News from October 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) expressed their strong concerns with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposal to modify the regulatory framework that currently...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: ALTURAS, Calif., -- The Bureau of Land Management’s Applegate Field Office will conduct prescribed burning projects through the fall and winter months, as weather conditions and resource availability permit. Pile burning and a broadcast burn will take place only when weather allows for safe and successful burning.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on Democrats’ continued obstruction of COVID-19 relief and resources for the American people.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: The Defendant Admitted to Stealing over $350,000 from at Least Eight Investors, some of Whom Were Elderly.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today commended President Trump for signing an executive order to rein in the unelected, unaccountable federal workforce with policy-making authority.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas man was indicted today on federal charges that he stole 22 firearms from a pawnshop in Overland Park, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
Release: Issues First Extensions of Natural Gas Export Authorizations Through 2050
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Oct. 21, 2020, defendant Sylvia Hofstetter, was sentenced today to 400 months in prison for her role in operating several pill mills in Knoxville, Tennessee and Hollywood, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - On Oct. 17, 2020, a resident of Grove City, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court to two years (24 months) in prison on his conviction of making a false statement in the acquisition of a firearm, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - Two biofuel company owners were sentenced to prison for conspiracy and making false statements to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and conspiracy to defraud the IRS and preparing a false tax claim announced U.S. Attorney David J. Freed for the Middle District of Pennsylvania...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Six members of a North Carolina-based drug-trafficking organization were arrested today on charges of the murder-for-hire of Norfolk resident Lillian Bond, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise and narcotics conspiracy, murder while engaged in a continuing criminal enterprise, murder while engaged in a drug-trafficking offense, use of a firearm resulting in death, and distribution of cocaine, among other charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: STATESVILLE, N.C. - A federal jury sitting in Statesville has convicted David Alexander Moralez, Jr., 37, of Fresno, California, of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, two counts of distribution of methamphetamine, and money laundering conspiracy following a three-day trial, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - The United States has seized “Aletejahtv.com" and “kataibhezbollah.com," two websites that were unlawfully utilized by Kata’ib Hizballah, a Specially Designated National and a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A former employee of the City of Boston was sentenced today to eight months in federal prison for distributing cocaine and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 33-year-old man is now headed to federal prison after admitting to transporting aliens resulting in death, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) expressed their strong concerns with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposal to modify the regulatory framework that currently limits the expansion...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Stephen Jack Nelson, age 32, of McAlester, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Assault With A Dangerous Weapon With Intent To Commit Bodily Harm In Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 113(a)(3), 1151 and 1153, punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on Democrats’ continued obstruction of COVID-19 relief and resources for the American people.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that MICHAEL PAUL PERRILLOUX, age 42, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was arrested on Oct. 16, 2020 after previously being charged by a federal grand jury in a four-count Indictment with transportation and distribution of images and videos...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Orlando, Florida - David John Ridling (58, Vero Beach) has pleaded guilty to 10 counts of wire fraud, 4 counts of bank fraud, 8 counts of money laundering, and 2 counts of aggravated identity theft. Ridling faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison for each bank fraud count; 20 years’ imprisonment...
