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News Tipoffs - Louisiana Editors Newsletter for Tuesday October 29, 2024 ( 4 items )  

CFTC Charges two Louisiana-Based Companies and Cofounder with Multi-Million Dollar Forex Fraud, Failing to Register
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana against ,, Louisiana limited liability companies, and the founder of both, . The complaint alleges the defendants operated a commodity pool scheme in which they fraudulently solicited and accepted at least $7.6 million from at least 40 i  more

FCC Wireline Competition Bureau Issues Public Notice: Copper Retirement Network Change Notification Filed By AT&T Louisiana
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-493): * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&T Louisiana (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required  more

Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas and Frost Bank Award $1.5M in Affordable Housing Program Grants for Chronically Homeless
DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 29 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * Development Features a Master-Planned Community with Support Services in Austin, Texas * * * AUSTIN, TEXAS, October 28, 2024 -- Representatives from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas), through its member Frost Bank, awarded $1.5 million in Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grants to Mobile Loaves & Fishes, a Christian so  more

ICE Houston removes Guatemalan fugitive wanted for robbery
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: HOUSTON U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston Field Office, with assistance from ERO Guatemala and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement Task Force, removed Marcos Rafael-Medrano, a 29-year-old unlawfully present Guatemalan fugitive, from the United States Oct. 28. Rafael-Medrano is wanted in Guatemala f  more