News from June 2021

By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: SAINT SIMONS ISLAND- National Park Service announces Cotter Award winners. The 2021 John L. Cotter Award for Excellence in NPS Archeology is presented to individuals and teams who demonstrate innovation in archeological practice, resource stewardship, and public outreach, among other criteria.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - David Changhyub Lee, of Raleigh, North Carolina, was sentenced today to one year probation and a fine of $4,250 for aiding and abetting the illegal transportation of ginseng across state lines, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Hampshire is providing the public with additional information about an incident that took place on May 26, 2021, in Manchester.

By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
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
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
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: MISSOULA - A Missoula man who admitted to trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine in Flathead and Missoula counties was sentenced today to 12 years and seven months in prison followed by five years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Today, JOSHUA DECKER, 37, of Bixby, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal trade secrets from an oil and gas company, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
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 Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today launched an investigation into AbbVie’s international tax practices and how the 2017 Republican tax law has allowed the company to further abuse tax havens and avoid paying taxes on U.S. prescription drug sales.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - 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: Stephen Mockler Impersonated Taxpayers to the IRS Using Personal Identifying Information Provided to Him by Andrew Panessa and Sabrina Scott.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: Defendants Repeatedly Failed to Disclose That a Non-DBE Subcontractor Performed Work Exclusively Attributed to Their DBE.

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: SEATTLE - A Seattle man was arrested on Friday at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on criminal charges related to his alleged efforts to join Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, in order to engage in violent acts of terrorism in the Middle East or the United States.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - A Plantation man convicted of possessing over 5,000 electronic images and videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children was sentenced today to 121 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Rodolfo A. Ruiz II, who sits in Ft. Lauderdale.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: FARGO - Acting United States Attorney Nicholas W. Chase announced today that U.S. District Court Chief Judge Peter D. Welte sentenced Shelton Lee Moseby, IV, age 21, Fargo, ND, to 51 months in federal prison for the charge of Interfere with Commerce by Threats and Violence - Hobbs Act Robbery. Judge Welte also sentenced Moseby to three years of supervised released and $100 in special assessment fees.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: GLENNALLEN, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on an Environmental Assessment (EA) and amendment to the East Alaska Resource Management Plan (RMP).

By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Troy Douglas Blaylock, Sr., 58, of Mescalero, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, pleaded guilty on June 1 in federal court to knowingly engaging in sexual contact with a minor under 12 years old in Indian Country. Blaylock will remain in custody pending sentencing.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: DEL RIO - U.S. District Judge Alia Moses sentenced 40-year-old Ramon Antonio Yanez-Gonzalez, aka “Junior," of Guadalajara, Mexico to 235 months in federal prison today for distributing about 21 kilograms of methamphetamine and money laundering.