SACRAMENTO, California, Nov. 3 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California, Phillip A. Talbert, issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2022: Federal, state, and local law enforcement partners from across the United States executed a nationwide, coordinated takedown today of leaders and associates of a national network of thieves, dealers, and processors for their roles in conspiracies involving stolen catalytic converters sold to a metal refinery for tens of millions of do  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: Federal, state, and local law enforcement partners from across the United States, including Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), executed a nationwide, coordinated takedown Nov. 2 of leaders and associates of a national network of thieves, dealers, and processors for their roles in conspiracies involving stolen catalytic converters sold to a metal refinery f  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2022: Federal, state, and local law enforcement partners from across the United States executed a nationwide, coordinated takedown today of leaders and associates of a national network of thieves, dealers, and processors for their roles in conspiracies involving stolen catalytic converters sold to a metal refinery for tens of millions of dollars. Arrests, searches, and seizures took place in Calif  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The president of a paving and asphalt contractor based in Billings, Montana, has pleaded guilty to attempting to monopolize the market for highway crack-sealing services in Montana and Wyoming. According to the one-count felony charge filed on Sept. 19 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana, Nathan Nephi Zito attempted to monopolize the markets for highway crack-sealing services in Montana   more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: During the next few weeks, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct the December Agricultural Survey. The agency will contact nearly 6,700 producers across the Mountain Region states of Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming to determine cr  more

TULSA, Oklahoma, Nov. 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Clinton J. Johnson, issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2022: Federal, state, and local law enforcement partners from across the United States executed a nationwide, coordinated takedown today of leaders and associates of a national network of thieves, dealers, and processors for their roles in conspiracies involving stolen catalytic converters sold to a metal refinery for tens of millions of dollars.   more