News from May 2020
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Virginia Beach man was sentenced today to 11 years in prison for conducting a home modification loan fraud scheme that primarily targeted elderly homeowners in the Tidewater area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - United States Attorney Russell Coleman today announced the charging of Jeremiah Wooley, 25, of Kevil, Kentucky, for possession of an unregistered firearm (destructive device).
By USDA Newswire | May 5, 2020
Release: The United State Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is posting a for the agency’s animal disease traceability regulations. The program standards provide technical information about different program elements outlined in the existing regulations, as well ...
By Commerce Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: Today the Census Bureau released new experimental statistics on U.S. Army veterans’ outcomes in the civilian labor market. Veteran Employment Outcomes (VEO) provide annual earnings for veterans by military occupation, civilian industry and veteran characteristics - one, five, and 10 years after leaving...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Kevin Spear, of Plymouth, Vermont has been charged by criminal complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont with one count of making threats over the Internet and one count of assaulting a person assisting federal agents in the performance of official duties. Spear is presumed innocent of these charges until and unless convicted following trial or guilty plea.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - May 5, 2020 - Robert R. Burton, 50, of Madisonville, Louisiana, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to embezzling $763,887 from Omnis Health Inc. (“Omnis") and tax evasion, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee. Burton was charged in an Information in February with wire fraud and tax evasion related to his embezzlement scheme.
By Homeland Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Industry experts from Pfizer, 3M, Citi, Alibaba, Amazon and Merck have joined forces with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) criminal investigators in an unprecedented public-private partnership to combat fraud and other illegal activity surrounding COVID-19.
By DOE Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $3 million in funding to spur the use of U.S. National Laboratory supercomputing resources to strengthen domestic manufacturing. Under DOE’s High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation (HPC4EI) solicitation, competitively-selected project teams will work with the labs to apply advanced modeling, simulation, and data analysis to achieve energy, material, and cost savings in manufacturing.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced today that 17 defendants were arrested and charged in two criminal complaints for their roles in a large and long standing illegal narcotics ring operating in Western New York. Charged with conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, 400 grams or more of fentanyl, one kilogram or more of heroin, and five kilograms or more of cocaine are.
By USDA Newswire | May 5, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, May 5, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced Maine, North Dakota, West Virginia, and Vermont have been approved to operate Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), a new program authorized by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), signed by President Trump, which provides assistance to families of children eligible for free or reduced-price meals dealing with school closures.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Scott Falk, 36, has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for violating the court-ordered terms of his supervised release. Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess ordered that Falk serve an additional 18 months of supervised released following the completion of the new sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: President Donald J. Trump today proclaimed May 5, 2020, as Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives Awareness Day. The proclamation reaffirmed the nation’s commitment to reverse the trend of violence affecting American Indians and Alaska Natives and to remember those missing or lost. Attorney General William P. Barr and U.S. Attorney Trent Shores shared their commitment to providing justice to these victims and their families.
By DOE Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, this week wrote a letter urging the Department of the Interior to finalize the supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for ConocoPhillips’ Willow Master Development Plan in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A).
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: Attorney General William Barr has directed U.S. Attorney’s Offices across the country to investigate reports of housing-related sexual harassment resulting from the current COVID-19 pandemic.
By Homeland Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: NEW YORK - A Dominican man was extradited to New York Monday for allegedly conspiring to transport over 100 kilograms of cocaine into the United States. Following an investigation by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New York, Melvin Martinez, 38, was arraigned Tuesday in the Eastern District...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Seven leaders of a drug trafficking organization distributing crack cocaine and methamphetamine throughout Indiana County were arrested and charged federally with drug trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced the eight companies that will assist the Federal government in establishing requirements for future suppliers of Remote Identification (Remote ID). Remote ID will enable Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), commonly called drones, to provide identification and location information while operating in the nation’s airspace.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Kevin Spear, of Plymouth, Vermont has been charged by criminal complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont with one count of making threats over the Internet and one count of assaulting a person assisting federal agents in the performance of official duties. Spear is presumed innocent of these charges until and unless convicted following trial or guilty plea.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that Nelson Scott Gillis, 66, of Lake Oswego, Oregon, a former senior executive and chief financial officer of Aequitas Management, LLC, and several other Aequitas-owned entities, has been indicted for conspiring to submit false statements to a federally insured creditor in order to obtain $4.2 million for Aequitas as it struggled to survive in January 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.) today wrote to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin urging the department to change its flawed interpretation of the CARES Act preventing businesses from deducting expenses associated with Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans that are ultimately forgiven.
