - A Bloods gang member on the run from attempted murder charges in Accomack County since March 25 was captured today in Maryland. Robert “RJ" James Northan Jr., 34, was arrested as a result of an extensive multi-agency fugitive investigation.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R.266, The Paycheck Protection and Health Care Enhancement Act...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: Today, Republicans on the House Oversight Committee criticized Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis" as a redundant, partisan platform to further their political agenda and attack President Trump using taxpayers’ money.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES, Calif. - An illegally present citizen and national of El Salvador, wanted in his home country for rape of a minor, was arrested April 8 for immigration violations by officers with the Los-Angeles-based Fugitive Alien Removal (FAR) Task Force, part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). U.S. Marshals Task Force officers assisted with the arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigations (IRS-CI), St. Louis Field Office, are warning Kansas taxpayers to be on the lookout for scam artists trying to use the COVID-19 economic impact payments as cover for schemes to steal personal information and money.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette announced the Nuclear Fuel Working Group’s Strategy to Restore American Nuclear Energy Leadership, a direct outcome from the efforts of the United States Nuclear Fuel Working Group, established by President Trump on July 12, 2019. Secretary...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: Predicting grassland productivity is a major challenge for ranchers and other land managers with grazing livestock. This productivity is key each spring when they are trying to decide how many cattle to turn out to pasture, how long to graze an area, or where forage might be abundant.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: Knoxville, Tenn. - U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey of the Eastern District of Tennessee today announced that Sullivan County Sheriff’s office received $61,833 in Department of Justice grants to respond to the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI -United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced that a complaint has been filed against Raquel Rivera for attempting to smuggle marijuana into St. Thomas. Rivera made her initial appearance in federal court Thursday in St. Thomas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: SHREVEPORT/LAFAYETTE/ALEXANDRIA/LAKE CHARLES/MONROE, La. - April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month and United States Attorney David C. Joseph of the Western District of Louisiana and Jere T. Miles, Special Agent in Charge for Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New Orleans, are reminding parents to be vigilant of their children’s online activities.
