News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Leesburg man was arrested today on charges of fraudulently obtaining over $2.5 million in loans through the CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), and then spending the fraudulently obtained money on luxury items.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Joshua D. Walsh, 29, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln by Senior United States District Judge Richard G. Kopf for receipt and distribution of child pornography. Walsh was sentenced to 5 years in prison and 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: MACON, Ga. - Two Assistant U.S. Attorneys for the Middle District of Georgia have been named as election officers for the district, said Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: GUILTY PLEA - JOHN ADRIAN GARCIA.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr. announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorneys (AUSAs) John Potterfield and Robert Sneed 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: Gulfport, Miss - Joshua Rain Collins, 29, of Hancock County, entered a guilty plea today before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Kurt Theilhorn, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Roseburg, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Roseburg District, will hold a virtual meeting to present findings from the Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team, on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, at 4:00 p.m. The BAER team compiles an initial report on fire impacted resources and provides recommendations on stabilizing burned areas to minimize additional damage.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - 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: WASHINGTON - Guild Mortgage Company has agreed to pay the United States $24.9 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and the common law by knowingly breaching material program requirements when it originated and underwrote mortgages insured by the Department of Housing and...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Five Alleged MS-13 Members Charged Federally for Their Participation in a Violent Racketeering Conspiracy Including Eight Murders and Four Attempted Murders.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Toledo has returned a five-count indictment charging Jesus Alejandro Degollado, 29, of Fostoria with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, heroin, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and as a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $399,804 grant to the Sorenson Impact Center at the University of Utah and the Utah Association of Counties to create a rural Opportunity Zone and Recovery Playbook that will support local efforts...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - 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: SEATTLE - 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: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that following a two week trial, a federal jury has convicted Jawayne Watkins, 32, aka Weezy, of Buffalo, NY, of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin and 4-fluoroisobutyryl fentanyl, possessing with intent to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - United States Attorney John W. Huber announced today that Assistant United States Attorney Aaron Clark 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. Clark will coordinate...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - San Diego Christian College (SDCC), based in Santee, California, will pay $225,000 to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act for submitting false claims to the U.S. Department of Education in violation of the federal ban on incentive-based compensation, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Oct. 20, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that a Portland Oregon man with a previous felony conviction has been charged with possessing body armor during protest activity in Portland.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Hailang Xie, age 25, of Brooklyn, New York, pled guilty today to possessing and intending to distribute 131 pounds of marijuana in Clinton County.
