News from July 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Great Falls - A federal jury in Great Falls convicted Roy Allen Shostak, a 28 year-old resident of Polson, of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine after a one-day trial. The defendant is being detained pending sentencing which U.S. District Chief Judge Brian Morris set for October 7, 2021.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Yesterday, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, held a biannual hearing to assess implementation of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) and hear from the Federal Chief Information Officer about the Biden Administration’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: WHEN: Friday, July 30, 2021 at 11:00 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national previously residing in Taunton pleaded guilty today to false representation of a Social Security number and making a false statement relating to health care matters.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: The data collection methods for the 2020 Census and the American Community Survey (ACS) are different. The 2020 Census is a count of all people living in the United States. In contrast, the ACS is a sample survey which relies on data from a relatively small number of people to represent the larger population. And because the processes for producing these data are different, so is the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A former resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in connection with a conspiracy to commit mail fraud, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Meth trafficking occurred within 1,000 feet of a park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Samantha Jo Guinn, of Keyser, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 60 months of incarceration for methamphetamine distribution, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - A California Highway Patrol (CHP) helicopter crew found a deceased hiker about 2 miles from the closest road in Death Valley National Park on July 28. According to family members, the 68-year-old man planned to hike from Badwater to West Side Road and back, a 12-mile round-trip hike across salt flats.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: The House today passed, on a 219 to 208 vote, a package of seven 2022 appropriations bills. The legislation funds the Departments of Agriculture, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, Transportation, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs, as well as The...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) wrote Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig demanding answers about continued leaks of personal financial information and any efforts to stop ProPublica from publishing additional articles containing taxpayer return information.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Meridian woman was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Acting Special Agent in Charge Paul Brown with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland-based TRX Systems, Inc. received $750,000, and Rolling Meadows, Illinois-based Epiq Solutions, Inc. received $927,202.02 in SBIR Phase II funding to develop an affordable, user-friendly ICAS capability for commonly used first responders network types. The DHS Science and Technology...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY - Addam Turner, age 35, of Jeffersonville, Indiana was sentenced today by United States District Judge Claria Horn Boom to 6 months incarceration to be followed by 3 years of supervised release for threatening a police officer, via Twitter, in violation of Title 18, United States...
By State Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
Release: Today marks 50 years since the Turkish Constitutional Court ruled that all institutions of higher education must either nationalize or close, resulting in the closure of the Theological School of Halki, a seminary of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of the Eastern Orthodox Church. The Halki Seminary had operated ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Acting U.S. Attorney Kurt Erskine issued an update on his office’s efforts to combat fraud related to schemes targeting the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a loan program created by Congress to help small businesses pay payroll, interest on mortgages, rent, and utilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $4 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Volusia County, Florida, to prepare a 56-acre site adjacent to Daytona Beach International Airport...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Computer Security and Telemarketing Fraud Ring Targeted Senior Citizens.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Hermitage, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months of incarceration followed by 18 months of supervised release on his conviction of tax evasion, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today. The Court also imposed a fine of $10,000.00 and ordered restitution to the IRS in the amount of $510,235.08.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: The House today passed H.R. 3237, the Emergency Security Supplemental to Respond to January 6th Appropriations Act on a bipartisan 416 to 11 vote.
