News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Larry Arnowitz, 66, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Steven R. Clark to eighteen months imprisonment after pleading guilty to one count of mail fraud related to his illegal use of campaign funds for his personal use and expenses. The Court...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: FBI Warns of Fraud Trend: Online Romance Scams.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: AUSTIN, TX - Over the past two weeks, federal, state and local authorities have arrested 21 individuals in connection with a cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking operations based in the Austin area, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney John F. Bash.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Haverhill man was arrested and charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: American Man Indicted on Charges of Exploiting Children in Laos.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: 23 Members of Drug Trafficking Enterprise to Collectively Serve More Than 168 Years in Federal Prison.
By State Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the following statement regarding today’s announcement that the government of Taiwan is lifting restrictions on imports of beef and pork from the United States:
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - The owner of a restaurant in suburban Chicago has been indicted on a federal fraud charge for allegedly fraudulently obtaining more than $175,000 in a forgivable Paycheck Protection Program loan guaranteed by the Small Business Administration under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: DICKINSON, N.D. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is conducting a Lease Sale that will award 320-acres of Federal coal adjacent to the existing Coyote Creek Mine in Mercer County, southwest of Beulah. The proposed lease tracts are within the current mine planning area and contain an estimated 5.23 million tons of Federal coal.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, Ga. - A Florida woman who concocted a complicated student financial aid fraud scheme, stealing the identities of 2,300 people, has been sentenced to prison and will pay back more than $300,000 in restitution, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: Lakeview, Ore. - On Sept. 14, 2020, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lakeview District, Klamath Falls Field Office, will begin a wild horse gather on private property within and adjacent to the Pokegama Herd Management Area (HMA) located about 30 miles southwest of Klamath Falls, Oregon. The action...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Joshua Matthew Spencer, 30, of Franklin County, MO, was sentenced today to ten years' imprisonment by United States District Judge John R. Ross after pleading guilty to his involvement in conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is launching a prize competition to improve short-term streamflow forecasts. Evolving data science such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and high-performance computing are starting to be used in streamflow forecasting. The Streamflow Forecast Rodeo competition seeks to spur innovation using these technologies.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: RELEASE SUMMARY - Aug. 28, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (“SDNY"), and Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ") announced today the filing of criminal charges against HERBALIFE NUTRITION...
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 Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site joined in celebrating the centennial of the 19th Amendment this month. A highlight was participating in the nation-wide "Forward Into Light" illumination on the evening of Aug. 26, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS - A Billings woman who admitted heading a large methamphetamine distribution ring after investigators seized six pounds of the drug at her home and another location was sentenced today to eight years in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $3.4 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to capitalize and administer Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs) that will provide critical gap financing to small businesses and entrepreneurs adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic across Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A suburban Houston-area man has been ordered to prison following his convictions of 15 counts of fraud and tax violations, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
