News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: Richland - William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Sami Anwar, age 41, of Richland, Washington, was sentenced today by Senior District Judge Edward F. Shea to a 340-month term of imprisonment for falsifying human clinical research trials in connection with a fraud scheme directed by Mr. Anwar.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Toby Randall Walker, 36, appeared in federal court in Albuquerque on Oct. 1 on multiple drug and firearm charges brought under the Department of Justice’s Operation Legend.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the conviction of RONALD JERMAINE JACKSON, 36, and WILLIAM CHARLES GRAHAM, 37, on Hobbs Act robbery and firearms charges. Following a three-day bench trial, U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson found both JACKSON and GRAHAM guilty on all counts.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: SOUTH BEND -On Oct. 1, 2020, Cody Miller, 28, of South Bend, Indiana was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty upon his plea of guilty of possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: Spokane - William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, today announced $1,495,962 in Department of Justice grants to be used to help reduce recidivism among adults and juvenile offenders returning after confinement to their communities here in the Eastern District...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.1 million grant to the city of Altus, Oklahoma, to make flood-resilient water infrastructure improvements needed to support the transportation needs of the local business community. The EDA grant, to be located in a Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Opportunity Zone, will be matched with $750,000 in state funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Last week, Merrell Derek Steve Felix, 40, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to 46 months in prison. Felix previously pleaded guilty to Assault by Strangulation committed on the Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Philadelphia man today admitted possessing and transporting more than three kilograms of cocaine he intended to distribute, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Kedrick Lee, 23, of Hattiesburg, pled guilty today before Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to violently robbing a business in Hattiesburg, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal judge in Chicago has sentenced a suburban business owner to a year and a day in prison for lying to federal law enforcement about his knowledge of a bribery scheme involving the mayor of Markham.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: DHS Enforcing Critical Identification Requirements to Protect the Homeland WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is reminding Americans that only 12 months remain until the Oct. 1, 2021 REAL ID enforcement goes into effect. On Oct. 1, 2021, individuals seeking to enter federal ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: Trump Administration Keeps Promise to Cut Red Tape and Increase Private Investment in America’s Rural Communities WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is now accepting applications for the department’s four key loan guarantee programs under the OneRD Guarantee Loan Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: With the recent transfer of custody of four defendants, the United States has successfully repatriated all Americans held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against whom criminal charges have been lodged for offenses relating to their support for ISIS. The Department of Justice will review the facts and circumstances relating to any future detainees and, where warranted, bring additional charges against others.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 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 the Northern District of Ohio. Operation Legend launched in Cleveland on July 29, 2020, in response to the city facing increased homicide and non-fatal shooting rates.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: On Sept. 29, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia entered a final judgment and permanent injunction against Edward Snowden, a former employee of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: On Oct. 1, President Donald J. Trump signed into law a continuing resolution that contains the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Permanent Extension Act (the “Act”). The Act reauthorizes the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act (ACPERA) and repeals the sunset provision therein.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice today awarded grants totaling $9.4 million to combat elder abuse and financial fraud targeted at seniors across the United States. Elder abuse is an intentional or negligent act by any person that causes harm or a serious risk of harm to an older adult. Attorney General William P. Barr announced the awards on the 30th anniversary of the International Day of Older Persons.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division announced today that it has completed its review of the proposal by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association Inc. (ISDA) to amend its standardized model documentation for derivatives to account for the potential discontinuation of certain interbank ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that Advanced Pain Management Holdings Inc. (APMH), its wholly-owned subsidiaries, APM Wisconsin MSO (“APM MSO”) and Advanced Pain Management LLC (APM LLC); and Advanced Pain Management S.C. (APMSC) (collectively the “APM Entities”) have agreed to pay $885,452 ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: Ten men from around the country have been sentenced for participating in a child pornography enterprise and conspiracy, Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced today.
