News from June 2021
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Chairman Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA) sent a letter to Spotify Founder and CEO Daniel Ek requesting information on the platform's "Discovery Mode" ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: Suit Alleges That Eleven New York-Based Facilities Fraudulently Inflated Medicare Reimbursements by Prolonging Patient Stays Without Regard to Patients’ Medical Needs and Billing for Excessive Rehabilitation Therapy That Patients Did Not Need.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the return of an indictment charging eight individuals with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute MDMA, also known as “ecstasy" or “molly", and α‑Pyrrolidinopentiophenone, also known as “alpha-PVP" ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - KC Investments Group, Inc. (KC Inc.) and its sole individual owner, Sunu P. KC, of Chantilly, have agreed to pay $230,414.65 to settle civil fraud allegations that KC Inc., through Sunu P. KC, obtained multiple loans during the first draw of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), announced Acting U.S. Attorney Raj Parekh for the Eastern District of Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Shaun Price, 41, of Parkersburg pleaded guilty today to federal drug and gun crimes.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: BRIDGEPORT, CT - Two workers at a Bridgeport veterans’ healthcare facility suffered fatal injuries caused by hot steam after a metal fixture on a main steam line blew off. The workers had just finished making repairs to the steam pipe within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven campus in November 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of North Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: Join a Park Ranger for a guided walk through the ruins of the South Fork Dam daily at 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM. Programs begin on Saturday, June 5, 2021 and continue until Sept. 26, 2021. This interpretive walk will last approximately 45 minutes and will take you to the bottom of the dam, through the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester-based investment advisor was charged yesterday in federal court in Boston with defrauding his clients by stealing their funds and using them for various purposes, including to pay purported returns to other defrauded investors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Jasmine Johnnae Clifton, 24, of Charlotte, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David C. Keesler today and pleaded guilty to wire fraud for fraudulently obtaining a COVID-19 loan for almost $150,000 from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: MISSOULA - A Butte man today admitted to trafficking methamphetamine in Montana after telling law enforcement that he received meth totaling 10 pounds in two separate packages and worked with others to distribute the drug, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the return of an indictment charging eight individuals with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute MDMA, also known as “ecstasy" or “molly", and α‑Pyrrolidinopentiophenone, also known as “alpha-PVP"...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: Today, Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC), the Ranking Member of House Education and Labor Committee, and Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), the Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter to Secretary Cardona requesting an update on the Department of Education’s plan to transition student loan borrowers from the repayment freeze in effect during the COVID-19 pandemic to an active repayment status.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Wayzata man was sentenced today to 37 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to commit arson of a Minneapolis bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Anthony A. Atkins, 47, Webster, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 144 months in federal prison for possessing child pornography. This term of imprisonment will be followed by 15 years of supervised release. Atkins pleaded guilty to this charge on February 9, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Jaquan Day, age 21, of Edgewood, Maryland to 10 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, on May 27, 2021 for robbing an individual engaged in drug trafficking of controlled substances.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: As sturgeon fishing season begins the National Park Service reminds all boaters, that completed Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) mussel free self-certification forms are required before launching watercraft at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. This includes those with annual boat launch permits...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement highlighting his concern with the rehiring of a USAGM executive who was fired after repeated reports of mismanagement, misuse of funds and falsification of credentials, and after a thorough...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: MISSOULA, Mont. - A Montana man today admitted to trafficking methamphetamine after telling law enforcement that he received meth totaling 10 pounds in two separate packages and worked with others to distribute the drug.
