Treasury Targets Iranian Weapons Procurement Networks Supporting Ballistic Missile and Military Aircraft Programs
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Dec 1, 2011
Federal Funds to Accelerate Solar Power Development in Arizona PHOENIX The State of Arizona has been awarded nearly $710,000 to facilitate rooftop solar-energy installation. The funding, provided to the Governor‟s Office of Energy Policy, is part of the U.S. Department…
Nov 22, 2011
WASHINGTON A Hungarian citizen has pled guilty to intentionally causing damage by transmitting a malicious code to Marriott International Corporation computers and to threatening to reveal confidential information obtained from the companys computers if Marriott did not offer him a…
Nov 21, 2011
Merck to Pay $950 Million for Illegal Marketing WASHINGTON American pharmaceutical company Merck, Sharp & Dohme has agreed to pay $950 million to resolve criminal charges and civil claims related to its promotion and marketing of the painkiller Vioxx® (rofecoxib).…
Nov 21, 2011
WASHINGTON The Department of Justice has challenged Utahs immigration law, which comes after recent lawsuits in Arizona, Alabama and South Carolina. In a complaint, filed in the District of Utah, the department states that several provisions of Utahs H.B. 497…
Nov 21, 2011
WASHINGTON - The United States has filed suit against Sonkei Communications Inc., and its principal corporate officers, Peter Turpel and Joseph Turpel. The governments complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, alleges that the defendants…
Nov 20, 2011
WASHINGTON A certified public accountant (CPA) and purported outside auditor for Provident Capital Indemnity Ltd. (PCI) has pled guilty for his role in a $670 million fraud scheme involving victims throughout the United States and abroad. Jorge Luis Castillo, 56,…
Nov 15, 2011
More than $12 million and 250 kilograms of cocaine seized during the investigation CHICAGO Twenty defendants are facing federal narcotics charges here, including five alleged members of a Chicago-based cell of the Zetas Mexican drug cartel who were responsible for…
Nov 15, 2011
Authorities recover an estimated 14 tons of marijuana tied to passageway SAN DIEGO - Investigators on the multi-agency San Diego Tunnel Task Force continued sifting through evidence Wednesday at a warehouse in Otay Mesas industrial park housing the U.S. entrance…
Nov 8, 2011
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- An Alaskan storm with hurricane-force winds slammed into coastal communities, and sent some residents to higher ground. Several roofs were ripped from homes and power was disrupted for many residents. The strongest storm to hit the state…
Nov 4, 2011
MIAMI Coast Guard crews responded to what at first appeared to be a search and rescue case, but quickly switched to a law enforcement role approximately 11 miles southwest of Cay Sal Island, Bahamas on Friday. Noel Sosa-Ruiz, 41, the…
Nov 3, 2011
(Phoenix, State Capitol) ---The chair of the Independent Redistricting Commission has been removed from office, but her unconstitutional acts are still affecting the work of the Commission. The IRC is in gridlock because Colleen Mathis made the head-scratching suggestion to…
Nov 3, 2011
WASHINGTON Two individuals a loan officer and a title agent have been sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William P. Dimitrouleas in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for their participation in a nationwide $2.5 million reverse mortgage fraud scheme. Kimberly Mackey, 47,…