News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, today announced the appointment of a federal prosecutor to lead the fight against fraud related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: A man who committed two carjackings in Tulsa was sentenced Thursday in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: In Austin this week, a federal magistrate judge unsealed a four-count indictment against a 22-year-old Houston man for a carjacking in Southwest Austin in January 2020, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Fred Milanowski, Houston Division.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: Minute Man National Historical Park 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. Minute Man National Historical Park is delaying the scheduled April 1 opening of the North Bridge and Minute Man Visitor Centers until further notice. The Battle Road Trail and all other walking trails remain open for public use.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: Updated 3-20-20. As precautionary health measures are put in effect nationwide to reduce the spread of coronavirus, the USDA is taking steps to ensure the safety of its employees and customers. The agencies of the Farm Production and Conservation mission area, including Farm Service Agency (FSA), Natural...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: TEXARKANA, Texas -A 60-year-old Bowie County man has been indicted for possessing child pornography in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation and the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority have scheduled teleconference negotiation sessions for a repayment contract covering costs for extraordinary maintenance work on the C.W. “Bill" Jones Pumping Plant, pursuant to Title IX, Subtitle G of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of March 30, 2009 (P.L. 111-11, 43 U.S.C. § 510).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: KEYSTONE, SD - Mount Rushmore National Memorial 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 noon March 20, 2020, based on a companywide...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: AUSA Chut Appointed as Coronavirus Fraud Coordinator.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - U.S. Attorney Michael Bailey announced today his appointment of a federal prosecutor to lead the fight against fraud in the state of Arizona relating to COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman of the Northern District of Ohio 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.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: Van Buren, MO - Ozark National Scenic Riverways 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 20, park information, brochures and...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: Cactus Flat, S.D. - Minuteman Missile National Historic Site 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 the close of business Friday...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES -The United States Attorney’s Office continues to fulfill its critical mission of protecting public safety during the current health emergency thanks to the tireless efforts of federal prosecutors and the brave work of our law enforcement partners.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, today announced the appointment of a federal prosecutor to lead the fight against fraud related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - The U.S. Attorney Robert M. Duncan, Jr. for the Eastern District of Kentucky on Thursday 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 20, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal indictment unsealed this week charges ten alleged members of the LAFA street gang with participating in a criminal organization that murdered its rivals and violently protected its drug-dealing territories on the South Side of Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: ROANKOE, Va. - In response to the increased threat of fraud presented by the Coronavirus, federal and Virginia state law enforcement leaders announced today the formation of the Virginia Coronavirus Fraud Task Force.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) knows a thing or two about parlaying the payout from a calculated bet into a long-term winning streak.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury in Toledo has returned a two-count indictment charging Manish Raj Gupta, aka Manny Gupta, age 49, of Sylvania, Ohio and a Toledo area plastic surgeon, with one count of sex trafficking by force, threats of force, fraud, and coercion and one count of illegally distributing a controlled substance to the sex trafficking victim.
