News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: DETROIT, Michigan - U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider today urged the public to report suspected fraud schemes related to COVID-19 (the Coronavirus) by calling the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) hotline (1-866-720-5721) or to the NCDF e-mail address disaster@leo.gov. U.S. Attorney Schneider also urged the public to report suspected price gouging to the Michigan Attorney General’s Office by calling 877-765-8388 or reporting online at www.michigan.gov/ag.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant of the Western District of Tennessee today urged the public to report suspected fraud schemes related to COVID-19 (the Coronavirus) by calling the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDC) hotline (1-866-720-5721) or to the NCDF e-mail disaster@leo.gov.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- Acting U.S. Attorney A. Lance Crick of South Carolina, today announced that more than $163 million in Department of Justice grants is available to help communities address America’s addiction crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - U.S. Attorney Scott W. Murray of the District of New Hampshire today urged the public to report suspected fraud schemes related to COVID-19 (the Coronavirus) by calling the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) hotline (1-866-720-5721) or to the NCDF e-mail address disaster@leo.gov. The public also can report fraud to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.IC3.gov.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Today, Jerry Drake Varnell, 26, of Sayre, Oklahoma, was sentenced to serve 25 years, followed by a lifetime term of supervised release, for attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction at BancFirst in downtown Oklahoma City.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is announcing modifications to concessions operations to implement the latest guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), and local and state authorities to promote social distancing. The park continues to collaborate with park concessioners...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Christina E. Nolan has announced that her office will prioritize the investigation and prosecution of fraud schemes, and other crime related to COVID-19 that seek to exploit the public or harm the vulnerable during this national health emergency. U.S. Attorney Nolan urged the public to...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: AUSA Gary Bell Appointed as Coronavirus Fraud Coordinator.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: Miami, Florida - The federal government has criminally charged a 35-year-old Miami man for using an on-line messaging system to threaten others with rape and murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS - U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme today announced that more than $65 million in Department of Justice grants is available to help communities combat human trafficking and serve adults and children who are victimized in trafficking operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: HELENA-A Kalispell man who admitted participating in a Helena armed home invasion of a couple involved in trafficking heroin was sentenced today to six and one-half years in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is announcing a regionalization agreement with China for safe trade of poultry products. The countries agree to follow all international standards, guidelines and recommendations related to regionalization. This ...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: In response to guidance from the White House and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Park Service (NPS) announced additional modifications to operations at Big South Fork NRRA and Obed WSR in order to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: Harkers Island, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: Detroit Section of the National Council of Negro Women Named Recipient of the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award for 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: Springdale, UT - The park is making a few changes to operations to improve social distancing and help to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Senator Tom Carper, and Senator Elizabeth Warren issued the following statement after a new report put the total amount of taxpayer funds spent as a result of President Donald Trump’s weekend stopover at his Trump Turnberry golf resort in Scotland in 2018 at more than $1 million...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service’s Gates of the Arctic National Park Subsistence Resource Commission will be holding a teleconference meeting on Wednesday, April 15. The meeting will begin at 8:30 am on Wednesday and adjourn for the day at 5:00 pm.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: EXCERPTS: “I am very disgusted with the Senate Democrats for not moving this bill along so we can pass it today and get people back to work. The reason I’m disgusted with them is because Democrats were at the table as we brought the bill together. “Out of my task force, dealing with the subjects of...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: Empire, MI - Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is announcing modifications to operations to implement the latest guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), and local and state authorities to promote social distancing. As of March 23, 2020, the Platte River Campground...
