News published on Federal Newswire in December 2021

News from December 2021


News Release: Trader Indicted for Commodities Insider Trading Scheme.



News Release: Senior Litigation Counsel and Community Outreach Director Cindy Cipriani (619) 546-9608.


U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Feltman Visits UAE and Turkey

Release: U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman will travel to the United Arab Emirates and Turkey from December 10 to 15. Special Envoy Feltman will meet with senior officials of the two countries to discuss opportunities to support a peaceful, stable, and prosperous Horn of Africa.


News Release: Former NFL Player Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Prison for COVID-19 Relief Fraud.


Camden County Man Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison for Trafficking in Oxycodone Pills

News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for conspiring to distribute oxycodone pills in connection with his role in a drug trafficking ring, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.


News Release: For Making False Statements in Purchasing a Firearm.



News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A federal jury returned a guilty verdict on Thursday, December 9, 2021, against DeAngelo Banks, 31, of Decatur, Illinois, for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. Sentencing for Banks has been set for May 9, 2022, at 10:00 A.M. at the U.S. Courthouse in Urbana, Illinois.


Former employee at Sandia National Laboratories sentenced to 21 months in prison for mail fraud and theft

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Joshua Cordova, 39, of Albuquerque, was sentenced in federal court on Dec. 9 to a year and nine months in prison for mail fraud and theft of federal funds. Cordova was indicted on Dec. 17, 2019, and pleaded guilty on May 5.


News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.


The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


United States-Mexico Bilateral Executive Steering Committee of the 21st Century Border Management Process

Release: High-level representatives from the U.S. and Mexican governments met virtually on Dec. 2, for the 13th Plenary Meeting of the 21st Century Border Management Process Executive Steering Committee (ESC) to encourage increased bilateral collaboration on key issues affecting our shared border. The United...


Heroin Trafficker Who Fled Controlled Delivery sentenced to 14 Years

News Release: DALLAS - A heroin trafficker who fled the scene of a controlled delivery has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison, announced DEA Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chávez


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced it will issue a Notice of Sale for 18 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to address market disruptions. Following President Biden’s action announced in November, DOE is implementing the President’s...


Stinking Springs, Egin area temporarily closed over winter to protect wildlife

News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - In collaboration with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG), the Bureau of Land Management Upper Snake Field Office will temporarily close the Stinking Springs area near the South Fork of the Snake River to all motorized vehicles and human entry in order to support wildlife...


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Release: U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman will travel to the United Arab Emirates and Turkey from December 10 to 15. Special Envoy Feltman will meet with senior officials of the two countries to discuss opportunities to support a peaceful, stable, and prosperous Horn of Africa.


Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: I just want to say how wonderful it is to be here with the foreign minister. We had a chance to speak on the phone immediately upon her assuming the - assuming office, but this is our first chance to actually connect in person. The relationship, the partnership between our countries ...