News from August 2020
By USDA Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated five New Mexico, as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, and Lea, who suffered losses due to recent drought, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man today admitted conspiring to distribute heroin and to distributing a quantity of heroin, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) today sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai urging him to give tribes more time to apply for broadband licenses in the 2.5 GHz Band.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette wrote to Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro today requesting a review of the changes that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has made to COVID-19 hospital capacity reporting systems and requirements during the pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Founder and Chairman of a Multinational Investment Company and a Company Consultant Convicted of Bribery and Public Corruption are Sentenced to Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The founder and chairman of a multinational investment company and a company consultant were sentenced to prison today for orchestrating a bribery scheme involving independent expenditure accounts and improper campaign contributions.
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: GREAT FALLS - A Great Falls man who admitted selling multiple drugs in the Great Falls area was sentenced today to 54 months in prison and four years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Defendant was second in command of Boston Latin Kings Chapter.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Today, United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger joins the Attorney General William P. Barr in announcing updates on Operation Legend.
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 Commerce Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) today sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai urging him to give tribes more time to apply for broadband licenses in the 2.5 GHz Band.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, today joined Attorney General William P. Barr to announce an update on Operation Legend.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: A Southfield man was charged in a criminal complaint for his alleged role in a multi-state unemployment insurance fraud scheme aimed at defrauding the State of Michigan, the State of Pennsylvania, and the U.S. Government of funds earmarked for unemployment assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington has sentenced Thomas Hill (41, Hillsborough County) to 19 years in federal prison for enticement of minor and production of child pornography. Hill had pleaded guilty on January 7, 2020.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette wrote to Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro today requesting a review of the changes that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has made to COVID-19 hospital capacity reporting systems and requirements during the pandemic.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: “Located next to Basin Electric's Dry Fork Power Station, the Integrated Test Center hosts research that will create new markets and new jobs in Wyoming."
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Gardena Man Pleads Guilty in Loan Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: 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 U.S. 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: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that SHEON COPPRUE, age 49, of New Orleans, pled guilty today to charges relating to drug trafficking, firearm possession, and bribery.
