News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A real estate developer and attorney pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Worcester in connection with a $2.3 million fraud scheme relating to the redevelopment of a multi-family property in Worcester.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Joshua Jesse White, of Montrose, West Virginia, has admitted to drug and firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense While Using Mobile Wallets.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1289, the "Preserving Home and Office Numbers in Emergencies Act of 2020" or "PHONE Act of 2020":
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A New York man was sentenced today to 66 months in prison for his role in acquiring and using thousands of stolen payment card numbers, as well as other personal information.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 49-year-old woman has been ordered to federal prison following her conviction for conspiring to import cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Michael F. Paul Named Special Agent in Charge of the Minneapolis Field Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1289, the "Preserving Home and Office Numbers in Emergencies Act of 2020" or "PHONE Act of 2020":
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Over 98% of housing units have been accounted for in the 2020 Census as of today, with 31.9% counted by census takers and other field data collection operations, and 66.5% of housing units responding online, by phone or by mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Medford Podiatrist pleaded guilty today for using fraud and deception to obtain controlled substances which he used to feed his personal addiction, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed four consumer protection and commerce bills...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: RAPID CITY, S.D., Sept. 29, 2020 - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $1.7 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in southwestern South Dakota and eastern Wyoming. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Jesus Soto-Martinez (41, Michoacan, Mexico) to 21 years and 3 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine while onboard a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, forcibly interfering with a lawful boarding, and knowingly using fire to commit a felony offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - An Everett man was re-sentenced yesterday to 30 years in prison for conspiring to murder U.S. citizens, including police officers, on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Sept. 24, 2020, a Federal Grand Jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned two separate indictments charging Robert Crespo Zamora and Carmen J. Pagán Domínguez with health care fraud, aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit health care fraud, obstruction of a...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Gloucester City, New Jersey, man today admitted conspiring to distribute oxycodone pills and selling Xanax pills, making him the fifth person to plead guilty for his role in a drug trafficking ring operating in and around Gloucester City and Camden, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, last week introduced new legislation, the University of Alaska Fiscal Foundation Act, in both the Senate and House of Representatives. The legislation is supported by Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy, also R-Alaska, and would resolve the University of Alaska’s (University) unfulfilled land grant to help it generate revenues that support its students and operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Edward Brown, 78, formerly of Plainfield, was sentenced to serve 300 months in federal prison at a resentencing hearing, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Ole Hougen has been charged with a federal hate crime for attacking a black man with a knife on a street in Santa Cruz, announced U.S. Attorney David L. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband for the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, and FBI Special Agent in Charge John L. Bennett.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $444,009 grant to the Maine Space Grant Consortium, Augusta, Maine, to develop a strategic plan for the Maine SpacePort Complex. The project, to be located in a Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Opportunity Zone, will be matched with $148,489 in state funds and $111,442 in local funds.
