News from January 2021
By DOE Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the issuance of a policy statement that removes the requirement for long-term LNG export authorization holders to seek separate short-term authorizations to export the same volumes approved for long-term exports. By consolidating this authority in a single authorization without any increase in total approved export volumes, DOE believes this action will streamline its regulatory process.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Southeast Ohio doctor was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 96 months in prison for illegally prescribing controlled substances and defrauding health care programs.
By State Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Dear Madam Speaker: On January 6, 2021, at the urging of the President of the United States, the U.S. Capitol was attacked by armed insurrectionists. This attack took place during a joint session of Congress that was mandated under the 12th Amendment to the Constitution in order to count the votes of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Miami, Fl. - Federal prosecutors have charged a Miami nurse with fraud and other crimes in a criminal complaint that accuses him of lying on coronavirus relief loan applications and fraudulently obtaining close to half a million dollars in relief money intended to help small businesses survive disasters like the current pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: A man who possessed photographs and at least six videos containing child pornography, and who communicated with others online in an attempt to obtain additional nude photographs of children, was sentenced today to more than 15 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in Federal Court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan has sentenced Sandro Cuevas, Jr., 25, from Selma, North Carolina, to 360 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: S&T Public Affairs, 202-254-2385. LOS ANGELES - In the U.S. alone, approximately 80 to 100 firefighters are lost in the line of duty each year according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. More than 50,000 are injured according to the National Fire Protection Association. Countless...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Approximately 40 charged in Superior Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - The former Enforcer of the Boston-based Devon Street Kings Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") was sentenced yesterday on racketeering charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that DUCCI ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS, INC., of Farmington, will pay more than $3.2 million and implement internal reforms to resolve a criminal and civil investigation into alleged fraud committed by the company in connection with public construction contracts in Connecticut that were principally funded with U.S. Department of Transportation (“USDOT") financial assistance.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the announcement that President-elect Biden has nominated Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to serve as Secretary of Labor...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that McCLENDON JONES, 40, of Bloomfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley to 70 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing narcotics.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. - A Hereford man was arrested Jan. 7 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Sierra Vista Police Department for his suspected involvement of child exploitation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: PANAMA CITY, Fla. - Gerry F. Carter, 34, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced yesterday to a total of 30 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to drug trafficking andweapons charges stemming from an organization that distributed methamphetamine in North Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Injunction halts distribution of products with unsubstantiated claims.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Law Enforcement Appreciation Day is observed on January 9, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Miami, Fl. - Southern District of Florida U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan issued the following statement.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: In a technique known as DNA origami, researchers fold long strands of DNA over and over again to construct a variety of tiny 3D structures, including miniature biosensors and drug-delivery containers. Pioneered at the California Institute of Technology in 2006, DNA origami has attracted hundreds of new...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (Deutsche Bank or the Company) has agreed to pay more than $130 million to resolve the government’s investigation into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and a separate investigation into a commodities fraud scheme.
