News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man and woman have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Isaias Magana, 41, a convicted sex offender from El Salvador, has been charged with illegally reentering the United States. Magana made an initial appearance in court on Aug.14, and at a hearing on Aug. 18 was ordered to be detained pending trial.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, Aug. 27, 2020 - The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that low-income Iowa residents recovering from the effects of the derecho storm that hit the Midwest earlier this month could be eligible for a helping hand from the USDA’s Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today filed a civil forfeiture complaint detailing two hacks of virtual currency exchanges by North Korean actors. These actors stole millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency and ultimately laundered the funds through Chinese over-the-counter (OTC) cryptocurrency...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: Dennis Williams, the former President of the international United Auto Workers union, was charged today in a Criminal Information with conspiring with other UAW officials to embezzle UAW funds announced U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: For Bank Fraud and Filing A False Tax Return.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT), and Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) released the following statement after the Social Security Administration (SSA)...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $1,567,968 civil penalty against the Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) for allegedly failing to ensure safe airline operations during snowy and wet runway conditions.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: Two firefighters sustained non-life-threatening injuries from falling debris late morning on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. They were each transported by ambulance to a local hospital where they received medical screening and care.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: GUILTY PLEA - CHUPEE ERNEST JOE.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $6 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Kentucky Department for Local Government, Frankfort, Kentucky, to support the efforts of Kentucky’s 15 Area Development Districts (ADDs) to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today filed a civil forfeiture complaint detailing two hacks of virtual currency exchanges by North Korean actors. These actors stole millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency and ultimately laundered the funds through Chinese over-the-counter (OTC) cryptocurrency...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland -Former Baltimore Police Officer Victor Rivera, age 48, of Nottingham, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to making false statements to a federal law enforcement officer in connection with a scheme to sell three kilograms of cocaine seized during a Baltimore Police Department investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Leo Rush, 76, of Pelham, pleaded guilty in federal court to mail fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Yvonne Spencer, 64, Madison, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty and was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to one year and one day in federal prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for filing false tax returns. She was also ordered to pay restitution to the IRS, although the Court noted that full repayment by the defendant was unlikely.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: Deer Park Man Faces Lifetime of Supervision After Release From Custody.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Trump Administration today announced $2,887,423 in grants from the National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program to protect 221 acres of Civil War battlefields and 13 acres of Revolutionary War battlefields.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Brandon, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Wire Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Charles Cornelius Smith (35, Jacksonville) and Zipporan Carmel Peters (31, Jacksonville) with two counts of aggravated identity theft, one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and one...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland -Former Baltimore Police Officer Victor Rivera, age 48, of Nottingham, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to making false statements to a federal law enforcement officer in connection with a scheme to sell three kilograms of cocaine seized during a Baltimore Police Department investigation.
