News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced that HABEEB AUDU, a/k/a “Dickson," a dual citizen of the United...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, SD - Federal, state, and local personnel are working to control the Rankin Fire burning in the northwest portion of the Wind Cave National Park. By 4:00 pm Friday, Aug. 28, the lightning-caused wildfire had burned an estimated 28 acres.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Senior U.S. District Judge Graham C. Mullen sentenced to prison the leader and members of a methamphetamine trafficking ring on drug conspiracy charges, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that William Barratt, age 40, of Sugarloaf Township, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment on Aug. 27, 2020, by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON, TX-As assessment of the damage caused by Hurricane Laura begins, the FBI Houston Division warns the public about the potential for hurricane-related fraud. Unfortunately, hurricane or natural disaster damage often provides opportunities for criminals to scam storm victims and those who are assisting victims with recovery.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The pandemic has resulted in lost jobs, reduced work hours and lost wages for millions of Americans. When Lead Transportation Security Manager Bruce Moore learned how this was impacting his hometown of North Plainfield, N.J., he decided to do something about it.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: The committee is tasked with carrying out the National Strategy for Maritime Security as well as Presidential Policy Directive 18: Maritime Security. There is a strong connection between maritime and economic security, so the group focuses on...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. Agrees to Pay Over $122 Million to Resolve FCPA Case.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - Terrance Fisher, 29, of Wilmington, was sentenced yesterday to 112 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute a quantity of heroin, distribution of a quantity of heroin and possession with intent to distribute a quantity of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: A Broken Arrow woman was sentenced today in U.S. District Court for stealing $654,579 from her employer. Brandy Okey, 40, previously pleaded guilty to wire fraud and to signing a false tax return in March 2020.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today published a final rule revising the beryllium standards for construction and shipyards. The final rule includes changes designed to clarify the standards and simplify or improve compliance. These changes maintain protection for workers while ensuring that the standard is well understood and compliance is simple and straightforward.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Attorney’s Office has charged a man with a federal firearm offense after he allegedly illegally possessed a loaded gun while looting a store in downtown Chicago earlier this month.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: A man who removed drugs and paraphernalia from an opioid overdose death scene and then lied to police was sentenced today to nearly two years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: Harrison AR- Buffalo National River plans to collaboratively implement infrastructure and visitor services improvements in the Boxley Valley Area, as funds become available. Following an Environmental Assessment (EA) of proposed improvements, the National Park Service issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), approving the implementation of the proposed actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - Terrance Fisher, 29, of Wilmington, was sentenced yesterday to 112 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute a quantity of heroin, distribution of a quantity of heroin and possession with intent to distribute a quantity of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: Defendants Allegedly Presented Themselves as Pastors and Targeted Churchgoers; Promised Investments in Foreign Currency and Cryptocurrency; Spent Investor Funds on Lavish Lifestyles.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Taunton woman was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on cocaine possession charges.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - With a growing need to improve the security, efficiency and accuracy of passenger and baggage screening, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program is working with a small business to advance explosive detection equipment. Synthetik Applied Technologies was awarded funding to develop machine learning training data that simulates human travelers and baggage object models to support machine learning algorithms.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO-Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Golden Gate National Recreation Area is increasing access to Fort Point National Historic Site (NHS). The National Park Service (NPS) is working service-wide with...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - A Whitesburg, Ky., woman, Sherry Thomas, 50, pleaded guilty on Thursday, before U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom, admitting to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
