News from October 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: If you’ve ever tried to set up a home entertainment system by poring over a thick manual, you might appreciate the manufacturer also providing you with a quick-start guide so you can get your party going in short order. Information security experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created what is essentially a quick-start guide to their flagship risk management tool, to help organizations reduce their security and privacy risks more easily.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today issued the following statement after the Trump Administration issued a final rule requiring more transparency in health care pricing.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: BISMARCK, N.D., Oct. 29, 2020 - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $7 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in North Dakota and Montana. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Colombian national residing in Lighthouse Beach, Fla., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with submitting more than $109 million in false and fraudulent claims for durable medical equipment (DME) such as arm, back, knee and shoulder braces.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: FBI Announces Results of Operation Phoenix.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that a federal jury has found Asa Nall (50, Largo) guilty of attempted enticement of a child to engage in sexual activity. Nall faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Jan. 28, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A San Fernando Valley man was arrested today on federal charges alleging he and his business partner fraudulently obtained more than $1.95 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans for their companies by submitting fake tax documents and false employee information, and then transferred hundreds of thousands of dollars of the funds into their personal bank accounts.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated three North Dakota counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Burleigh, Morton and Oliver counties who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that two Louisiana men have been sentenced on federal firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman, Toledo Police Chief George Kral and ATF Special Agent in Charge Roland Herndon announced today that Operation Red-Zone will be active in the city of Toledo over the Halloween weekend beginning Friday, Oct. 30, and running through Monday morning, Nov. 2, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Burlington, Maine woman was sentenced in federal court in Bangor today for mailing a threatening communication to Sen. Susan Collins, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: A Midland man tied to bank robberies in Lubbock, Odessa, and Abilene has been federally charged, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Methuen man was arrested and charged yesterday in connection with robbing five banks in Middlesex County in August and September 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Vehicular Homicide Suspect Extradited From Australia, in Whittier Police Custody This Morning.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: SYNDEY - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Canberra provided the Australian Border Force (ABF) with information that resulted in the seizure of 552 kilograms of cocaine worth an estimated $248 million. The operation leading to the seizure began in September 2020 following information from HSI on a suspected shipment containing drugs destined for Australia.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -On Wednesday, Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Chairman James E. Clyburn, and Oversight and Reform’s Economic and Consumer Policy Subcommittee Chairman Raja Krishnamoorthi sent a letter to Department of Health...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Karen E. Ramm, age 54, of Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Oct. 28, 2020, to one year plus one day imprisonment followed by two years of supervised release by Chief United States District...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: IRVING, N.Y., Oct. 29, 2020 - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $544,000 to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in New York. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Oct. 29, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: DETROIT - An indictment was unsealed today charging a former University of Michigan professor with two counts of transporting a minor girl across state lines with the intent to engage in sexual conduct, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
