News from April 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced during a press conference today that Moshe Porat, the former Dean of Temple University’s Richard J. Fox School of Business and Management (“Fox"), has been indicted on charges that he conspired and schemed to deceive the school’s applicants, students, and donors into believing that the school offered top-ranked business degree programs, so they would pay tuition and make donations to Temple.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TX - An increase in cooler temperatures and higher humidity has significantly paused growth of the South Rim 4 fire over the past 24 hours to 1341 acres and allowed 60% containment. Because there are no control lines in the rocky country, it will take at least several days of monitoring and “cold trailing" to check for hot spots, to increase further containment numbers. More accurate mapping puts the fire at 1341 acres, even though it has not grown.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, held the Subcommittee’s biannual hearing to assess implementation of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA), Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) act, and the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The last of six defendants were sentenced today for participating in multiple health care fraud conspiracies involving kickbacks and fraudulent billings that resulted in nearly $8 million in losses to federal, state, and private health care benefit programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Jacksonville man previously convicted of distribution of heroin resulting in death, two counts of possessing a firearm while a felon, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, three counts of distribution of heroin and/or crack, and three counts of possession with intent to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and crack was sentenced to life plus five years in prison today.
By State Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
Release: Today in Oslo, the United States of America and the Kingdom of Norway concluded the Supplementary Defense Cooperation Agreement (SDCA), which will allow our countries to deepen bilateral security cooperation, strengthen NATO operations, and increase Transatlantic security.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: BOTHELL, Wash. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHS&EM) over $11 million for the operation of COVID-19 community-based testing sites in the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Jawon Montray Grant, 32, of Shreveport, has been sentenced by United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote to 42 months (3 years, 6 months) in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for possession of firearm by a convicted felon. Grant pleaded guilty to the charge on Nov. 19, 2020.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.- This week, Republican Energy and Commerce Committee Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Republican Leader for the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Gus Bilirakis released the following statement on House passage of five bills to better protect Americans from scams, fraud, and other undetectable harms.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A jury in Plano, Texas has convicted two Florida men of drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By State Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
Release: On April 16, the United States and the Kingdom of Norway concluded the recently negotiated Supplementary Defense Cooperation Agreement (SDCA).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach woman was sentenced today to five years in prison for her role in an internet-based loan scam that defrauded nearly 1,700 owners and prospective owners of small businesses out of $1,076,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: CINCINNATI - A Greene County man was arrested by federal ATF agents on an illegal gun possession charge that stems from an incident in which an Ohio wildlife officer was shot.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Reclamation announced today that spring-time operations at Shasta Dam will adjust to benefit endangered winter-run Chinook salmon in the Sacramento River during this critically dry water year. The operation change is coordinated with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigation’s (HSI) marks the one-year anniversary of the announcement of Operation Stolen Promise, the ongoing operation protecting the United States from COVID-19 related crime. Combining HSI’s investigative expertise in...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [April 16, 2021]- Longer days and warmer temperatures mean animals and visitors alike are becoming more active in Glacier National Park. More park operations and services will be available than in 2020, although COVID-19 mitigations and resulting staffing limitations will reduce some services. While full park operations are still a couple of months off, visitors will see increasing recreational opportunities throughout the months of April and May.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Gregory J. Gerber, 55, of Port Clinton, Ohio, with 51 counts of distribution of controlled substances and two counts of health care fraud. According to the indictment, the Defendant was a licensed medical physician practicing in Sandusky, Ohio, specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation and anesthesiology with a sub-specialty in pain medicine.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: On March 3, 2021, FEMA, other federal partners, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the City of Philadelphia partnered to open the Center City Vaccination Center (CCVC) in Philadelphia, PA. With an allocation of 6,000 COVID-19 vaccines per day on top of the City’s regular vaccine allotment, the CCVC...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Rep. Jody Hice, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, introduced The Performance Enhancement Reform Act to ensure key stakeholders and resources are not left out of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine pled guilty April 15, 2021, in federal court in Sioux City. Robert Board, 45, originally from Brownsville, Texas, more recently living in Medalia, Minnesota, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
