News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - United States Attorneys Scott C. Blader and Matthew D. Krueger announced today the Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) who will lead the efforts of their Offices in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3, 2020, general...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - Due to unseasonably warm temperatures, dry conditions, and continued high fire danger ratings across the Front Range, Stage 2 Fire Restrictions will go into effect today, Oct. 15, for all BLM-administered lands in the Royal Gorge Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today Dr. Eugene Gosy, 60, of Clarence, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and healthcare fraud, was sentenced to serve 70 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: HARRISONBURG, Virginia - Adrian Raul O’Dell, an Odessa, Texas man, who had an online relationship with a juvenile female in the Western District of Virginia and later cyberstalked and made online threats to the girl’s family following her suicide, was sentenced today to 41 months in federal prison. Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar and David W. Archey, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Richmond Division made the announcement today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman announced today that the Department of Justice has awarded more than $2.1 million in grant funding to support crime laboratories, decrease DNA backlogs, support basic and applied forensic research, and help law enforcement identify missing persons.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced two separate federal indictments charging 11 individuals in connection with parallel methamphetamine and fentanyl distribution conspiracies on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Ten defendants are currently in custody and will make their initial appearances in U.S. District Court over the next several days.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney Perry H. Piper 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 elections. AUSA Piper has been appointed...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: New Note Now Available for Disclosure Avoidance in a Census.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: CEO of Multibillion-dollar Software Company Indicted for Decades-long Tax Evasion and Wire Fraud Schemes.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after tech giants...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: HARRISONBURG, Virginia - Adrian Raul O’Dell, an Odessa, Texas man, who had an online relationship with a juvenile female in the Western District of Virginia and later cyberstalked and made online threats to the girl’s family following her suicide, was sentenced today to 41 months in federal prison. Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar and David W. Archey, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Richmond Division made the announcement today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita woman was sentenced today to serve three years on federal probation for making false statements when she purchased guns from a pawnshop, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By State Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Washington-Today, Chairman Eliot L. Engel and Ranking Member Michael T. McCaul of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and Chairman William R. Keating and Ranking Member Adam Kinzinger of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment released the following statement...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Critical Materials Institute (CMI) announced selections totaling up to $4 million for four research and development projects to partner with industry to address challenges in establishing domestic supply chains for critical materials.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Dr. Eugene Gosy, 60, of Clarence, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and healthcare fraud, was sentenced to serve 70 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released a statement regarding the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) final rule on speculative position limits, which fails to go far enough to protect consumers and producers from irresponsible commodity trading that has caused unnecessary spikes in prices for consumers...
By Federal Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
An indictment has been released revealing charges against Mohammad Jawaid Aziz, also known as Jawaid Aziz Siddiqui and Jay Siddiqui, 67, a dual citizen of Pakistan and Canada.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart today announced that a Wood County man was sentenced to 12 months and a day in federal prison for embezzling from a labor union. Rick Drain, 56, of Vienna, previously pled guilty to one count of embezzling from a labor union. Pursuant to his plea agreement, Drain will also pay restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers and U.S. Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of SEYED SAJJAD SHAHIDIAN, 33, to 23 months in prison for his role in conducting financial transactions in violation of U.S. sanctions against Iran. SHAHIDIAN, who pleaded...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) wrote to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today urging them to adopt its proposed Made in USA rule.
