News from April 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Wendy W. Berger today sentenced Fredrick Bernard Lewis (32, Ft. Lauderdale) to 37 months in federal prison for using unauthorized access devices at theme parks in Orlando.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 14, 2021 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of up to $10 million in assistance from USDA’s Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus to assist agricultural producers impacted by the worsening drought conditions in the Klamath River Basin. ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: USDA Has Deployed 1,064 Disaster, Public Health Specialists to Assist with Federal Response WASHINGTON, Apr. 14, 2021 — In January 2021, President Biden released the National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness. The plan is driven by science, data, and public health to improve the effectiveness of our nation’s fight against COVID-19 and to restore trust, accountability and a sense of common purpose in our response to the pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury in Indianapolis, Indiana, returned a 17-count superseding indictment charging three officers and one sergeant of the Muncie Police Department with excessive force and obstruction.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in the Eastern District of New York charging two defendants with failing to maintain anti-money laundering controls, failing to file suspicious activity reports, and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland spoke yesterday with David Lametti, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. In their inaugural conversation, the Attorneys General discussed a number of transborder law enforcement issues, including cybercrime, as well as violence against women, minorities, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: A New Hampshire man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for employment tax fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: A Maryland tax preparer pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the United States and to assisting in the preparation of a false tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury in Philadelphia returned a superseding indictment charging a Pennsylvania man with sixteen counts of assisting in the preparation of federal tax returns. According to the superseding indictment, Jean Coq of Philadelphia prepared tax returns for clients for tax years 2013 and 2014 ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: The Algoma Central Corporation (Algoma), headquartered in St. Catharines, Ontario, was fined $500,000 after pleading guilty to dumping wastewater into Lake Ontario.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury in Atlanta, Georgia, returned an indictment yesterday charging a Georgia man with failing to pay employment taxes and with obstructing the collection efforts of the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: A Florida man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to commit health care fraud in connection with a scheme that resulted in the submission of approximately $3.3 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare for genetic testing.
By State Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg today in Brussels, Belgium. Secretary Blinken and Secretary General Stoltenberg discussed our collective future in Afghanistan, noting that, as we have consistently ...
By State Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: SECRETARY GENERAL STOLTENBERG: So, Secretary Blinken, dear Tony, welcome back to NATO. It’s really great to see you here again.
By State Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: Today the U.S. Department of State announces a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Audias Flores-Silva, a high-level member of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG – Jalisco New Generation Cartel). This reward offer complements the Department ...
By State Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: On Apr. 12, 2021, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Investigation and Identification Team (IIT) released its second report attributing yet another chemical weapons attack in Syria to the Assad regime. The IIT report concluded there are reasonable grounds to believe that ...
By State Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I wish the Cambodian people a joyous Khmer New Year.
By State Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I extend greetings to the people of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on the occasion of the Lao New Year.
By State Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with his counterparts from France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom today in Brussels, Belgium. They reaffirmed their support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and commended Ukraine’s ...
By State Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: MODERATOR: Good evening. Welcome to NATO Headquarters, to this press conference with the Secretary General, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Defense. They will make short introductory statements, and then we’ll be able to take a few questions. Secretary General.
