News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Detroit, Michigan man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Harris Hussnain, 41, from Queens, New York and the owner of a pharmacy in Queens, New York, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rachel P. Kovner to 36 months in prison for his participation in a health care fraud conspiracy, distribution of oxycodone and illegal financial transactions. Hussnain pleaded guilty to the charges in September 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A former Savannah resident serving a life sentence in state prison for murder has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for operating a drug trafficking organization while incarcerated.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Deadline for Grant Proposals Set for June 15, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Melanie K. Pierson (619) 546-7976.
By State Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Following his introduction yesterday of H.R. 3524, the historic Ensuring American Global Leadership and Engagement (EAGLE) Act, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, delivered a speech outlining the major provisions of the bill, along with his vision for renewing American leadership in the world in response to the growing challenges and competition presented by the People’s Republic of China.
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Walorski Applauds Gov. Holcomb’s Decision to End Enhanced Federal Unemployment Benefits.
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $750,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Trufund Financial Services, Inc., New York, New York, to provide training and affordable capital to small businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic in the Metro Atlanta area, Georgia. This EDA grant will be matched with $187,500 in local investment.
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--The U.S. Senate Finance Committee voted along party lines on “The Clean Energy for America Act," a bill that eliminates tax incentives for the fossil fuel industry, which would result in job losses and increased gas prices at the pump for consumers. Although Democrats indicated a willingness...
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX) opened Wednesday’s Ways and Means Committee Hearing highlighting the ways Democrats’ so-called infrastructure bill and tax hikes harm blue-collar workers, families, and Main Street businesses...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell sentenced David Alexander Moralez, Jr., 37, of Fresno, California, to 12 years in prison and five years of supervised release for drug trafficking conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, and distribution of methamphetamine, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. A federal jury convicted Moralez of the charges in November 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Deborah Shannell Hollimon, 44, of West Memphis, Arkansas, pleaded guilty today to committing mail fraud in connection with California state unemployment insurance benefits, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By USDA Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: No summer barbecue is complete without fresh watermelon. As the nation moves towards the summer grilling season, you may want to consider how watermelon's fruit chemistry can affect your overall health. Researchers in the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) recently identified over 1,500 small...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Leonard C. Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BARTON STUCK, 74, of Westport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for defrauding investors and then making false statements to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: DES MOINES - On Tuesday, May 25, 2021, a federal judge sentenced Allison Danielle Doyle, age 25, of Des Moines, to 18 months in prison for making a false statement to a Des Moines Police Detective investigating a federal crime. Doyle had previously pleaded guilty to the charge.
By Homeland Newswire | May 27, 2021
Release: Congressman Mike Quigley (D-IL), Chair of the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's Department of the Treasury Oversight Hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Defendants Prosecuted as Part of The Guardians Project, a Federal Law Enforcement Initiative to Combat Corruption, Fraud, and Abuse in South Dakota.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: BROOKLINE, MA- John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site and Friends of the JFK Birthplace are partnering with Special Olympics Massachusetts, The Eunice Shriver Center at UMass Medical School, and others to celebrate Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s life and legacy with a virtual program on Saturday, July...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: EL PASO - Today federal authorities arrested 60-year-old Dr. Brian James August of El Paso for allegedly committing health care fraud and distributing controlled substances that resulted in the overdose deaths of five individuals.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: BOZEMAN - As part of ongoing efforts required under the Endangered Species Act to monitor the population of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the U.S. Geological Survey, in conjunction with the National Park Service, is working to inform the public that pre-baiting and scientific capture...
