News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Production of Child Pornography was sentenced on October 5, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (VA-03) sent a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Scalia and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Azar demanding increased protections for our nation’s frontline workers as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - United States Attorney Aaron L. Weisman announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Terrence P. Donnelly will lead the efforts of the United States Attorney’s Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) guidance to pharmaceutical manufacturers on its review standards for a future Emergency Use Authorization of a COVID-19 vaccine...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Farkhanda Muhammad, 34, Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to six months in federal prison for fraudulently representing that a Social Security number was hers to apply for a Madison apartment. Muhammad pled guilty to this charge on July 14, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS - The finance manager for William Tempel Construction today was arraigned on wire fraud charges alleging she stole more than $565,000 through a scheme of false and inflated subcontractor invoices billed to a client, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.9 million grant to the Pemiscot County Port Authority, Caruthersville, Missouri, to make port harbor improvements needed to protect against future flooding...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Louis Joseph Normand, Jr., 60, of Diamondhead, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr. to 57 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for bank fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Michelle A. Sutphin with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi. Norman was also ordered to pay over $1.6 million in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: Florida Recording Artist and Pennsylvania Man Charged for Role in $24 Million COVID-Relief Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: Allegedly Sought to Extort $25 Million For Himself-Not his Clients-from University of Maryland Medical System; Allegedly Proposed Sham Consulting Arrangement to Disguise Payment.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - United States Attorney Scott C. Blader announced today that a Madison, Wisconsin resident has been charged with attempting to damage and destroy by means of fire the City-County Building on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard during the civil unrest that occurred in Madison on June 24, 2020. Marquon Clark, 26, was charged in a one-count complaint filed in U.S. District Court today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal judge sentenced 47-year-old State of Texas inmate Scott Coalwell to 70 months in federal prison for mailing threatening communications including threats to injure his former defense attorney, a probation officer and the U.S. District Clerk for the Western District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and U.S. Marshal Susan Pamerleau.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2020-21. October 5, 2020To: State and Territory Regulatory OfficialsEffective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is revising the requirements for commercial shipments of amaranth (callaloo) Amaranthus sp from Jamaica. In addition to the current ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on Sept. 29, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Lawrence L. Piersol.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of CLARISSA LYNN COMBS, 49, to 71 months in prison for conspiring to commit wire fraud and making a false statement. COMBS, who pleaded guilty on December 4, 2019, was sentenced today before Senior Judge David S. Doty in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A total of 12 defendants have pleaded guilty and been sentenced for their roles in the conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that, on Oct. 2, 2020, Michael Scaduto, 33, of Littleton, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in United States District Court in Burlington, to an information that charged him with assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol Agent. Chief Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford allowed Scaduto to continue on release conditions pending sentencing, which is scheduled for February 5, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Stephen L. Snyder, age 72, of Miami Beach, Florida, on the federal charges of attempted extortion and interstate travel and use of an interstate facility to carry on unlawful activity, also known as the Travel Act. Snyder was the senior partner at a Baltimore-based law firm specializing in plaintiff-side medical malpractice litigation.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: ReConnect Funding to Provide High-Speed Internet Connectivity to 2,037 Rural Household BAY SPRINGS, Miss., Oct. 5, 2020– The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $4.6 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it reached a settlement with WinCraft, Incorporated (WinCraft), a Minnesota-based sports manufacturing company with locations in Iowa, Florida, and Washington. The settlement resolves claims that WinCraft violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: Attorney General William P. Barr announced today the appointment of Gregg N. Sofer as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 546, effective Oct. 10, 2020.
