Press Releases on December 13, 2024

Fourteen North Korean Nationals Indicted for Carrying Out Multi-Year Fraudulent Information Technology Worker Scheme and Related ...

Note: View the indictment here and FBI Wanted Posters here. A federal court in St. Louis, Missouri, yesterday indicted 14 nationals of the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK or North Korea) with long-running conspiracies to violate U.S. …

Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke Delivers Remarks Announcing Consent Decree with Louisville Metro Government and ...

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery Good morning. My name is Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice. I am pleased to stand today with Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg and Louisville Metro Police …

Rydox Cybercrime Marketplace Shut Down and Three Administrators Arrested

The Justice Department today announced the seizure of Rydox, an illicit website and marketplace dedicated to selling stolen personal information, access devices, and other tools for carrying out cybercrime and fraud, and the arrest of Rydox administrators …

Former California Man Sentenced for Tax Fraud

A former California resident was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for conspiring to file false claims against the United States. According to court documents and statements made in court, from 2016 to 2020, Richard Jason Mountford, now of Las Vegas, …

Justice Department Secures Agreement Preventing Animal Welfare Act Violations at Ohio Auction House

In a consent decree entered today by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Mt. Hope Auction Co. agreed to monitoring and future restrictions to prevent it from violating the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) through future auctions of exotic or …

Department of Justice Announces a Critical Response Review of the Philadelphia Police Department under the COPS Office’s ...

The Justice Department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) today announced that it will offer assistance to the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) under its Critical Response program — part of the office’s Collaborative Reform …

Dark Web Administrator Sentenced for Sexually Abusing Minors and Possessing Thousands of Child Sexual Abuse Images

A man was sentenced today in the Southern District of Texas to 30 years in prison for production and possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). According to court documents, Robert Alexander Shouse, 37, of Houston, was identified by law enforcement …

Early Bitcoin Investor Sentenced for Filing Tax Returns that Falsely Reported His Cryptocurrency Gains

An Austin, Texas, man was sentenced today to two years in prison for filing a tax return that falsely underreported the capital gains he earned from selling $3.7 million in bitcoins. According to court documents and statements made in court, between 2017 …

Michigan Businessman Convicted of PPP Loan Fraud

A federal jury convicted a Michigan businessman today of wire fraud for fraudulently obtaining a Payroll Protection Program (PPP) loan and loan forgiveness. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Dale Thrush, of Farwell, owned and  …

Justice Department Announces an Organizational Assessment of the Sacramento, California, Police Department under the COPS Office’s ...

The Justice Department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) today announced that it will provide an Organizational Assessment of the Sacramento, California, Police Department through its Collaborative Reform Initiative. This is a …

Former Syrian Prison Official Charged with Torture

A federal grand jury in Los Angeles returned a superseding indictment today charging a former Syrian government official with torture. According to court documents, Samir Ousman Alsheikh, 72, of Lexington, South Carolina, was the head of Damascus Central …

Government Launches Integrated Community Development Project in Liquiçá

Clemency Recipient List

Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is granting clemency consisting of 39 pardons and 1,499 commutations. President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is pardoning the following 39 individuals: NINA SIMONA ALLEN – Harvest, Alabama Nina Simona Allen is a 49-year-old …

Strategic investment in Laleia to boost the fisheries sector and create jobs

Wind Turbine Blade Inspection Services Market Growth, Trends & Forecast 2024-2031 As Revealed In New Report

CA, UNITED STATES, December 13, 2024 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The latest report titled "Wind Turbine Blade Inspection Services Market: Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunities, and Forecast 2024-2031" by Coherent Market Insights delivers …

Government and TIMOR GAP sign Memorandum of Understanding concerning potential development of Chuditch PSC gas resources

Fri. 13 of December of 2024, 12:19h The Government, represented by the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 12 December 2024 with the public company TIMOR GAP, E.P. (parent to TIMOR GAP Chuditch Unipessoal …

Justice Department Secures Agreement to Protect Students in Washington State School District from Harassment based on Sex, Race ...

The Justice Department announced today an agreement with Ellensburg School District in Washington State to resolve the department’s investigation into allegations that students were harassed and discriminated against based on sex, race, color and national …

Russian National Indicted for Assisting Sanctioned Oligarch in Schemes to Employ an American Citizen to Launch and Operate Russian ...

Note: View the superseding indictment here. WASHINGTON — A superseding indictment was unsealed today charging Alexey Komov, 53, of Russia, with conspiracy and violations of U.S. sanctions arising from his assistance to sanctioned Russian oligarch …

Agritourism Market is Booming Across the Globally Explored in Latest Report 2023-2032

The global agritourism market size was valued at $33.8 billion in 2022, is projected to reach $111.1 billion by 2032, grow at a CAGR of 12.5% from 2023 to 2032. WILMINGTON, NEW CASTLE, DE, UNITED STATES, December 13, 2024 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- …

Futuru Líder ba ASEAN Programme Attracts Over 470 Young People for Second Edition