News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2020
News Release: CINCINNATI - The owner of Evans Landscaping, Inc. was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 21 months in prison for defrauding the City of Cincinnati and other public entities through fraudulent small business contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2020
News Release: Court Approves Consent Decree Requiring Compliance with Federal Law and Imposing Penalties for Future Violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, Attorney for the United States acting under authority conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515, announced that BRYAN COHEN, a former investment banker based in New York, pled guilty today to conspiring to commit securities fraud. COHEN’s plea stems from stealing material, nonpublic information (“MNPI") from the investment bank where he worked and passing it to a securities trader based in Switzerland.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 7, 2020
News Release: SEATTLE - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has named Debra Parker as the new special agent in charge of the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) office based in Seattle.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2020
News Release: Portland, Maine: A Lewiston man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Portland for distributing cocaine base, commonly known as “crack," U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 7, 2020
News Release: “Thank you, Chairman Neal. “It goes without question, USMCA is a sorely needed modernization of NAFTA. It has been over 25 years since we updated our trading relationship with Mexico and Canada, and a lot has changed since then. “We didn’t have Google in 1994. We didn’t receive news on our smartphones.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2020
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - An Alexandria man and a Virginia Beach man were sentenced to prison today for illegally buying and possessing firearms, and for possessing firearms while involved in drug-trafficking crimes.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 7, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement during the Floor Debate on the Implementing Legislation for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 7, 2020
News Release: Recruiting Underway Nationwide for More Applicants.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 7, 2020
News Release: This morning, the Finance Committee kicks off 2020 with the new NAFTA.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A sergeant with the Paterson Police Department was arrested today and charged with conspiring to violate the civil rights of an individual in Paterson and with falsifying a corresponding police report, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 7, 2020
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - EM’s West Valley Demonstration Project Site cleanup contractor recently for its performance during an evaluation period of March 2019 through August 2019.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 7, 2020
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - 2020 is set to be a historic year for DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Al-Teric Garrett, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was indicted today on a firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2020
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces today that Behavioral Consulting of Tampa Bay (“BCOTB") has agreed to pay the United States $675,000 to resolve allegations that BCOTB violated the False Claims Act by submitting false or fraudulent claims to the TRICARE program, a health care program for uniformed service members, retirees, and their families.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANGEL RODRIGUEZ, also known as “Red," 26, formerly of Manchester, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2020
News Release: Member of ATM Skimming Conspiracy Targeting Multiple New Jersey Bank Locations Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that William Huff, 54, St. Paul, Minnesota, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to five years in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Huff pleaded guilty to this charge on Sept. 25, 2019.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 7, 2020
News Release: FARGO, N.D., Jan. 7, 2020 - Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development North Dakota State Director Clare Carlson announced USDA has invested $23 million in two high-speed broadband infrastructure projects that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity for 2,643 rural households and 78 businesses in North Dakota. This is one of many funding announcements in the first round of USDA’s ReConnect Pilot Program investments.
