News from April 2021
By State Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
Release: We are concerned by reports that a Saudi counterterrorism court sentenced Saudi aid worker Abdulrahman al-Sadhan to 20 years in prison followed by a 20-year travel ban. We will continue to monitor this case closely throughout any appeals process. As we have said to Saudi officials at all levels, freedom...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - John Suffare Beavers, II, of Hedgesville, West Virginia, has admitted to his role in a drug distribution enterprise, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Daniel Kevin Richards, 37, of Sandy, Utah, was sentenced to three years of probation and a $10,000 fine in federal court on Monday after previously pleading guilty to receiving misbranded chloroquine from China with the intent to sell the drug in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that Nathaniel Gates, Jr, 47, of Fredonia, NY, who was convicted of possessing with intent to distribute, and distributing, 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, was sentenced to serve 84 months in prison by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr.
By State Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO):. DRL - Integrating Democracy, Human Rights, and Good Governance in Efforts to Address Climate Change and Protect the Environment in the East Asia and Pacific Region. This is the...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: An Arlington man whose fraudulent tax filings netted him more than $935,000 in improper refunds has been sentenced to five years in federal prison and ordered to pay $495,368 in restitution to the IRS, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
By State Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
Release: Topic: Logging into Senegal’s Digital Sector.
By State Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL - Strengthening Anti-Corruption Efforts of ASEAN and ASEAN Member States. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0007854. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Kanawha County man pleaded guilty today to two federal gun crimes. Tevin Williams, 27, of Charleston, pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: Investigators Estimate Victims of Ponzi Scheme Put Nearly One-Quarter Billion Dollars into Company that Has Not Been Repaid.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM workers at the Savannah River Site (SRS) are setting the stage to accelerate the removal and disposal of plutonium from South Carolina.
By State Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
Release: More information about Bulgaria is available on the Bulgaria Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of violating federal firearms law, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A registered nurse was arrested yesterday in connection with tampering with morphine prescribed to a nursing home resident in her care.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A senior U.S. Air Force servicemember assigned to Nellis Air Force Base pleaded guilty in federal court today to selling methamphetamine and engaging in the business of selling firearms without a license, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Christopher Chiou for the District of Nevada and Assistant Special Agent in Charge Daniel Neill for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Margaret Garnett, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation (“DOI"), announced today the unsealing of a Complaint charging PAUL FISHBEIN, the defendant, with theft of government funds, wire fraud, and...
By State Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
Release: We are concerned by reports that a Saudi counterterrorism court sentenced Saudi aid worker Abdulrahman al-Sadhan to 20 years in prison followed by a 20-year travel ban. We will continue to monitor this case closely throughout any appeals process. As we have said to Saudi officials at all levels, freedom...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Southern California brother-and-sister team were arrested today on federal charges alleging they orchestrated a $6 million real estate fraud scam in which they listed homes without the owners’ consent and collected money from multiple would-be buyers for each of the not-for-sale homes.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - An EM Office of River Protection (ORP) contractor team has finished creating almost 5,500 step-by-step procedures required for operation of Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) systems and facilities needed for Hanford ’s Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste (DFLAW) approach to tank waste treatment.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: CINCINNATI - Four local individuals have been charged federally with defrauding COVID-19 pandemic relief funding programs. In separate cases, the four are alleged to have lied about owning businesses and employing others. Some defendants allegedly applied multiple times for relief funding and some allegedly spent the funding they received on lavish personal items and vacation travel.
