News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers announced that the following defendants were indicted on charges of conspiracy, violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA"), and conspiracy to commit money laundering based on their attempt to transact in sanctioned Iranian petroleum.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON -The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today that Kajla, a five-year-old Vizsla and explosive detection canine who works at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) in Honolulu, Hawaii, was voted the winner of the 2020 TSA’s Cutest Canine Contest.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of DELFONZO DENELL WALLACE, 30, to 97 months in prison. WALLACE, who pleaded guilty on Feb. 27, 2020, to eight counts of interference with commerce by robbery, known as the Hobbs Act, was sentenced yesterday before Senior U.S...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Stabbed One NYPD Officer, Robbed the Officer of his Service Weapon and Fired the Weapon at Several NYPD Officers.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: SALINAS, CALIFORNIA, Aug. 26, 2020-Construction of the USDA Agricultural Research Service's (ARS) new Agricultural Research Technology Center in Salinas, California, kicked off today with a virtual and live groundbreaking ceremony.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of DELFONZO DENELL WALLACE, 30, to 97 months in prison. WALLACE, who pleaded guilty on Feb. 27, 2020, to eight counts of interference with commerce by robbery, known as the Hobbs Act, was sentenced yesterday before Senior U.S.
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 Husband and Wife Pair Hid the Rifle Scopes Inside a Shipping Container at the Port of Oakland.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy today announced $33 million in funding for 17 projects as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Aviation-class Synergistically Cooled Electric-motors with iNtegrated Drives (ASCEND) and Range Extenders for Electric Aviation with Low Carbon and High Efficiency (REEACH) programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - 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, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn Jr. sentenced Charles Vincent Brown, 36, of Pineville, N.C., today to 51 months in prison for credit card fraud, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Judge Cogburn also ordered Brown to serve two years under court supervision, and to pay $237,141.41 as restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: Miami, Fl. - A federal judge in Miami sentenced Roberto Murillo, 44, of North Port, Florida, to 105 months in prison for his role in a massive health care fraud and wire fraud scheme involving fraudulent physical therapy claims. Senior U.S. District Judge Patricia A. Seitz imposed the sentence, which...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $1.7 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to five EDA Economic Development District organizations in South Dakota to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Republican Whip and Ranking Member of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Steve Scalise (R-La.) today praised the Department of Justice for announcing that it may initiate an investigation into deadly COVID-19 orders made by several Democratic governors that resulted in the deaths of elderly nursing home residents.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - 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: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Aug. 26, 2020 - A Dickson, Tennessee woman who owns and operates a private probation service pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to three counts of failing to file a federal tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of violating federal fraud laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: FARGO-United States Attorney Drew Wrigley announced that a federal grand jury has indicted Travis Crissler, age 39, Belcourt, ND, for felony Malicious Mischief. The Indictment was unsealed today, alleging that on April 29, 2020, Crissler drove his vehicle through the doors of the Turtle Mountain State...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - 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: Defendant Had LSD, Methamphetamine, Marijuana, 17 Firearms, Two Silencers.
