Day: April 30, 2015

Leader of an Illegal International Gambling Enterprise Convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015.  A federal jury in Oklahoma City convicted a Texas man today of running an illegal international gambling enterprise and conspiring to commit money laundering, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Sanford C. Coats of the Western District of Oklahoma.[Read More…]

Kolon Industries Inc. Pleads Guilty for Conspiring to Steal DuPont Trade Secrets Involving Kevlar Technology

Kolon Sentenced To Pay $360 Million in Restitution And Fines Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015.  Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean industrial company, pleaded guilty this morning in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, to conspiracy to steal trade secrets involving E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.’s (DuPont) Kevlar technology.  The company[Read More…]

Huntsville, Alabama, Police Officer Charges with Excessive Use of Force and Obstruction of Justice

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015.  The Justice Department announced that Huntsville, Alabama, Police Department Officer Brett Russell, 48, has been charged with deprivation of rights under color of law for allegedly assaulting and injuring G.H., a detainee, on Dec. 23, 2011.  Russell also has been charged with obstruction of justice for[Read More…]

Thirteen Current and Former Law Enforcement Officers and Two Others Indicted for their Alleged Participation in a Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015.  Thirteen current and former law enforcement officers and two other individuals have been indicted and arrested for allegedly protecting narcotics shipments and cash proceeds during transit along the east coast for what they believed was a large-scale drug trafficking organization that was actually an undercover operation[Read More…]

Military Contractor in Afghanistan Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Offering Bribes to a US Army Official

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015. An independent contractor for a trucking company in Afghanistan that was responsible for delivering fuel to U.S. Army installations was sentenced to four years in prison today for offering a U.S. Army serviceman $54,000 in bribes to falsify documents confirming the receipt of fuel shipments that[Read More…]

Statement by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission Report

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015 The Department of Defense commends the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission for its 18-month independent review of the military retirement and compensation programs administered both inside and outside DoD. Their work confirmed many positive changes that we’re making to uphold our commitments to our people,[Read More…]

Senator Merkley Introduces Education-To-Jobs Package

Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015.  Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley announced an education-to-jobs package to better connect students to careers. Merkley’s bills, introduced today in the U.S. Senate, would protect students from predatory for-profit colleges peddling degrees that do not actually lead to jobs, and improve access to middle and[Read More…]

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