News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va.- Five Southwest Virginia residents who conspired with more than 30 others to defraud the United States government by filing fraudulent claims for more than $499,000 in pandemic unemployment benefits, mail fraud and associated offenses pleaded guilty this week and last in U.S. District Court in Abingdon.
By State Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former music teacher in Southern California who contracted with several schools to teach music to children was sentenced today to 183 months in federal prison for producing child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, Sept. 11, at 2 pm, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will host a special 45-minute ranger-led program exploring the “fugitive" status of enslaved African Americans from North Georgia families which lived in and around present-day Chickamauga Battlefield.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Assailant Accused of Knocking Over Officer, Resulting in a Concussion.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: FBI Seeks Public Help to Identify Potential Victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JODIAN STEPHENSON, also known as “Jodian Gordon," 37, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to six months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for arranging fraudulent marriages so that non-U.S. citizens would receive U.S. immigration benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Raymond Lofthouse, age 59, of Florida, pled guilty to one count of filing false claims against the U.S. Government.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity (ED) announced the upcoming Inclusive Energy Innovation Prize. Scheduled to open for submissions in September 2021, the new prize will provide cash prizes...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that a complaint was filed today in U.S. District Court in Madison charging McKenzie W. Johnson, 34, of Ladysmith, Wisconsin, with producing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Four individuals have been charged in the District of Massachusetts with conspiring to deceive banks and credit card companies into processing more than $150 million in credit and debit card payments on behalf of merchants involved in prohibited and high-risk businesses, including online gambling, debt ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Seth A. Bernstein, the owner of jet charter company All in Jets LLC dba JetReady, located in Florida, has agreed to pay $287,055 to settle allegations that he misappropriated Payment Protection Program (PPP) loan proceeds for his personal expenses. JetReady is a jet charter operator with its principal place of business in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Today, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland convened a virtual discussion with a bipartisan group of over 1,400 election officials to discuss mounting and persistent threats to the safety of election officials and workers across the country, and the Justice Department’s recently launched Election Threats ...
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: PRIME MINISTER BENNETT: Mr. Secretary, I appreciate you taking time on a pretty active day here (inaudible). It means a lot (inaudible).
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab following the horrific terrorist attack in Kabul today. They agreed on the importance of continued close counterterrorism cooperation. They also discussed international engagement on the future of Afghanistan.
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Today’s bombings around the Kabul airport were a devastating reminder of the dangerous conditions in which our servicemembers and diplomats are operating as we conclude the United States’ 20-year military mission in Afghanistan. As the President said, the servicemembers who were killed and wounded today ...
By Labor Gazette | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: CROWLEY, LA – A coronavirus-related federal whistleblower investigation prompted a referral to the U.S. Department of Labor and an investigation that recovered $138,629 in back wages for 100 employees of a southwest Louisiana seafood processor.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: DENVER – A federal administrative law judge has upheld citations and penalties against a Denver roofing contractor for ignoring federal requirements to protect workers and subcontractors repeatedly from the risk of workplace falls – the leading cause of injury and death in the construction industry.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: CROWLEY, LA – A coronavirus-related federal whistleblower investigation prompted a referral to the U.S. Department of Labor and an investigation that recovered $138,629 in back wages for 100 employees of a southwest Louisiana seafood processor.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: DENVER – A federal administrative law judge has upheld citations and penalties against a Denver roofing contractor for ignoring federal requirements to protect workers and subcontractors repeatedly from the risk of workplace falls – the leading cause of injury and death in the construction industry.
