News from October 2020
By EPA Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) launched an inquiry today into the Department of Defense’s (DoD) apparent moves to own and operate a national 5G network and lease federal spectrum for commercial...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: Owner of Japanese Fishing Vessel Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Trafficking of Shark Fins.
By State Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: The upcoming Security Consultative Meeting between the United States and the Republic of Korea provides a critical opportunity for the United States to make clear its enduring commitment to the freedom and security of the Republic of Korea. As you know, over the past four years North...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: Hines, Ore. - With cooler temperatures and moisture in the forecast, officials from the Burns Interagency Fire Zone have lifted public use restrictions on Bureau of Land Management-administered lands in Harney County.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Brett Guthrie (R-KY) sent a letter to Comptroller General of the United...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach man pleaded guilty today to an internet-based loan scam that cheated approximately 1,700 victims out of $1,287,000. He also pleaded guilty to a separate charge of fraudulently collecting unemployment benefits during the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Yamil Abreu Navarro was arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Vera M. Scanlon at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn on an indictment charging him with international heroin distribution. Abreu Navarro was arrested in the Dominican Republic on an extradition arrest warrant based on an indictment and extradition request from the Eastern District of New York. Abreu Navarro was extradited yesterday to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, announced today federal charges against four individuals, for operating as “money mules" in two separate business email compromise schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Portsmouth woman with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme to defraud veterans.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Markeis Ivy, 24, has been sentenced to 75 months in federal prison for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: Federal authorities have obtained a civil injunction against 39-year-old El Paso resident Hugo Chico in an effort to combat alleged fraud related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash; Acting Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Erik P. Breitzke, El Paso Division; and, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven C. McCraw.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: Spokane - William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Lonnie Lee Bisbee, Jr., 35, of Lenore, Idaho, and an enrolled member of the Umatilla Tribe, was sentenced after having pleaded guilty on June 10, 2020, to Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) launched an inquiry today into the Department of Defense’s (DoD) apparent moves to own and operate a national 5G network and lease federal spectrum for commercial...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. -- United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that two federal inmates pled guilty to possessing weapons. Tyrice Perkins, 24, and Troy Covington, 20, inmates at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) at Beckley, both admitted to possessing a handcrafted weapon, commonly known as a “shank.".
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: A fourth defendant involved in a methamphetamine drug conspiracy was arrested by U.S. Marshals Thursday in West Tulsa and made an initial appearance today in U.S. District Court, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: Singaporean National Sentenced to 14 Months in Prison for Acting in the United States As an Illegal Agent of Chinese Intelligence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Raymond P. Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), and Dermot Shea, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced today...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded $200,000 to MATTR LIMITED, a woman-owned start-up based in Auckland, New Zealand, to develop a capability to digitally issue and validate essential work and task licenses for United States Citizenship...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. - The Going-to-the Sun Road will temporarily close between Avalanche Creek and Rising Sun this evening due to inclement weather forecasted.
