News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: MIAMI -- Judlex Jean Louis, 32, of Lauderhill, Florida, was arrested and charged with bank fraud, making false statements to a financial institution, and aggravated identity theft after receiving fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans intended to help small businesses keep employees paid...
By State Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national previously residing in Lawrence was sentenced today for fraudulent use of a Social Security number.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that two St. Francis, South Dakota, men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: CASE NAME: United States v. Javaid Perwaiz, Criminal Case No. 2:19-cr-189.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: Douglas Korneski Named Special Agent in Charge of the Memphis Field Office.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) encourages America's workplaces to commit to workplace safety and health by participating in Safe + Sound Week, Aug. 10-16, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: TAOS, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the temporary closure of the Posi-Ouinge Trail, which is managed by the BLM Taos Field Office. On Aug. 6, a structure fire occurred at a bathhouse located within the Ojo Caliente Resort and Spa, which is near the Posi-Ouinge trailhead.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Yesterday, Carlos Victor Passapera Pinott, 53, of Buckeye, Arizona, was arrested on multiple counts of conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. Passapera was charged by complaint, and had his initial appearance today before United States Magistrate Judge Leslie A. Bowman of the District of Arizona.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - The National Park Service has issued permits to Las Vegas Scuba, LLC and Scuba Training and Technology Inc., to provide guided technical dives on the World War II B-29 vintage plane.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Georgia man and his company have been charged with violating the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) by selling a drug claiming to treat COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Anthony Jones, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 30 months of incarceration for his role in a cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl distribution operation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By State Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Representative Michael T. McCaul, the Committee’s Ranking Member, today released the following statement about the Lukashenko regime’s violent crackdowns and voter suppression during the Belarussian presidential elections...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Kentucky doctor and his office assistant pleaded guilty today for their roles in unlawfully distributing opioids and other controlled substances during a time when the defendants did not have a legitimate medical practice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard on federal charges of drug trafficking and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - ROMEATRIUS MOSS, 40, a nurse and former Air Force Major stationed at Vance Air Force Base in Enid, Oklahoma, was sentenced today to serve 24 months in prison for health care fraud in which she accepted kickbacks for referring TRICARE beneficiaries to pharmacies furnishing compounded drugs, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing. Moss was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $622,459.00.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
Release: WATERTOWN, N.Y. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers caught a North Carolina man with a 9 mm handgun loaded with seven bullets in his carry-on bag at the Watertown International Airport security checkpoint on Sunday, Aug. 9.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal jury in Chicago has convicted a suburban man of threatening a law enforcement officer and posting similarly threatening messages on social media.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: GULFPORT, Miss. - A Mississippi man was sentenced August 8 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi to 14 years in federal prison for three counts of knowingly possessing child pornography. The sentencing follows an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is partnering with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to repair and increase the storage capacity of small game guzzlers on BLM-managed public lands in various mountain ranges and washes near the city of Blythe. The proposed project would provide permanent, reliable water sources for large game species at five existing guzzler locations.
