News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Margaret Garnett, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Rhode Island man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with a conspiracy to launder funds derived from Business Email Compromise (BEC) fraud schemes, including one that targeted a Dorchester, Mass. real estate attorney.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - An Ashburnham man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Worcester to selling firearms on three occasions in 2019 in Fitchburg.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - The regional president of the Brockton/East Bridgewater Chapters of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club pleaded guilty yesterday to possession of an unregistered firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Brandis Nicole Fish, age 36, of Henryetta, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B), punishable by not less than 5 years to not more than 40 years imprisonment, a fine up to $5,000,000.00 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Defendant Agrees to Allow Tenant to Keep Assistance Animal and Implement a Reasonable Accommodation Policy.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $5.3 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the State of Alaska Department of Commerce, Juneau, Alaska, to capitalize and administer a Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) that will provide critical gap financing to small businesses and entrepreneurs across Alaska adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that two more defendants have been charged federally in two separate criminal complaints arising from May 30, 2020, violent protests held in the City of Rochester. SHAKELL SANKS, 26, and JAVON HARDY, 24, both of Rochester, NY, have been charged with arson and each face a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A California man was sentenced today to over 12 years in prison for orchestrating an investment fraud and money laundering conspiracy that caused losses of $25 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A Romanian citizen pleaded guilty to bank fraud in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City Wednesday morning, admitting he and his co-conspirators devised an ATM skimming scheme that allowed them to steal the personal identifiers from at least 2,732 victims and caused a loss to the victim bank of approximately $216,157.30.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU, Hawaii - John Rabago, 44, of Honolulu, Hawaii, was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi to 48 months of imprisonment for his role in violating an individual’s constitutional rights. In December 2019, Rabago pled guilty to one count of conspiring to deprive a person of his civil rights, and to one count of acting under color of law to deprive the same individual of his rights.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - At approximately 5 p.m. on Monday, July 6, 2020, an adult female black bear entered a backcountry campsite occupied by five backpackers (three adults and two children) as they were sitting outside of their tents. The campsite is located approximately 3 miles from the Hellroaring Trailhead in the northern part of the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that HANEEF BROOKS, 41, of East Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Victor A. Bolden to one count of possession for a firearm by a convicted felon.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is seeking project proposals for fiscal year (FY) 2020 funding for the National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program (NADPRP) and the National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN). The 2018 ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today that Pakistan has been assigned a Category 2 rating because it does not comply with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) safety standards under the FAA’s International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) program.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the following statement regarding the European Union General Court ruling that overturned a 2016 European Commission decision that incorrectly and unfairly targeted Apple, a U.S.-based company.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A 21-count indictment was unsealed yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, charging 13 leaders, members, and associates of the violent transnational criminal organization Mara Salvatrucha, also known as “MS-13," with violation of the federal “Kingpin" statute and multiple drugs and firearms offenses, including transporting bulk quantities of methamphetamine from Los Angeles, California to Las Vegas, Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Butler, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 70 months’ imprisonment, followed by four years’ supervised release, on his conviction of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Police Went to House Looking for Endangered Rattlesnakes, but Found Guns and Drugs.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. A. Donald McEachin (D-Va.), coauthors of the Environmental Justice for All Act - now a central piece of the House Democratic climate response package unveiled last month - issued the following statement on the environmental justice impacts of today’s Trump administration weakening of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
