News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: A member of the North Carolina House of Representatives pleaded guilty today to making a false statement to a bank and failing to file an income tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Dzenan Camovic with robbery and firearms offenses for his June 3, 2020, knife and firearm attack on multiple New York City Police Department (NYPD) police officers in Brooklyn. As set forth in the court filings, the defendant, a Bosnian ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: A Nevada man has been arrested in connection with allegations that he fraudulently obtained approximately $500,000 from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, and then laundered the funds through friends and family in order to buy a house.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania William M. McSwain announced that the following defendants were indicted on charges of conspiracy, violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), and money laundering ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: Two Florida neighbors were charged in a complaint unsealed today with wire fraud and false statements for their alleged participation in a scheme to file fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $1.1 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers and U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of Tnuza Jamal Hassan, 22, to attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization (al-Qa’ida). Hassan entered her guilty plea this morning before Judge Patrick J. Schiltz in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: A second executive from a federal contracting firm pleaded guilty to a bribery conspiracy involving his business partner and a senior contracting official with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice has taken another significant step today to ensure that its regulatory activity is performed lawfully and transparently, announcing a pair of interim final rules imposing procedural requirements on the Department’s issuance and modification of guidance documents. The rules also ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: Department of Justice Spokesperson Kerri Kupec has issued the following statement: “Today, Lezmond Mitchell was executed at U.S. Penitentiary Terre Haute in accordance with the capital sentence imposed by the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in 2003. Mitchell was pronounced dead at 6:29 EDT by the Vigo County Coroner.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: The federal bank regulatory agencies today finalized three rules, which are either identical or substantially similar to interim final rules currently in effect that were issued earlier this year. They include: * A final rule that temporarily modifies the community bank leverage ratio, as required by ...
By Fed Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced its approval of the application under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 by First Illinois Bancorp, Inc., East St. Louis, Illinois, to acquire Rockwood Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire its subsidiary state nonmember bank, Rockwood Bank, both of Eureka, Missouri.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) in the Department of Commerce (Commerce) added 24 Chinese companies to the Entity List for their role in helping the Chinese military construct and militarize the internationally condemned artificial islands in the South China Sea. Despite protests from the United ...
By Labor Gazette | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia today announced the award of nearly $20 million in funding to four states as part of a new pilot program to address the health and economic impacts of widespread substance and opioid misuse, addiction and overdose by providing retraining and other ...
By Labor Gazette | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia today announced the award of nearly $20 million in funding to four states as part of a new pilot program to address the health and economic impacts of widespread substance and opioid misuse, addiction and overdose by providing retraining and other ...
By DOE Gazette | Aug 26, 2020
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Aug. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 26, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Aug. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 26, 2020
The US Commerce Department published a two page proposed rule on Aug. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Aug 26, 2020
The US Agriculture Department published a six page proposed rule on Aug. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Aug 26, 2020
The US Energy Department published a four page proposed rule on Aug. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 26, 2020
The US Labor Department published a seven page proposed rule on Aug. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
