News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Lowell man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving methamphetamine disguised as counterfeit Adderall pills.
By Trina Thomas | Dec 15, 2021
U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh recently issued a statement on President Biden’s nomination of Jerome Powell as Chair and Lael Brainard as Vice-Chair of the Federal Reserve.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Angus King (I-ME), Co-Chair of the Cyberspace...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - Survivors should be aware that con artists and criminals may try to obtain money or steal personal information through fraud or identity theft after disaster. In some cases, thieves try to apply for FEMA assistance using names, addresses and Social Security numbers they have stolen from survivors.
By State Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., today called on the Biden Administration to sanction four mercenary hacking corporations under the Global Magnitsky Act, for enabling human rights violations by authoritarian regimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Raleigh, N.C. - A home-health services company based in Fayetteville, North Carolina, has agreed to pay $45,486.76 to settle civil False Claims Act allegations related to allegedly fraudulent billings for purported work by a recently convicted felon under their employ.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Join a park ranger for a late afternoon hike on Indiana Dunes National Park’s Dune Ridge Trail on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021, from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Catch the sunset and enjoy the sweeping views of the Great Marsh from the top of the Dune Ridge Trail. After the hike, walk down to the shore of Lake Michigan and celebrate the shortest day of the year as we look forward to lengthening days. Meet at the Kemil Beach parking lot.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced an extension of the flexibilities in rules related to Form I-9 compliance that was initially granted last year. Due to the continued precautions related to COVID-19, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will extend this policy until April 30, 2022.
By Karen Kidd | Dec 15, 2021
A New Hampshire carpentry contractor recently paid $107,678 in combined back wages and liquidated damages to 52 workers “shortchanged by illegal pay practices,” a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) press release said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - A foreign national who had been living in Texas was sentenced to 33 months in prison and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine for being an illegal alien in possession of ammunition, announced U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By Trina Thomas | Dec 15, 2021
A Houston-based crane operating company has been ordered to pay thousands of dollars to a former employee who refused to work illegal overtime in June 2020.
By State Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: St. Paul, Minn. - Two Minneapolis felons were sentenced today for possessing a handgun with a large capacity magazine that could hold 50 rounds of ammunition, announced Acting United States Attorney Charles J. Kovats.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Court Permanently Enjoins Three Vietnamese Residents from Continuing to Operate a Pandemic-Related Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: St. Paul, Minn. - Two Minneapolis felons were sentenced today for possessing a handgun with a large capacity magazine that could hold 50 rounds of ammunition, announced Acting United States Attorney Charles J. Kovats.
By State Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
Release: I want to thank all of you for the warm welcome here. I am a longtime District resident, so I have walked the streets around Howard University, but I’ve never had the opportunity to come inside and see the building, so thank you. The buildings are impressive, but it’s the spirit of the people who have...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit, Michigan man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime.
By State Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
Release: MR SINGH: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to our warm, fantastic YSEALI leaders, who are creating impact across Malaysia and ASEAN, joining us physically and virtually.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report he requested on the use of less-lethal force by several Departments, including the Department of Homeland Security, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that NAVORIOUS HILLS, age 41, of Hammond, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on Dec. 14, 2021 to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(1)(A)(i).
