News from July 2021
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: LANDER, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Lander Field Office is seeking public comments as it evaluates the 2014 Lander Resource Management Plan (RMP).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Woman Pleads Guilty to Unauthorized Removal and Retention of Classified Material.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: MOOSE, WY- Grand Teton National Park in partnership with the Grand Teton National Park Foundation are working to improve sections of the Teton Crest Trail. There will be intermittent 30-minute closures on a section of the trail near the summit of Paintbrush Divide between July 22-27 and August 5-10. Visitors planning on hiking over Paintbrush Divide during these dates should expect delays in both directions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTESVILLE, Va. - A Madison County, Virginia woman pleaded guilty yesterday to mail and wire fraud charges related to a scheme in which she stole at least $1.5 million from victims while purporting to have terminal cancer, vast wealth, and connections to celebrities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that two Romanian nationals were charged in a twelve-count indictment, unsealed in federal court today, stemming from their roles in an international criminal network, whose members engaged in a wide-ranging online auction fraud scheme that targeted victims in the Northern District of Ohio and elsewhere in the United States.
By State Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Thank you Robin for a remarkably generous introduction. Ladies and gentlemen I accept the nomination. [laughter].
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Julia Christine Devlin was last seen in Charlottesville, VA Wednesday, July 14. Her white Lexus sedan was found on Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park on Saturday, July 17.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, in response to the ongoing cybersecurity threat to pipeline systems, DHS’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced the issuance of a second Security Directive that requires owners and operators of TSA-designated critical pipelines that transport hazardous liquids and natural gas to implement a number of urgently needed protections against cyber intrusions.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – On July 20, 2021, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas met with King Abdullah II of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan during the King’s trip to Washington, D.C. Secretary Mayorkas and the King reaffirmed the strong partnership between DHS and Jordan, and announced that Jordan ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Farm Service Agency Will Begin Accepting Applications on July 22 WASHINGTON, July 20, 2021 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing up to $200 million to provide relief to timber harvesting and timber hauling businesses that have experienced losses due to COVID-19 as part of USDA’s Pandemic ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: A seven-count indictment was unsealed today in a New York federal court relating to the defendants’ unlawful efforts to advance the interests of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the United States at the direction of senior UAE officials by influencing the foreign policy positions of the campaign of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: A Hawaii woman pleaded guilty today to one count of knowingly removing classified information concerning the national defense or foreign relations of the United States and retaining it at an unauthorized location.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Eric Todd Ellis, 32, a former Bureau of Prisons (BOP) corrections officer at the FCI-Aliceville facility in Aliceville, Alabama, pleaded guilty today in federal court to one count of sexual abuse of a ward and one count of tampering with a witness.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that it reached an agreement with Los Angeles towing company Black and White Towing Inc. to resolve allegations that it illegally auctioned off an active-duty U.S. Marine’s car, in violation of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA). The SCRA is a federal law ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty today in the Western District of Pennsylvania for trafficking in endangered and invasive fish in violation of the Lacey Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: A Mississippi pharmacist pleaded guilty today for his role in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud TRICARE and private insurance companies by paying kickbacks to distributors for the referral of medically unnecessary compounded prescription medications that were ultimately dispensed by his pharmacies. ...
By Fed Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced it is committed to working together with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to jointly strengthen and modernize regulations implementing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). "We are delighted ...
By Fed Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) are committed to working together to jointly strengthen and modernize regulations implementing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA).
By State Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I extend my warmest wishes to all those celebrating Eid al-Adha in the United States and around the world.
By State Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: The United States is designating former Honduran President Porfirio “Pepe” Lobo Sosa (Lobo) and former First Lady Rosa Elena Bonilla Avila (Rosa Lobo) due to their involvement in significant corruption. While in office, President Lobo accepted bribes from the narco-trafficking organization Los Cachiros ...
