WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service issued the following news release: As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on June 4, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) issued an administrative complaint against Michael J. Rogers of New York, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. An investigation by A  more

UPTON, New York, June 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * - Scientists discover seemingly paradoxical mechanism for regulating oil synthesis * * * Scientists studying plant biochemistry at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory recently made a surprising discovery: They found that a protein that turns on oil synthesis also activates a protein that puts the brakes on the same process. In a paper   more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued the following news release: * * * - Includes Opportunity for Expressions of Competitive Interest and Public Comments * * * Today, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced the publication of a 'Request for Competitive Interest' for the development of the New York and New Jersey Wind Energy Transmission Line, an offshore transmission system that would deliver offshore wind energy  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the filing of a civil enforcement action (Complaint) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against defendants Control-Finance Limited (Control-Finance), a purported Bitcoin trading and investment company, and its principal, Benjamin Reynolds (together, defendants), both of the United Kingdom. The Compl  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, John H. Durham, issued the following news release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Kristina O'Connell, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, and Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that PAUL GILENO, 46, of Brewster, New York, waived his right to be indic  more

NEW YORK, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Administration's New York field office issued the following news release: Bridget G. Brennan, New York City's Special Narcotics Prosecutor and Ray Donovan, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge, New York Division announces the guilty plea of Dr. Lawrence Choy, the former operator of a medical clinic in Flushing, Queens, in connection with the deaths of three patients to whom he illegally sold prescript  more

NEW YORK, June 21 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following remarks by Chairman Ajit Pai at the New York Wireless Association: "It's great to be with you, and it's great to be in New York. Little known fact: I am technically a native of the Empire State. It's true. I was born in Buffalo. To think, if my parents hadn't moved away when I was a toddler, I would have had a lifetime of torment as a Bills fan. Instead, I've had a lifetime of torment as a Chiefs fan. Although, with  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $55,716 cooperative agreement to the Groundwork USA of Yonkers, New York, for the improvement of public access to the frontcountry or backcountry areas of Yellowstone National Park in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. The agency description of the grant states: "Projects will be selected from a long list of NPS priorities for summer 2019. Participating in the project will provide me  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release: * * * - Owners allegedly refused to allow a child to have an assistance animal * * * The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced it is charging a New York property owner and manager with housing discrimination. HUD alleges that James W. Ray Jr., Jim Ray Homes, Inc., and Shelter Valley, LLC, the owners and manager of Shelter Valley Mobile Home Park in   more

NEW YORK, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: Five New York based employers have partnered with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New York on Wednesday, May 15 by joining the agency's employment compliance program IMAGE, or "ICE Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers." Reinauer Transportation Companies, LLC (Reinauer) is a tugboat & marin  more

NEW YORK, June 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued the following news release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations ("HSI"), announced today that five stolen architectural drawings created in 1896 of a historic synagogue in the city of Lodz, Polan  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: When NETL researcher Angela Goodman, Ph.D., appeared as a featured speaker this spring at a distinguished symposium sponsored by the American Chemical Society's (ACS) New York Section, she shared key technical knowledge about geochemical interactions in the energy industry, helped honor her former graduate school advisor, and made history by participating ACS's f  more

BROOKLYN, New York, June 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Richard P. Donoghue, issued the following news release: * * * - Defendant Participated in Plot to Conduct Suicide Attacks Against Coalition Forces * * * Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Faruq Khalil Muhammad 'Isa was sentenced to 26 years' imprisonment to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release by United States District Judge Roslynn R. Mauskopf for his role in conspiring to murder U.S.  more

BUFFALO, New York, June 19 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York, James P. Kennedy Jr., issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Presiliano Garcia, 33, who was convicted of misprision of a felony, was sentenced to three years probation by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael J. Adler, who handled the case, stated that between 2012 and March, 2016, the defendant, while working as a perso  more

NEW YORK, June 19 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued the following news release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ELIZABETH ANN PIERCE, the former chief executive officer ("CEO") of Quintillion, a telecommunications company in Alaska, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 60 months in prison for defrauding investors in New York of more than $270 million durin  more

NEW YORK, June 19 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued the following news release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Philip R. Bartlett, the Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service ("USPIS"), announced that GEORGE PAPADAKOS, the former Director of Finance of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America ("GOAA"), pled guilty today to embezzling more than  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: Four Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) from the Eastern District of New York (EDNY), one paralegal, and three law enforcement partners were among those recognized by Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and Director James Crowell, IV, of the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA), at the 35th Director's Awards Ceremony today in Washington D.C. The EDNY was  more

ALBANY, New York, June 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Grant C. Jaquith, issued the following news release: Latam Games, LLC of Miami, Florida, was sentenced today to pay a $500,000 fine following its guilty plea to structuring financial transactions to evade currency reporting requirements. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith; Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administrati  more

NEW YORK, June 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued the following news release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that IBRAHIM ISSA, a/k/a "Tony Issa," was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 60 months in prison. ISSA was previously found guilty in December 2018 of bribery of public officials and tax fraud after a federal jury trial before Chief United States District Jud  more

ALBANY, New York, June 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Grant C. Jaquith, issued the following news release: A federal grand jury has indicted Jason "J.R." Trowbridge, age 40; Guy Cuomo, age 51; Robin Chapin, age 61; Anna Hardy, age 66; and Shamair Brison, age 33, all of Frederick, Maryland; and Rebecca Fogle, age 25, of Woodsboro, Maryland, and Sarah Bromfield, age 39, of Hagerstown, Maryland, in connection with their alleged roles in a scheme to obtain unauthoriz  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Scott W. Brady, issued the following news release: 35 residents of Western Pennsylvania, one resident of New York, and one resident of West Virginia have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of drug trafficking and firearms violations, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. The Indictment, returned on June 18 and unsealed today, names the following 37 indiv  more

BUFFALO, New York, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: * * * - TSA at Buffalo expects busy summer travel season, urges travelers from the Buffalo area to get their REAL ID-compliant driver's licenses this summer * * * The number of passengers expected to fly out of Western New York this summer is expected to be the highest in years with 263 million passengers and crew projected to pass through Transpo  more

ATHENS, Greece, June 20 -- U.S. Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt issued following remarks at the AmCham HealthWorld Conference in the Athenaeum InterContinental Hotel: "Thank you, Simos. Mr. Minister, I'm very excited to be back at this year's HealthWorld Conference, especially after a very successful visit to the United States last week with Simos, Nikos, Ellis, and all of our partners at AmCham for the SelectUSA conference and the Greek Investment Roadshow in Washington and New York. "I w  more

KINGS POINT, New York, June 19 -- The Maritime Administration's U.S. Merchant Marine Academy issued the following news release: The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point conducted its 83rd commencement exercises Saturday, graduating 200 new Merchant Marine and Military Officers in the Class of 2019. The keynote speaker, Dr. Peter Navarro, advisor to the President, and Director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy delivered an inspiring message before a crowd of about 3  more