Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 9, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing NIGERIA Makeup of U.S. Interagency Assistance Team UN Designation of Boko Haram as Terrorist Organization U.S. Coordination with Nigerian Government U.S. Efforts to Help Stem Threats of Extremists Additional Girls Kidnapped Child Marriage / Trafficking / Human Rights Abuses PAKISTAN Reports of[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Swiss Asset Management Firm and Related Companies Agree to Resolve Criminal Tax Investigation
The Swisspartners Group Is Paying $4.4 Million in Forfeiture and Restitution Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 9, 2014. James M. Cole, the Deputy Attorney General of the Department of Justice, Kathryn Keneally, the Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division of the Department of Justice, Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the[Read More…]
Florida Doctor Sentenced for Federal Tax Crimes
Doctor Maintained Multiple Offshore Bank Accounts at UBS and Other Foreign Banks That Concealed More Than $60 Million in Income and Assets Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 9, 2014. Dr. Patricia Lynn Hough, of Englewood, Florida, was sentenced today to serve two years in prison and three years supervised release by U.S. District[Read More…]
Former Maryland Sergeant Sentenced for Obstruction of Justice
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 9, 2014. Josh Hummer, formerly a sergeant at Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) in Hagerstown, Maryland, was sentenced today to serve 12 months and a day in prison for obstruction of justice. Previously, on Jan. 31, 2014, a federal jury found Hummer guilty of providing false and misleading information[Read More…]
Former Chief Executive Officer of Oil Services Company Indicted in New Jersey on Foreign Bribery and Kickback Charges
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 9, 2014. The former co-chief executive officer (CEO) of PetroTiger Ltd. – a British Virgin Islands oil and gas company with operations in Colombia and offices in New Jersey – was indicted today for his role in a scheme to pay bribes to foreign government officials in violation[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on American Energy, May 9, 2014
Mountain View, California–(ENEWSPF)–May 9, 2014 – 9:48 A.M. PDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Mountain View! (Applause.) It’s good to be in California. Everybody, have a seat. Have a seat. This is actually my third day on the West Coast. On Wednesday, we went to L.A., then we went to San Diego,[Read More…]
Republican Congressman to Introduce Legislation to Block New D.C. Marijuana Decriminalization Law
In Congressional Hearing, Republican-Led Panel Criticizes New D.C. Law; D.C. Council Passed Decriminalization Law to Address Racial Disparities and Out-of-Control Arrests Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 9, 2014. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s Subcommittee on Government Operations held a hearing today on legislation recently passed by the District of Columbia that[Read More…]
5 Ways to Improve Media Coverage of Marijuana and Other Drug-Related Issues
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—May 9, 2014. By: Jag Davies The ground has never been more fertile for a change to our nation’s failed drug policies. We are seeing a broader questioning of America’s drug policy that fills our prisons and empties our coffers, that severely punishes the use of certain drugs but[Read More…]
Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, May 9, 2014
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—May 9, 2014. I am glad to be with you today and to have the chance to reflect further on some of the changes that have followed the most damaging and frightening financial crisis of our lifetimes. As we all know, the effects of that crisis were severe and[Read More…]
If This Were Happening Anywhere Else in the World, Americans Would Be Horrified. They Might Even Do Something About It.
MA–(ENEWSPF)–May 9, 2014. By now, many of us are familiar with the statistics: 1 out of every 100 adults are living behind bars in the United States, with 1 in 31 in some sort of correctional control, including prison, jail, parole, and probation. The United States, with 5% of the[Read More…]
