News from December 2021
By Press release submission | Dec 10, 2021
Two Peruvian nationals responsible for operating a series of call centers in Peru that defrauded Spanish-speaking U.S.
By Press release submission | Dec 10, 2021
FEMA has provided over $1.47 billion to nearly 226,000 people to assist with COVID-19-related funeral costs for deaths occurring on or after Jan. 20, 2020.
By Press release submission | Dec 10, 2021
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and elected federal officials from New England and New York joined together to announce 22 grants totaling $2.8 million to state and local governments, nonprofit organizations, and community groups to improve the health and ecosystem of Long Island Sound in the States of Connecticut and Vermont.
By Press release submission | Dec 10, 2021
Dr. Madeline Feltus today received the Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women’s Achievement Award from the American Nuclear Society (ANS).
By Press release submission | Dec 10, 2021
Today, under the auspices of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO), Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo held an introductory call with Taiwan Minister of Economic Affairs Mei-hua Wang.
By Press release submission | Dec 10, 2021
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin issuing final pandemic assistance payments to timber harvesters and timber hauling businesses through the Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers (PATHH) program starting next week.
By Press release submission | Dec 10, 2021
Canyon Ferry’s Shannon boat ramp, located on the north side of the reservoir, will close for about two months beginning Monday, Dec. 6, 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Mark Sassak, Jr., of Monessen, Pennsylvania, was found guilty today of charges involving a minor, United States Attorney William J, Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: $201,426 Awarded to the Nevada Department of Public Safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: Company also Agrees to Plead Guilty to Felony Offenses Related to Banned Pesticide Alleged in $10 Million Deferred Prosecution Agreement Filed in 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Greenville man was sentenced today to 180 months in prison for possessing multiple firearms as a convicted felon in violation of federal law. On Sept. 1, 2021, Errol Rahnell Taheim Baston pled guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TODD CAPSER was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken to 18 months in prison in connection with a $43 million fraud scheme. CAPSER pled guilty before Judge Oetken on July 2, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: $326,903 Awarded for Projects in the State of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: Over $400,000 Awarded for Projects in the Northern District of California.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on December 6, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for fraudulently receiving Payment Protection Program (PPP) funds and depositing a stolen and altered U.S. Treasury check, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Burlington County, New Jersey, man was arrested today for swapping cell phone customers’ Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) numbers into mobile devices controlled by an individual who was paying the defendant for the swaps, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: OCALA, Fla. - Following eight days of trial in federal court, David Chappell Fey (57, Belleview) and Shari Lynn Gunter (58, Ocklawaha) have each been found guilty as charged for the murder of a government witness. The trial required special accommodations: a separate jury heard evidence for each defendant.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
Release: House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in support of H.R.5314, the Protecting Our Democracy Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) has released an innovative mapping tool that provides county-level information on natural disaster hazards across the United States. This new feature provides significant enhancements to the state-level data on NOAA’s Billion-Dollar Disasters website.
