News from August 2020
By USDA Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
Release: Washington, D.C., Aug. 19, 2020-The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will hold three virtual listening sessions to gather information to assist in the development of regulations that will ensure the humane care and treatment of birds ...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
Release: LYNCHBURG, Va.--The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed a new piece of high-tech baggage screening equipment at Lynchburg Regional Airport (LYH) to screen checked baggage instead of having TSA officers manually inspect each piece of baggage whether it is a suitcase, duffel-bag, knapsack, box, golf bag or other item.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Gaafar Muhammed Ebrahim Al-Wazer, 25, of Altoona, PA, was charged by Indictment with three counts of making false statements to Task Force Officers with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Philadelphia Joint Terrorism Task Force.
By State Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Bronx, NY-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today released the following statement on the bipartisan Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on Russian interference in the 2016 elections in favor of then-candidate Donald Trump and the associated counterintelligence threats posed by individuals close to Mr. Trump and the Trump Campaign...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: During a press conference in Kansas City, MO., today, Attorney General William P. Barr, U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman and other U.S. Attorneys announced an update on the progress of Operation Legend in several cities across the country, including Cleveland.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A former Army soldier stationed at Fort Riley was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison for distributing instructions for making explosives, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. After his prison time, the defendant will serve three years on supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Iranian National and U.A.E. Business Organization Charged with Criminal Conspiracy to Violate Iranian Sanctions.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank), a Toronto, Canada-based global banking and financial services firm, has entered into a resolution with the Department of Justice to resolve criminal charges related to a price manipulation scheme involving thousands of episodes of unlawful trading activity by four traders in the precious metals futures contracts markets.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Former FBI attorney Kevin Clinesmith, 38, pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to a false statement offense stemming from his altering of an email in connection with the submission of a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA") application, announced John H. Durham, Special Attorney to the Attorney General.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Chippewa County, Minnesota, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses due to freeze, excessive rain, and flooding that occurred from April 12, 2019, through Nov. 30, 2019, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Amin Mahdavi, 53, an Iranian national living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Parthia Cargo LLC, a freight forwarding company located in the UAE, were charged in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia with participating in a criminal conspiracy to violate U.S. export laws and sanctions against Iran.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - At a press conference in Kansas City, MO., today, Attorney General William P. Barr and U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced updates on Operation LeGend.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Max Chambers (21, Sarasota), a former University of Central Florida student, today pleaded guilty to possession of a machine gun. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Mario J. Peia (619) 546-9706.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two Project Parkersburg defendants were sentenced to federal prison today for their roles in a large-scale, multi-state drug trafficking conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A federal grand jury has indicted Keith Lessard, 40, of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, for mailing threatening communications to a Kanawha County Circuit Judge, according to United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - At approximately 10:32 this morning, a reported 4.8 magnitude earthquake rattled Death Valley National Park. The earthquake’s epicenter was approximately 35 km west of Stovepipe Wells, within park boundaries in the Panamint Valley. Rangers in the Furnace Creek area reported feeling minor trembles.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that David Roy Jones, 55, formerly of Rochester, NY, was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Gavin Collins, of Newell, West Virginia, was indicted today on charges involving child pornography, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - A complaint was unsealed today, charging two U.S. citizens with federal crimes related to Iran. Muzzamil Zaidi, 35, a U.S. citizen who resides in Qom, Iran, was charged with acting in the United States as an agent of the government of Iran without first notifying the Attorney General. Zaidi...
