News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Morris County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for her role in a scheme to illegally smuggle millions of dollars’ worth of aircraft parts from the United States to Iran, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - EM has created a new interactive map of its completed cleanup sites. Visit this webpage to view the map, which allows users to zoom in and out of locations, and click on completed cleanup sites for details about them. As the largest environmental cleanup program in the world, EM has...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Richard Chase Hoover, 34, of Las Vegas, NV and Amir Boyer, 29, of Philadelphia, PA were sentenced by United States District Judge Michael M. Baylson to 15 years and 10 years in prison, respectively, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for their participation in a long-term drug trafficking conspiracy in Philadelphia from at least March 2017 through June 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: National Park Service (NPS) Dispatch at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area received a report at approximately 9:04 a.m. on Sunday, October 4, of a person who had fallen off a cliff overlooking the Colorado River at the Glen Canyon Dam Overlook. The Glen Canyon Dam Overlook is located on Scenic View Drive near Page, Arizona in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: Ocean Springs, MS. - Gulf Islands National Seashore announces the Davis Bayou Area and Mississippi islands including, Horn, Petit Bois, and West Petit Bois islands, as well as the NPS-owned portion of Cat Island will close tomorrow, Wednesday, October 7 at 5:00 pm, in anticipation of intense winds, rough...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - A 12-year cleanup campaign conducted by EM at the Savannah River Site (SRS) has ended successfully, removing more than 5,000 pounds of chemical solvents from soil and leading to an annual cost savings of $264,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: Two men have admitted guilt in a scheme in which they fraudulently claimed to be part of a famed musical group to steal from hotels and a limousine company.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Joel Malek, age 42, of Schenectady, New York, was arrested today and charged with possession of an improvised incendiary device, commonly known as a “Molotov cocktail," on June 5, 2020.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. – Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad F. Wolf released the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Homeland Threat Assessment (HTA). This first-of-its-kind report synthesizes threat information across DHS including intelligence and operational components.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: Today the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced an interim final rule (IFR) that strengthens the H-1B nonimmigrant visa program to protect U.S. workers, restores integrity to the H-1B program and better guarantees that H-1B petitions are approved only for qualified beneficiaries and petitioners.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, 2020 – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced $19.1 million in grants to provide training, outreach, and technical assistance to socially disadvantaged and veteran farmers and ranchers. USDA’s Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: ReConnect Funding to Provide High-Speed Internet e-Connectivity to Nearly 2,000 Rural Households BROWNSTOWN, Ind., Oct. 6, 2020– The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing nearly $4 million to provide broadband service in unserved and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), a component of the department’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP), has released awards totaling more than $1.8 billion to state victim assistance and compensation programs to fund thousands of local victim assistance programs across the country and to provide millions in compensation to victims of crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: Strachans SA in Liquidation pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring with U.S. taxpayers and others to hide income and assets in offshore entities and bank accounts from the IRS, and was sentenced in accordance with the guilty plea, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, U.S. Attorney Nicola T. Hanna, and Chief James Lee of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: Each weekday, the Department of Justice will highlight a case that has resulted from Operation Legend. Today’s case is out of Eastern District of Michigan. Operation Legend launched in Detroit on July 29, 2020, in response to the city facing increased homicide and non-fatal shooting rates.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice today awarded grants totaling over $144 million to enhance services for victims of crime across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: A Florida recording artist and a Pennsylvania towing company owner have been charged for their alleged participation in a scheme to file fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $24 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it reached a settlement with Security Management of South Carolina LLC (Security Management), a private security company that provides armed and unarmed security services throughout South Carolina and Georgia.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board announced on Tuesday that it will begin the 2020 Census of Finance Companies and Other Lenders. The census is a key part of the Federal Reserve's effort to paint a complete picture of this important sector of the U.S. economy.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom (Rosatom), on behalf of the Government of the Russian Federation, have signed a final amendment to the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Uranium from the Russian Federation (Agreement). This amendment extends the Agreement through 2040 and reduces U.S. reliance on uranium from Russia during that time period.
