WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2015 – The U.S. Office of Personnel Management announced today a recent cybersecurity incident affecting its systems and data may have exposed the personal information of current and former federal employees. According to a Defense Department news release, OPM subsequently notified federal government departments and agencies, including the DoD.[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
EPA Report Finds Fracking Water Pollution, Despite Oil and Gas Industry’s Refusal to Provide Key Data
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2015. A long-delayed report released today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finds that fracking has polluted drinking water. But a lack of cooperation from the oil and gas industry limited the study’s ability to draw wider conclusions. “The limited amount of data collected before and during hydraulic[Read More…]
Presidential Candidate Jill Stein To Speak at Kshama Sawant’s Re-Election Kick off Event
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—June 5, 2015. Dr. Jill Stein, who will formally announce her candidacy for President of the United States as a Green Party candidate later this month, will be a featured speaker at the rally to re- elect Kshama Sawant to Seattle City Council. The event takes place at Seattle Town[Read More…]
#TraumaCenterNow Activists Face Bond Court this Morning, 2 days After U of C Decision to Arrest Them Instead of Engage in Long-Called for Meeting
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—June 5, 2015. It has now been two days since nine Trauma Center activists were brutally removed from a peaceful sit-in of the U of C administration building and placed into police custody. Trauma Care Coalition members and supporters will be gathering in solidarity to support the nine activists as they face bond[Read More…]
Payroll Employment Rises by 280,000 in May 2015; Unemployment Rate Essentially Unchanged (5.5%)
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 5, 2015. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 280,000 in May, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 5.5 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, and health care. Mining employment continued to decline.[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, June 4, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2015 – 12:40 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: It’s nice to see you all this afternoon. Before I get to your questions, I do want to acknowledge one member of our staff, Bernadette Meehan. Today is her last day at the White House. She’s been serving at the[Read More…]
President of New Jersey-Based Financial Services Firm Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Multimillion-Dollar Securities Fraud
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2015. The president of an investment and financial services firm was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for evading taxes and defrauding dozens of investors in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas and elsewhere of $5 million, announced by U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman for the District of[Read More…]
Three People Arrested in Puerto Rico in a Contractor Major Scheme to Defraud the U.S. Department Of Veterans Affairs
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2015. On June 3, 2015, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a five count indictment charging Jose A. Rosa-Colon, his brother and business partner, Ivan Rosa-Colon and Louis Enrique Torres with a multi-million dollar Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) scheme to defraud[Read More…]
Kentucky Businessman Sentenced in New York Federal Court for $53 Million Tax Scheme and Massive Fraud that Involved Bribery of Bank Officials
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2015. Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Department of Justice’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York announced that a Kentucky businessman was sentenced today to serve 12 years in prison. Wilbur Anthony Huff, 53, of Caneyville[Read More…]
Former FBI Special Agent Indicted for Theft of Drug Proceeds and Obstruction of Justice
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2015. A former special agent of the FBI was indicted yesterday for allegedly stealing over $100,000 of drug proceeds seized during the execution of search warrants and obstructing justice by taking steps to hide his alleged theft. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s[Read More…]
