News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: Former DEA Agent and His Wife Plead Guilty for Roles in Scheme to Divert Drug Proceeds From Undercover Money Laundering Investigations.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Somerset County, New Jersey, man admitted today that he concealed his attempts to provide material support to Hamas, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito, Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers of the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Security Division, FBI-Newark Special Agent in Charge George M. Crouch Jr., and FBI Assistant Director for Counterterrorism Jill Sanborn announced.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2020-A team of scientists in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agriculture Research Service (ARS) recently found that consuming a high level of carbohydrates regulates a gene in the body that can reduce your risk of obesity, hypertension, Type 2 Diabetes, and other metabolic diseases.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: Federal and state authorities arrested seven individuals in McLennan, Bell and Coryell counties for their roles in a methamphetamine distribution operation, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division; and, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement regarding a whistleblower complaint from a nurse at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility run by LaSalle Corrections in Georgia alleging medical neglect, unsanitary conditions, a lack of COVID-19 precautions, and the performance of hysterectomies without informed consent on detained women.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Somerset County, New Jersey, man admitted today that he concealed his attempts to provide material support to Hamas, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito, Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers of the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Security Division, FBI-Newark Special Agent in Charge George M. Crouch Jr., and FBI Assistant Director for Counterterrorism Jill Sanborn announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Crystal Austin, 40, Belton, Missouri was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 65 months in federal prison, for conspiring with Shelly Scott, Jason Edge, and others to commit wire fraud throughout the country. Austin was ordered to pay restitution of over $860,000 to Walmart, Inc., jointly with the other conspirators.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: Recently, Attorney General William P. Barr announced the results of the Paycheck Protection Plan (“PPP") Criminal Fraud Enforcement Action, a new relief measure in the CARES Act designed to reduce pandemic-related fraud. As part of the CARES Act, the federal government made hundreds of billions of dollars...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
Release: Facilities regulated under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) that use or intend to use live animals in research, tests, experiments, or teaching must submit an Annual Report.Historically, Animal Care mails each facility an Annual Report packet via US Mail with instructions on how to complete and return the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael C. Mikulka, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Regional Office of the Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General (“DOL-OIG"), Patrick J. Freaney, Deputy Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to a whistleblower complaint filed by a nurse at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a federal firearms violation, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: Texas Woman Charged with Fraudulently Obtaining Nearly $2 Million in COVID Relief Funds.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Rob Portman (R-OH) applauded the House passage of their bipartisan bill, the Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2019, to help make information about how...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the following statement regarding the announcement from the United States Trade Representative (USTR) that the Trump administration will not re-impose tariffs on aluminum from Canada.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Hingham man who was previously convicted of money laundering pleaded guilty today in connection with a business email compromise (BEC) scheme.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of 12 projects to receive approximately $34 million in federal funding under the funding opportunity announcement (FOA), Small-Scale Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Systems and Hybrid Electrolyzer Technology Development.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: Gaffney, SC - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Ninety Six National Historic Site (NHS), Cowpens National Battlefield (NB), and Kings Mountain National Military Park (NMP) are all increasing access.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: Gaffney, SC - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Ninety Six National Historic Site (NHS), Cowpens National Battlefield (NB), and Kings Mountain National Military Park (NMP) are all increasing access.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - A successful EM cleanup project at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site is being studied to determine if it has met its objectives several years earlier than projected.
