News from February 2020
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
Release: BOSTON - New technology that confirms the validity of a traveler’s identification (ID) and confirms their flight information in near real time is being used by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at several security checkpoint lanes at Boston Logan International Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Diamond, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for receiving child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Silicon, the best-known semiconductor, is ubiquitous in electronic devices including cellphones, laptops and the electronics in cars. Now, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made the most sensitive measurements to date of how quickly electric charge moves in...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS - The Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division hosted a Black History Month celebration event entitled “R.I.S.E. to the Occasion" today with St. Louis area high schools and Girl Scouts participating.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. - Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed seven bipartisan Natural Resources Bills under suspension of the rules, including Rep. Joe Neguse’s (D-Colo.) bill to establish the first outdoor monument honoring the women’s suffrage movement in Washington, D.C.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on President Trump’s coronavirus press conference...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Cedric Taylor, 45, of Jackson, who was arrested by Jackson Police officers in March for murder and released on bond by a local judge, pled guilty yesterday before Senior U.S. District Judge David C. Bramlette III to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Michelle Sutphin with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: A physician who from 2016 to 2017 was the top prescriber of oxycodone 30 mg in Michigan was charged in a superseding indictment unsealed today with an over $120 million health care fraud and money laundering scheme that involved the alleged medically unnecessary distribution of over 2.2 million dosage units of controlled substances and the administration of medically unnecessary injections that resulted in patient harm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Dermot Shea, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced today federal charges against 24 defendants associated with a violent drug trafficking organization in Milwaukee known as the Buffum Meinecke Boys.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: “Thank you, Chairman Neal. “It’s time to end surprise medical bills on American families. “They are too frequent, too expensive, and horribly unfair. “Whether they are $1,000 or $100,000, they can be too much for a family to bear. “The reality is that insurance companies and health care providers...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that MUHAMMAD ARSHAD, age 64, a resident of Harvey, Louisiana, was sentenced on Feb. 20, 2020 by U.S. District Judge Barry W. Ashe to three years’ probation, which includes 250 hours of community service, in connection with his guilty plea to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. In addition, ARSHAD was fined $23,500 and agreed to pay restitution to the Medicare program.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON-Tax reform changed the trajectory of the economy, paving the way for more jobs, bigger paychecks, and greater opportunity for communities.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. “Before I begin, I want to take a moment to pause to recognize a key member of the tax policy community. “Fiona Heckscher, counsel for the full House who specialized in drafting tax legislation, tragically passed away this weekend. “Fiona worked with members and our staffs...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Gevorg Kevliyan has been sentenced for stealing 900 ACER Chromebook laptops from a tractor-trailer.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Appleton City, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for sending images of child pornography to an undercover law enforcement officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of AISHIA RENEE BELL, 49, to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. BELL, who was charged by felony information on Jan. 29, 2020, entered her guilty plea today before Senior Judge David S. Doty in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A total of 12 defendants have pleaded guilty for their roles in the conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: LANDER, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Lander Field Office is seeking input as it prepares a vegetation management plan for the Green Mountain area, southeast of Jeffrey City. The plan will support the BLM priority of shared conservation stewardship for the benefit of current and future generations.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Holyoke woman pleaded guilty today in federal court in Springfield to distributing heroin.
