Imperial Valley News Center
Justice Department Seeks to Revoke Citizenship of Convicted Felons Who Conspired to Defraud U.S. Export-Import Bank of More Than $24 Million
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Miami, Florida - The Justice Department today filed denaturalization lawsuits against two individuals convicted of conspiring to defraud the United States Export-Import Bank (“Ex-Im Bank”) of more than $24 million, conduct they allegedly concealed during their naturalization proceedings. The civil complaints were filed in federal court in the Southern District of Florida.
Leaders Converge for Seeds & Chips Global Food Innovation Summit
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Milan, Italy - Food Tank President Danielle Nierenberg is joining food entrepreneurs, innovators, organizations, and government leaders in Milan, Italy this week to inspire solutions to feeding the future.
Closure of Controlled Crossing Points in Russian Occupied Georgian Territory of South Ossetia
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Washington, DC - The United States is concerned by the decision of de facto South Ossetian authorities to temporarily close controlled crossing points in Georgia along the administrative boundary line in the Russian-occupied territory of South Ossetia.
Election of Nikol Pashinyan as Prime Minister of Armenia
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Washington, DC - The United States congratulates Nikol Pashinyan as the new Prime Minister of Armenia.
Decision bolsters FTC position on soundboard tech
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- Written by Janice Kopec
Washington, DC - On April 27, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit dismissed a challenge to a November 2016 FTC staff letter addressing certain prerecorded calls or “robocalls” using soundboard technology.
Former Atlanta Police Sergeant Sentenced To Prison for Using Excessive Force and Obstructing Investigation
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Atlanta, Georgia - Federal District Court Judge Steve C. Jones today sentenced Trevor King, 50, a former sergeant with the Atlanta Police Department to five years in prison for using excessive force when he arrested a Walmart shopper who the officer wrongfully suspected of shoplifting a tomato and for writing a false report about the incident in an effort to cover up his crime. King was convicted on Dec. 8, 2017, following a jury trial. Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore, U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak, and David J. LeValley, Special Agent in Charge of FBI Atlanta made the announcement.
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