News from November 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former pharmaceutical and marketing company sales representative today admitted his role in a conspiracy to defraud a New Jersey state health benefits program, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today unveiled his official portrait to be displayed in the Committee’s hearing room. Roberts has served as Chairman during the 114th, 115th, and 116th Congresses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden County, New Jersey, man was indicted today for illegally possessing a handgun, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Two brothers and their wives have been charged in a federal grand jury indictment alleging a scheme to submit at least 35 fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $5.6 million in COVID-19 relief loans authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a transient man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on Nov. 16, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A leader of the Rhode Island Chapter of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") pleaded guilty today to conspiracy charges.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: (MALTA, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management virtual public meeting regarding the Department of Interior’s proposal of continued withdrawal of the Zortman-Landusky mine reclamation area is Dec. 7th.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Rob Portman (R-OH), a member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, applauded passage of their bipartisan bill that requires the federal government to determine if office space it leases is owned by foreign entities.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: BROWNSVILLE - A 60-year-old resident of Brownsville has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of failure to register as a sex offender as required under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently released the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Cybersecurity Multiyear Program Plan (MYPP) to guide cybersecurity research and development (R&D) for EERE technologies. In alignment with the and DOE's Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in response to Senate Republicans’ supplement to their report on Burisma and Hunter Biden...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Kevan Hueftle, age 35, of Eustis, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, by United States Magistrate Judge Michael D. Nelson for violating the Lacey Act. The Lacey Act prohibits the trafficking in interstate commerce "tainted"...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Prim F. Escalona, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, and Johnnie Sharp, Jr. the Special Agent in Charge of the Birmingham Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced two indictments against four defendants charged for their roles in separate and unrelated business email compromise fraud schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Shawn Louis Romero, 47 of Lafayette, Louisiana, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III, to 180 months in federal prison and 5 years of supervised release for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley with the Drug Enforcement Administration. Romero was also ordered to pay a $1,500 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Point Reyes Station, CA - Point Reyes National Seashore, in collaboration with Point Reyes National Seashore Association, will kick off a year of celebrations with a virtual birthday bash at 6 pm on Dec. 1, 2020.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the third phase of the experimental Household Pulse Survey. The Household Pulse Survey is the result of an effort by the Census Bureau and other federal statistical agencies to document temporal trends in how individuals are experiencing business curtailment...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - The former office manager of a Boston-based dental practice was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for bank fraud and tax fraud stemming from her embezzlement of funds from her former employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Chatham County man who threatened a woman with a sawed-off shotgun has been sentenced to nearly a decade in federal prison.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) sent a letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Voyageurs National Park staff urge visitors to stay off the ice this time of year, even when lakeshores and bays appear to be completely frozen over. Ice conditions are dangerous at this time; travelling across thin ice is extremely hazardous and creates unnecessary risk to individuals, and to rescue...
