News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Pennsylvania medical assistant today admitted participating in a conspiracy to receive bribes and kickbacks in exchange for ordering genetic tests, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland and the FBI are committed to protecting the rights of all Marylanders to vote. U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur and Special Agent in Charge Jennifer C. Boone of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baltimore Field Office are issuing...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and cleanup contractor UCOR are finalists in the 2020 Washington Exec Pinnacle Awards for Government Team Project of the Year.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM and cleanup contractor Fluor Idaho will assist the U.S. Geological Survey in drilling a well at the north end of the 890-square-mile Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site early next year to enhance the effectiveness of a groundwater treatment system that removes hazardous waste from the underlying aquifer.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay Oct. 4 - Oct. 10, 2020. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Honduran with multiple previous convictions and removals pleaded guilty today to illegally reentering the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3 million grant to the city of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to make flood protection improvements needed to protect the city’s vital seaport. The EDA grant, to be located near a Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Opportunity Zone, will be matched with $522,412 in local funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - James Christopher Benvie, 45, was sentenced to 21 months in prison in Las Cruces on Oct. 15 on two counts of false personification of a Border Patrol agent.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - With popular environmental field trips to the Savannah River Site (SRS) on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, EM contractor Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) is bringing the site visit experience to the students virtually.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND - United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II announced today that Supervisory Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Jacky Jacobs will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3, 2020, general election.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Glenda Taylor-Sanders, 52, of Matthews, N.C. was sentenced to 66 months in prison in federal court today by U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr., for orchestrating a $400,000 fraudulent loan scheme involving insurance premiums, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC--Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) sent an urgent follow-up letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Mark A. Klaassen announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Timothy W. Gist will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3, 2020, general election. AUSA Gist has been...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - Today, United States District Judge Rodney W. Sippel sentenced Nykeythia Hudson, a 28-year-old resident of Concord, California, to 24 months in prison after she pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Birmingham, Ala. - A federal jury today convicted a Birmingham man of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acting Special Agent in Charge Toby Taylor.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Veteran Assistant United States Attorney has served in this role for more than ten years.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Timothy J. Shea today announced that the DEA will direct resources to help reduce violent crime in communities throughout the country. Under this initiative, called Project Safeguard, DEA will identify and prioritize ongoing drug trafficking investigations with a nexus to violent crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Defendant fraudulently obtained health care benefits by illegally enrolling extended family members.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Chatham County man has admitted that he attempted to hire someone to commit murder on his behalf.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Louisville, Ky. - Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Timothy J. Shea today announced that the DEA will direct resources to help reduce violent crime in communities throughout the country. Under this initiative, called Project Safeguard, DEA will identify and prioritize ongoing drug trafficking investigations with a nexus to violent crime.
