News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: FBI Seeking Individual Who May Have Information Regarding the Identity of a Child Sexual Assault Victim.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Today, Republican Workforce Leaders on the Education and Labor Committee, Reps. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Tim Walberg (R-MI), applauded the Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed rule to increase financial accountability and transparency for labor unions...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s two-part hearing on prescription drug prices by emphasizing the Trump administration’s actions to lower drug prices and the importance of removing red tape to unleash more innovation in the healthcare sector.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: A man who illegally possessed a gun pled guilty Sept. 24, 2020, in federal court in Sioux City.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Valerie Chu (619) 546-6750.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Today, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved a slate of bipartisan measures during a Full Committee markup, including legislation to strengthen the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) certification process and ease financial burdens on states and local governments during emergencies and major disasters.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that James Rhodes, age 35, was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison, followed by three 3 years of supervised release for being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted 84-10 to pass the Continuing Resolution, which included a one-year extension for surface transportation programs through Sept. 30, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that three individuals have been charged in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in connection with a nationwide health care fraud takedown that charged 345 defendants across 51 federal districts, including more than 100 doctors, nurses...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jean Quinones, age 25, of Scranton, of Pennsylvania, was indicted on Sept. 29, 2020, by a federal grand jury for drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS - The Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Marshals Service and Homeland Security Investigations arrested 10 people Tuesday, including seven in the St. Louis area and three in Phoenix, on charges that include conspiracy to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana. Defendants are expected to be presented in federal court today. Among those charged were...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.'s (D-NJ) remarks as prepared for delivery at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled, "Pathway to a Vaccine: Ensuring a Safe and Effective Vaccine People Will Trust," are enclosed below...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered remarks at a Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Pathway to a Vaccine: Ensuring a Safe and Effective Vaccine People Will Trust."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Knoxville, Tenn. - Gregory Lynn McKnight, Jr., 28, of Clintwood, Virginia, was sentenced on Sept. 29, 2020, by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, Senior U.S. District Judge, to serve 180 months in federal prison for attempting to coerce a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Ricardo Richardson, 50, of Buford, GA; John Scott Watkins, 54, of Canton, GA; Gary B. Wolff, 78, an attorney from New York, NY; and Edward Heil, 71, an accountant from Pearland, TX; were arrested and charged by Indictment with conspiracy, wire fraud, and securities fraud in connection with what is commonly referred to as a "pump and dump" scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Assistant Director Calvin Shivers of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division, Deputy Inspector General Gary Cantrell of the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG)...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Hector Cordero, 32, and Damien Cruz, 23, both of Buffalo, NY, with possessing with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana, maintaining a drug involved premises, and possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking offenses. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison and a maximum of life.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that Kole Milner pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute psilocybin mushrooms. The guilty plea was tendered before U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson on Sept. 28, 2020. Milner will be sentenced on December 7, 2020. The Denver DEA joined in this announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An attorney, pharmacist, and sales representative have each pleaded guilty to conspiracy to pay or receive health care kickbacks.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 215,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2020/2021 marketing year.
