News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Sergio Lohan (24, Clearwater) today pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 12-year-old child and using his cell phone to film the incident. He faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to 120 months’ imprisonment on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced a new Alternatives to Detention (ATD) Case Management Pilot Program (CMPP), which will provide voluntary case management and other services to ensure that noncitizens in removal proceedings have access to legal information and other ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 17, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today an investment of $69 million to address critical food and nutrition security needs of low-income communities enduring the pandemic, enhance the resilience of food and healthcare systems impacted by the pandemic, and maximize ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: President Biden’s pay initiatives will ensure frontline firefighters receive at least $15 per hour WASHINGTON, Aug. 17, 2021 – Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the implementation of President Biden’s pay initiatives to recognize and support federal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: A federal judge entered a preliminary injunction today barring a Utah physician from issuing prescriptions for controlled substances during the pendency of a civil enforcement action filed by the government.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today charging three men who operated labor-staffing companies in Florida with conspiracy to harbor non-resident aliens and induce them to remain in the country and with conspiracy to commit money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: A Virginia man was sentenced today in the Eastern District of Virginia to 14 years in prison for his role in an investment fraud scheme in which he and his co-conspirators stole approximately $5.7 million from victim investors.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that it signed a settlement agreement with Ameritech Global Inc., an IT staffing and recruiting company based in Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: A federal jury convicted an Indiana man yesterday for conspiring with multiple women to send him sexually explicit pictures of infants and young children.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: A licensed pharmacist was arrested today in Chicago on charges related to his alleged sale of dozens of authentic Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 vaccination cards on eBay.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced its approval of the application by SmartFinancial, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee, to merge with Sevier County Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire its subsidiary state nonmember bank, Sevier County Bank, both of Sevierville, Tennessee.
By State Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of The Gabonese Republic on the 61st anniversary of your independence.
By State Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, and thanked him for Qatar’s assistance in facilitating the transit of U.S. citizens and Embassy Kabul personnel through Doha. Secretary Blinken and the Foreign Minister discussed the close collaboration on Afghanistan and other bilateral efforts to advance regional security.
By State Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah. The Secretary expressed gratitude to the Government of Kuwait for helping to facilitate the transit of U.S. citizens and Embassy Kabul personnel through Kuwait and underscored the importance of our enduring bilateral partnership.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: WILDWOOD, FL – In urgent care centers, workdays may be long and hard. For clinicians who split their hours of work between two jointly owned central Florida facilities, their employers made the work a bit harder by failing to pay them all of their legally earned wages.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: MEEKER, CO – While law enforcement officers in Rio Blanco County worked to uphold the law, they themselves fell victim to illegal pay practices when their employer failed to pay them for time spent performing work before and after their scheduled shifts, an investigation by U.S. Department of Labor has found.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: WILDWOOD, FL – In urgent care centers, workdays may be long and hard. For clinicians who split their hours of work between two jointly owned central Florida facilities, their employers made the work a bit harder by failing to pay them all of their legally earned wages.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: MEEKER, CO – While law enforcement officers in Rio Blanco County worked to uphold the law, they themselves fell victim to illegal pay practices when their employer failed to pay them for time spent performing work before and after their scheduled shifts, an investigation by U.S. Department of Labor has found.
By State News Post | Aug 17, 2021
The US State Department published a three page notice on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
