News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: Oregon FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense with How You Consume Information.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Marco Ali Orduno, age 28, of Yuma, Arizona, entered a guilty plea to Possession With Intent To Distribute Fentanyl, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A), punishable by not less than 10 years and not more than life imprisonment, a fine up to $10,000,000.00, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: DETROIT - Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon today announced the publication of the 2019 National Drug Threat Assessment, which outlines the threats posed to the United States by domestic and international drug trafficking and the abuse of illicit drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU, Hawaii - Kelaukila Estabilio, 39, of Hilo, Hawaii, pleaded guilty today in federal court to one count of wire fraud by embezzling funds from the charter school where she worked. Sentencing is scheduled for May 19, 2020, before U.S. District Judge Derrick K. Watson.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: Knoxville, Tenn. - Southeastern Retina Associates ("SERA") has paid $1.5 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: MARSHALL, Texas - A 41-year-old Hughes Springs, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking crimes in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Verona, PA, has been sentenced to federal prison on federal narcotics charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: MOAB, Utah - DOE recently recognized EM’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project for excellence in “green purchasing," procuring products with leading, verifiable sustainability attributes.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva released a new report today based on firsthand Committee staff reviews of recent earthquake damage in Puerto Rico. The report provides lessons learned during a Committee research trip in January and suggests a series of actions to speed recovery for the people of Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge relating to theft of Social Security funds, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: ORLANDO - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) office in Orlando supported the multi-faceted law enforcement efforts during the 2020 National Football League (NFL) Pro Bowl on January 26.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $25 million to promote the advancement of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) technologies and techniques. The Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), entitled Wells of Opportunity (WOO), supports research and development (R&D) that complements...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: Defendant used heavy trucks to smash into gun stores and steal 39 firearms and ammunition in Clallam and Skagit Counties.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: Thomas Mackie to be Speaker at 2020 Lincoln Day Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A federal grand jury indicted a Las Vegas man today for alleged federal child exploitation violations, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Alberto Poblano Lopez, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to five years probation for using a false social security number to obtain a driver’s license, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A federal grand jury indicted a Las Vegas man today for alleged federal child exploitation violations, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a three count indictment charging Peter Hingston, 59, of Amherst, NY, with two counts of production of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 70 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court related to a series of bank robberies that occurred in West Mifflin, McCandless, Penn Hills and Bloomfield, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: Incorporating innovative developments in technology to improve our infrastructure - Transportation efficiency, safety, the environment, and job creation all stand to benefit from federal policies that increasingly foster development and incorporation of innovative technologies in our infrastructure.
