News from June 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that Rufus Taylor, 62, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher A. Boyko to 21 months imprisonment, one year of supervised release and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine. Taylor, the former head of the city of Cleveland’s Demolition Department, pleaded guilty to bribery in federally funded programs and extortion under color of official right in September of 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: Couple Who Falsely Claimed to be Farmers Sentenced in $1.1 Million COVID-Relief Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On May 28, 2021 Preston Andrew Watson, age 30, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for production and distribution of child pornography by the Honorable Katherine A. Crytzer in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville. After Watson is released...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: USDA Has Deployed 1,576 Disaster, Public Health Specialists to Assist with Federal Response WASHINGTON, June 2, 2021 — In January 2021, President Biden released the National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness. The plan is driven by science, data, and public health to improve the effectiveness of our nation’s fight against COVID-19 and to restore trust, accountability and a sense of common purpose in our response to the pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Florida man pleaded guilty today to crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury in Billings, Montana, returned an indictment on May 20 charging a Montana man with hate crime and firearm violations for allegedly firing a gun into an individual’s house and threatening the individual with violent, homophobic slurs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: A Florida couple was sentenced to prison today for their participation in a scheme to file four fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $1.1 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: A Wisconsin man was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining over $1 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: A California man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit health care fraud.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board announced on Tuesday the approval of a final rule amending Regulation D to eliminate references to an interest on required reserves (IORR) rate and to an interest on excess reserves (IOER) rate and replace them with a single interest on reserve balances (IORB) rate. The final ...
By Fed Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced plans to begin winding down the portfolio of the Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF), a temporary emergency lending facility that closed on December 31st, 2020. The SMCCF proved vital in restoring market functioning last year, supporting the availability of credit for large employers, and bolstering employment through the COVID-19 pandemic.
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met yesterday with Foreign Ministers from Costa Rica, Guatemala, Belize, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, and Mexico in San Jose at a meeting of the Central America Integration System ...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: The text of the following statement was released by the G7 ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union.
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: Today, we are announcing the public designation of former Bulgarian public officials Alexander Manolev, Petar Haralampiev, Krasimir Tomov, and Delyan Slavchev Peevski, as well as current Bulgarian public official Ilko Dimitrov Zhelyazkov, due to their involvement in significant corruption. In their official ...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard today in San Jose, Costa Rica. Secretary Blinken and Secretary Ebrard discussed continued cooperation between the United States and Mexico on a variety of issues ...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice program, which is administered by the Diplomatic Security Service, is offering a reward of up to $7 million for information leading to the location or identification of Abu Ubaydah Yusuf al-Anabi, the leader of the terrorist organization al-Qa’ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good morning, everyone. Buenos dias a todos. Very, very good to be here, and I thank you so much for the incredibly warm welcome, and I especially thank so many of the young people whose activities I interrupted this morning. I’m grateful for them allowing me to do that. And ...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: MODERATOR: Good afternoon. For Costa Rica it’s an honor to host the official visit of His Excellency Antony Blinken, Secretary of the United States of America. Also we are pleased to receive his distinguished delegation. For the Ministry of Environment and Energy, it’s a pleasure to host this event regarding ...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: MS BERBENA: Well, welcome, everybody, and so delighted to see you. It is my distinct honor and privilege to welcome to the Chief of Mission Residence in San Jose the Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Sir, normally, we would have the entire embassy here to welcome you, but out of respect for COVID mitigation, ...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: QUESTION: (Speaks in Spanish.) (In English) So, Secretary, thank you for joining us. It’s your first visit to the region. You’ve come to Costa Rica, a very important ally. What did you hear? What are you taking? What are you taking to Vice President Harris, who will come to the region next week? SECRETARY ...
