News from February 2020
By Fed News Journal | Feb 12, 2020
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Feb. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Feb 12, 2020
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Feb. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: On Feb. 12, 2020, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) establishing the first comprehensive national policy promoting the responsible use of positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) services by the Federal Government and critical infrastructure owners and operators to strengthen critical infrastructure resilience.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - On Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, a jury in federal court convicted a Kernersville man of four felony charges related to shooting at a state trooper, announced United States Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin of the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: GREENVILLE - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard sentenced JIMMY EARL GODFREY, 47, of Raleigh, NC, to 151 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Timothy Coughlin (619) 546-6768 and Larry Casper (619) 546-6734.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to a scheme to defraud numerous life insurance companies.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that CHRISTIAN PATTERSON, 20, of Hartford, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, fentanyl and cocaine base (“crack").
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in federal court, Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced DAVON DONNELL REID, 38, of Chocowinity to 96 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: UTICA, NEW YORK - James Caruso, age 57, of Utica, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Kevin Kelly, Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, today introduced legislation to block the Treasury Department’s latest corporate giveaway-an exception to the new tax on foreign earnings that allows multinationals to essentially choose the lowest available tax rate.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Theft of Government Funds, False Statement, and Misuse by a Representative Payee.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Caleb McCune, of New Martinsville, West Virginia, has admitted to selling heroin, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By State Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today convened a full committee hearing on U.S.-Libya policy, with witness testimony from the Honorable David Schenker, assistant secretary for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, and Mr. Christopher Robinson, deputy assistant secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. - The House Natural Resources Committee today voted to grant Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) the authority to issue subpoenas, and approved several water and energy bills.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: Last week the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Norway’s Royal Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (OED) made a commitment to collaborate on hydropower research and development by signing an Annex to a previously signed memorandum of understanding (MOU).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MARTINS APSKALNS and IGORS PIRINS were sentenced to 108 months and 66 months in prison, respectively, for their leadership roles in a broad scheme that defrauded victims of millions of dollars. APSKALNS...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Three Columbus men pleaded guilty today as part of a gang-related racketeering conspiracy. Each of the men accepted responsibility for their roles in three separate murders.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced today that Dr. William Choi and three companies he owned have paid the United States $2.35 million to resolve civil allegations that Dr. Choi received illegal kickbacks from distributors of spinal implant devices that he used in surgeries he performed.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JERMAINE MYRIE was sentenced today to 135 months in prison for sex trafficking of a minor female. MYRIE was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kimba M. Wood, before whom he previously pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of a minor. As part of his plea, MYRIE acknowledged that he trafficked a minor female.
