News from August 2020
By USDA Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate about the hard work of American agriculture producers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: The four bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee wrote to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joseph Simons today urging them to work with their European counterparts...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: West Palm Beach, Fl. - Jamie Jakia Cofer, a/k/a “Anna Bell," 24, of Lake Worth, Florida, was arrested and charged with aggravated identity theft and fraudulent use of unauthorized access devices after using the social security numbers, dates of birth, and other identity and financial information of victims...
By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Chris Coons (D-Del.), member of the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, today commended actions by the U.S. Department of the Treasury under the Zimbabwe Sanctions Program, particularly with respect to combating corruption by Zimbabwe's elites.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: The four bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee wrote to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joseph Simons today urging them to work with their European counterparts...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that an individual received a sentence totaling ten years following convictions for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and illegal firearms possession at a tribal casino near Wittenberg, Wisconsin. The man, Matthew Hornung (age: 36), formerly lived in the Wausau area.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, Rep. Maxine Waters, Chairwoman of the Committee on Financial Services, and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to James Continenza, Executive...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Wendy W. Berger has sentenced Christopher Keith Held (37, Orlando) to six years and nine months in federal prison for conspiring to commit access device (credit card) fraud, producing counterfeit access devices, possessing 15 or more counterfeit access devices...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The four bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee wrote to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joseph Simons today urging them to work with their...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The four bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee wrote to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joseph Simons today urging them to work with their...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: A drug user who shot at a car containing two people and unlawfully possessed twelve firearms was sentenced August 4, 2020, to more than eight years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: A drug user who shot at a car containing two people and unlawfully possessed twelve firearms was sentenced August 4, 2020, to more than eight years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: Charges Allege He Impersonated Federal Judges, Court Officials As a Part of Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Jeffrey Blackwell, 47, of Philadelphia, PA, pleaded guilty today to charges of honest services wire fraud, filing a false tax return, and two counts of failure to file a tax return. The defendant was charged by Superseding Indictment in September 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Cambridge man pleaded guilty today to firearms trafficking charges related to six separate sales.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: Departamento de Justicia. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Florida. PARA DIVULGACION INMEDIATA. Miércoles, 5 de agosto de 2020. Miami, Florida. - Los fiscales federales del sur de Florida han acusado al exministro de Economía de Guatemala, Asisclo Valladares Urruela, de 44 años, de ayudar a lavar...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Another Florida resident has been arrested in connection with an access device fraud and money laundering scheme, for stealing credit and debit card numbers of gas station customers across the country, including in Albany, Broome and Montgomery Counties in the Northern District of New York.
By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul, Republican Leader on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Chairman of the China Task Force, introduced two pieces of legislation that will further empower United States strategic competition against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Stefan Tucker, 33, of Philadelphia, PA was sentenced to 200 months (over 16 years) in prison by United States District Judge Gerald J. Pappert for his involvement in an almost around-the-clock drug delivery service for several years...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing titled; “Hearing to Examine a Discussion Draft Bill, S.____, American Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2020." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
