News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2021
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore.-A Klamath Falls, Oregon man pleaded guilty today after cashing more than $458,000 worth of social security checks issued in the name of his deceased aunt.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Alexis Hall, 26, of Harrison, NJ, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, five grams or more of methamphetamine, was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By Commerce Newswire | May 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON- Congressman Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio) opening today’s hearing on “Improving Government Accountability and Transparency" by emphasizing transparency and accountability in government are essential. He called for action on commonsense legislation to improve government transparency and accountability and urged Congress to ensure inspectors general are able to conduct robust oversight to better hold individuals accountable for wrongdoing.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a drug-trafficking charge in connection with a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Canton woman convicted of embezzling more than $1.3 million from her employer has agreed to plead guilty to a new fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - An owner of a New Hampshire asbestos abatement company pleaded guilty on Friday, April 30, 2021 in federal court in Boston to making false statements to employee pension plans.
By State Newswire | May 3, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of State has concluded an administrative settlement with Honeywell International, Inc. (Honeywell) of Charlotte, North Carolina, to resolve alleged violations of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), 22 U.S.C. § 2751 et seq., and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR),...
By Homeland Newswire | May 3, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Chair of the Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's Member Day hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jamie Lee Sirbaugh, of Springfield, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 121 months of incarceration for a methamphetamine charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Lumberton man was sentenced today to 240 months in prison for robbery, carjacking, and kidnapping. On June 16, 2020, Trenton Pearson pled guilty to charges of robbery, carjacking, and kidnapping.
By DOL Newswire | May 3, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Fred Keller (R-PA) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on wage protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)...
By State Newswire | May 3, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, welcome. Mr. Minister, it’s so good to see you. I’m glad that having spoken on the phone, we now have an opportunity to connect face to face, or mask to mask. And I’m so glad to see you both for the important work we get to do on a bilateral basis, but also based on your tenure ...
By Homeland Newswire | May 3, 2021
Release: ROCHESTER, Minnesota - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that residents of the Rochester, Minnesota, area can make an appointment now to enroll in TSA PreCheck® at a temporary enrollment center that will be open for five consecutive days starting Monday, May 17, 2021.
By USDA Newswire | May 3, 2021
Release: The government of the Netherlands has requested USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) cuttings for planting from the Netherlands into the United States and Territories. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Neurosurgeon Wilson Asfora, M.D. of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and two medical device distributorships that he owns, Medical Designs LLC and Sicage LLC, have agreed to pay $4.4 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations relating to illegal payments to Asfora to induce the use of certain medical devices, in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute, as well as claims for medically unnecessary surgeries.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2021
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Sinaloa Cartel leader Ismael Zambada-Imperial, aka “Mayito Gordo," pleaded guilty in federal court today to drug trafficking charges following his extradition to the Southern District of California in December 2019. He also agreed to forfeit $5 million in drug trafficking proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2021
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - As this year’s tax filing season comes to an end, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division urge all taxpayers to file correct and accurate tax returns by the Monday, May 17 deadline. Due to COVID-19, the original filing deadline and tax...
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2021
News Release: Grants, NM - The National Park Service at El Malpais National Monument is conducting a prescribed fire on the north side of the monument adjacent to Hwy 53 between mile marker 68 and the entrance to the El Calderon area. The Lava Fields prescribed fire is approximately 375 acres. The prescribed fire...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Demetrius O’Neill Bryant, 33, of Greensboro, Alabama, was sentenced in federal court for possessing multiple stolen firearms in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime. Bryant pleaded guilty to the charge in January of 2021.
By Homeland Newswire | May 3, 2021
News Release: BALTIMORE - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland has seized “freevaccinecovax.org" which purported to be the website of an actual biotechnology company developing a vaccine for the COVID-19 virus but instead was allegedly used to collect the personal information of individuals visiting...
