News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: Statement of U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Montana man was sentenced to 87 months in prison Tuesday for his role in a multimillion-dollar international investment-fraud conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Cambridge woman pleaded guilty today to stealing over $80,000 in Social Security and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - Yang Yang (34, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to conspiring to submit false export information through the federal government’s Automated Export System and to fraudulently export to China maritime raiding craft and engines in violation of United States (U.S.) law, and also to attempting to fraudulently export that equipment in violation of U.S. law. Yang faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
Release: MILWAUKEE - Transportation Security Administration officers (TSA) stopped a woman from carrying a.38 caliber handgun and a magazine loaded with six bullets onto an airplane at General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) on Tuesday, Sept. 15.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Alfred Evans, 40, of Wilmington, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Colm F. Connolly to 9 ½ years in prison after a wiretap investigation revealed his extensive drug dealing activities in Wilmington’s Hilltop neighborhood.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced Ammanuel Jiel, 20, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher to 126 months’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to two counts of distribution of marijuana and possession of a firearm while drug trafficking. He will also serve 3 years of supervised release following his release from prison. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: Defendant allegedly looted downtown Seattle store June 1, 2020-Seattle Police found stolen merchandise and two firearms in a car he abandoned during police response.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Donald Lewis, 43, of Jackson, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge David C. Bramlette III to 30 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Lewis was also ordered to pay a $1,500 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: An Auburn man was sentenced today in federal court in Portland for possessing a firearm after being convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: Good morning. I’ve been up here all too often with my partners from the Department of Justice talking about hackers-in particular, Chinese hackers-and here we are again. We’re here today to tell these hackers and the Chinese government officials who turned a blind eye to their activities that their actions are once again unacceptable, and we will call them out publicly.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Somerville man was indicted yesterday in connection with selling drugs while illegally in possession of a loaded firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.9 million grant to the city of Marshalltown, Iowa, to make infrastructure improvements needed to support industrial development. The EDA grant, to be located near a Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Opportunity Zone, will be matched with $1.4 million in state funds and $644,249 in local funds and is expected to create more than 100 jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A former member of Paraguay’s Congress and her husband have admitted their roles in an international money laundering conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, AK - On Sept. 16, 2020 Lake Clark National Park and Preserve will release the Environmental Assessment (EA) for the North Johnson Tract Right-of-Way Certificate of Access (RWCA). The EA will be available for review and public comment for 30 days through.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on Administration Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), and Government Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) today launched an investigation into a $35 million contract the California Secretary of State’s office awarded to a pro-Biden consulting firm to produce advertising to encourage voter participation in the November election.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau will begin the special operations to count people experiencing homelessness in communities across the country on Sept. 22. Specially trained census takers will count people Sept. 22-24 at shelters, soup kitchens and mobile food van stops in an operation called Service-Based Enumeration...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: Coos Bay, Ore. - As a result of extreme fire danger, the Bureau of Land Management Coos Bay District will keep closed all developed recreation sites east of Highway 101, with the exception of Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area. The closure will be in place until further notice.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: In August 2019 and August 2020, a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., returned two separate indictments charging five computer hackers, all of whom were residents and nationals of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), with computer intrusions affecting over 100 victim companies in the United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - A federal jury has found Edgar Vazquez (35, Fort Myers) guilty of possessing with the intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine. Vazquez faces a minimum mandatory term of 5 years, and up to 40 years, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Dec. 14, 2020.
