News from June 2021
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) highlighted provisions of the newly-introduced surface transportation bill that would make landmark infrastructure investments in rural and smaller communities, including targeted resources...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A former Augusta resident was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for possessing child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Clint Monroe Utter, of West Milford, West Virginia, has admitted to the robbery of Summit Community Bank in November 2020, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks and Michael McCaul, Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued a joint statement calling for the release of American citizens unjustly detained by the Burmese military regime...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Mark Joseph Dobrzynski, of Valley Grove, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - John Michael Thomas, 51, of Pensacola made his initial appearance today on wire fraud charges related to his business, Thomas Insurance, LLC. A federal criminal complaint was filed on March 12, 2021, charging Thomas with selling fraudulent insurance policies to his clients in exchange...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 7, 2021 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the names of individuals who will hold senior staff positions in Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: A North Carolina engineering firm was sentenced today after pleading guilty to long lasting conspiracies to rig bids and defraud the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: Today, the Department of Justice announced two new steps to help address the continuing epidemic of gun violence affecting communities across the country. First, the department issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that makes clear that when individuals use accessories to convert pistols into short-barreled ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: A federal district court in Cincinnati, Ohio, sentenced an Atlanta, Georgia, man to 57 months in prison today for tax evasion. This sentence included an enhancement for failing to report income from drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury in Brooklyn, New York, returned an indictment on June 4, charging a New York City woman with conspiring to defraud the United States and aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland today announced a series of steps that the Department of Justice is taking to address the threats posed by both corruption and by transnational human smuggling and trafficking networks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice today announced that it has seized 63.7 bitcoins currently valued at approximately $2.3 million. These funds allegedly represent the proceeds of a May 8, ransom payment to individuals in a group known as DarkSide, which had targeted Colonial Pipeline, resulting ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: A New York man was sentenced today to 20 months in prison for failing to collect and pay over to the IRS $732,462 in employment taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: A federal court in Ohio ordered a Toledo pharmacy and two of its pharmacists to pay a $375,000 civil penalty and imposed restrictions related to the dispensing of opioids and other controlled substances.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board announced on Monday that results from its bank stress tests will be released on Thursday, June 24, at 4:30 p.m. EDT.
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Mike Allen. QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, welcome back. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good to see you. QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, thank you for welcoming Axios on HBO into the State Department, the Benjamin Franklin State Dining Room. SECRETARY BLINKEN: That’s right. QUESTION: So you’ve said that job ...
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: The United States welcomed the inaugural meeting of the Blue Dot Network Executive Consultation Group (ECG) held on June 7, 2021. The OECD, through technical support funded by the United States and Australia, organized the ECG to convene the private sector, civil society, and academia to advise on the design and implementation of the Blue Dot Network infrastructure initiative.
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member McCaul, all committee members, thank you very, very much for this opportunity to talk about our proposed budget and how it will help achieve our national security priorities and deliver results for the American people, which is what I know all of us are about.
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: Secretary Antony Blinken signed an agreement for the United States to join the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals, and Sustainable Development (IGF). The IGF is a voluntary partnership that includes more than 75 member nations from six continents. Its members share a commitment to ensure mining contributes to sustainable development and that negative impacts are limited, and financial benefits shared.
