News from May 2020
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: President Delivers Support to Patients in COVID-19 Hot Spots and Rural Areas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: Hobbs Act Robbery & Armed Credit Union Robbery.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: Business operators who wishes to conduct commercial activities within Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area and/or Obed Wild & Scenic River is required to obtain a Commercial Use Authorization permit (36 CFR Sec. 5.3). Normally the window in which to apply is January 1 through March 31. However, effectively immediately, late fees associated with submitting an application for a Commercial Use Authorization through 2020 will be waived.
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: Brady on Breitbart News Sunday: We Must Reopen Our Economy in a “Smart" Way to Help Workers.
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: Washington - Following requests from bipartisan members of Congress, including Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the Treasury Department today modified its decision to bar employers that continue providing health insurance to furloughed workers from claiming the employee retention tax credit (ERTC).
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: Brady Talks With Maria Bartiromo About How We “Make Sure Temporary Job Losses Don’t Become Permanent Ones".
By USDA Newswire | May 7, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 686,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to China. Of the total, 371,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2019/2020 marketing year and 315,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2020/2021 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A Saltville, Va., man, who lied about his own death in order to hide assets from the federal bankruptcy court and later fraudulently assumed the identity of an attorney from Florida to further the scheme, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Abingdon to a series of crimes, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS-A Fairfield man who admitted posing as a financial services manager to steal more than $700,000 from a family and then spent the money for his own benefit was sentenced today to 28 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: Defendant used false identity when submitting criminal record check for a job at a local children’s hospital.
By Homeland Newswire | May 7, 2020
Release: BALTIMORE, Md.-Perhaps it was when Jill Hays received a donation of $200 from a stranger who she mailed two masks to recently. Or maybe it was when nurses from a Florida hospital requested that she send them several dozen masks. But for sure, Hays realized in early April that her sewing skills combined...
By USDA Newswire | May 7, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, May 7, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced approval of a request from New Mexico to provide online purchasing of food to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households. This approval will allow New Mexico to expedite the implementation of online...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A Saltville, Va., man, who lied about his own death in order to hide assets from the federal bankruptcy court and later fraudulently assumed the identity of an attorney from Florida to further the scheme, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Abingdon to a series of crimes, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced.
By Homeland Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement after the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee introduced a bill to transfer the U.S. Secret Service from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to the Department of the Treasury...
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: Ochopee, Fla. - A new wildfire was discovered in Big Cypress National Preserve on May 7 at approximately 4 p.m. The fire is located in the southeast corner of the preserve, just south of Loop Road and along the shared boundary with Everglades National Park. Firefighters are currently investigating. The cause and amount of acreage are unknown at this time.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on May 6, 2020, Patrick Spagnotti, age 50, of Omaha, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger for bank robbery. Spagnotti was sentenced to 36 months in prison to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to two years’ (24 months’) imprisonment on his conviction for conspiracy to distribute heroin, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The United States Department of Justice has awarded $6,059,069 to the New Mexico Department of Public Safety to prevent, prepare for and respond to the coronavirus across the state.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: Miami, Fl. - Top federal law enforcement officials in South Florida urge parents to stay alert to the increased danger their children face from on-line predators during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A New York resident was arrested and criminally charged for his role in allegedly advertising and selling stolen COVID-19 testing services for $135 to $200, falsely claiming that he was connected to labs that would test the kits, shipping test kits without any prior medical screening, and...
