Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—June 17, 2010. SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, Chairman Levin, Senator McCain, members of the committee. It’s a great pleasure for me to return to testify before a committee that I was very honored to serve on. And we are here, today, Secretary Gates, Secretary Chu, and Admiral[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Vice President Biden Delivers Report to the President on Summer of Recovery Act Activity
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2010. Vice President Joe Biden today delivered a report, “Summer of Recovery: Project Activity Increases in Summer 2010,” to the President detailing the surge in Recovery Act infrastructure projects that will be underway this summer – and the jobs those projects will create into the fall and[Read More…]
Statement by White House Press Secretary on Congressman Joe Barton’s Apology to BP
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2010. “What is shameful is that Joe Barton seems to have more concern for big corporations that caused this disaster than the fishermen, small business owners and communities whose lives have been devastated by the destruction. Congressman Barton may think that a fund to compensate these Americans[Read More…]
FBI Issues 2009 Mortgage Fraud Report
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 2009 Mortgage Fraud Report, released today, mortgage fraud suspicious activity reports referred to law enforcement increased 5 percent to 67,190 during fiscal year (FY) 2009. The total dollar loss attributed to mortgage fraud is unknown. It’s estimated that $14 billion in fraudulent[Read More…]
Former Massachusetts Pastor Charged with Child Pornography Offenses
Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)– A former Brookline man who served at the First Spiritual Temple as a minister, teacher, counselor, and “medium” was indicted today in federal court on child pornography charges. United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz and Warren T. Bamford, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation-Boston[Read More…]
Springfield, Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to Church Arson
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The Justice Department today announced that Benjamin Haskell, 23, of Springfield, Mass., pleaded guilty to a superseding information charging him with two crimes related to the burning of the Macedonia Church of God in Christ, a predominantly African-American church, in Springfield on the morning after President Barack Obama[Read More…]
Mortgage Lending Exec Indicted in $1.9 Billion Scheme That Led to Failure of Bank
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Lee Bentley Farkas, the former chairman of a private mortgage lending company, Taylor, Bean & Whitaker (TBW), was arrested last night in Ocala, Fla., and charged in a 16-count indictment in connection with his alleged role in a more than $1.9 billion fraud scheme that contributed to the[Read More…]
Eight Suspected Gang Members Charged in Cabrini-Green Drug Sweep
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Eight known or suspected members of the Gangster Disciples street gang were arrested early yesterday, culminating a nearly three-year investigation into drug trafficking in and around the Cabrini-Green housing project on Chicago’s near north side, announced Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal[Read More…]
Crystal Lake Woman Indicted in Federal Court In Connection With Robbery of Chase Bank in Cary, Illinois
Rockford, IL–(ENEWSPF)– PATRICK J. FITZGERALD, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; ROBERT D. GRANT, Special Agent-In-Charge of the Chicago Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; RONALD K. LUKASIK, Chief of the Fox River Grove Police Department; and EDWARD FETZER, Chief of the Cary Police Department, today[Read More…]
Bankruptcy Filings Highest Since 2006
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Bankruptcy filings for the 12-month period ending March 31, 2010, rose 27 percent when compared to bankruptcy filings for the 12-month period ending March 31, 2009, according to statistics released today by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. March 2010 bankruptcy filings totaled 1,531,997, compared to the[Read More…]
