News from December 2021
By Press release submission | Dec 20, 2021
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) estimates that the global sale of counterfeit goods is above $2 trillion.
By Bob Martin | Dec 20, 2021
The White House has recently released an updated National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking which focuses on prevention, protection, prosecution and partnership as part of an ongoing effort to combat forced labor.
By Press release submission | Dec 20, 2021
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against Ayar Produce NY Inc. for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Bob Martin | Dec 20, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is providing $90 million in YouthBuild program grants focused on occupational skills training, employment services and educational support for youth in poor communities.
By Press release submission | Dec 20, 2021
The Bureau of Indian Affairs today announced it has published a rule that finalizes revisions to the probate process for American Indian and Alaska Native individuals with property held in federal Indian trust status.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Beckley man pleaded guilty today to a federal gun crime.
By Art Benavidez | Dec 20, 2021
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (UDSA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will be mailing a questionairre this month to 75,000 agricultural producers nationwide as part of the 2021 Farm Producer Study.
By State Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
Release: MS O’MARA VIGNARAJAH: Hi, all. Good afternoon. Thank you so much for being here. My name is Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, and I’m the president and CEO of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service. It is so nice to be back here. Just a week ago, we opened officially this office, and it is really so nice to be here. I just wanted to say once again, gratitude to Peace Lutheran and Pastor Sarah for the hospitality and the support.
By Trina Thomas | Dec 20, 2021
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) opened a competition on Dec. 13 for $20 million in grants to aid in the improvement of air quality monitoring.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) today issued the following statement after the House passage of H.R. 6256, which will ensure that goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China do not enter the United States market...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida announced the sentencing of Jeremie Saintvil, 46, of Delray Beach, Florida. Saintvil was sentenced to a total of 17 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release. Further, Saintvil was ordered to pay $1,560,628.38 in restitution to several banks, credit unions, and credit card companies, and to the United States Small Business Administration (SBA).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: Concord, NH - The U.S. Marshals - NH Joint Fugitive Task Force is very happy to announce the second arrest of a “Fugitive of the Week" in Florida in as many weeks.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - Two FEMA additional mobile registration centers are now open in Hickman and Munfordville to help tornado survivors apply for federal assistance. The mobile unit in Dawson Springs has moved to a new location.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - A Council Bluffs man, Jaime Antonio Hernandez, Jr., age 28, was sentenced on Dec. 14, 2021, by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 84 months in prison for Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm. His term of imprisonment is to be followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Lorenzo Amador, 23, of Mendota, was sentenced on Dec. 17, 2021, by United States District Judge Dale A. Drozd to five years and three months in prison for assault with a deadly weapon in aid of racketeering and conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - On Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, a former resident of Butler, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Three Passaic County, New Jersey, men have been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a scheme to extort increased fees for moving services from vulnerable customers, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Matthew Modafferi, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Postal Service, Office of Inspector General, announced that LINDIM ASIPI, 44, of Waterbury, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of wire fraud related to his theft of U.S. Postal Service (USPS) funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ROBERT LEMKE, a California man who threatened members of Congress and journalists in connection with the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, was sentenced to 36 months in prison after previously having pled guilty to making threatening interstate communications. U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein imposed today’s sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal jury convicted Earl Leroy Griffin, Jr., age 45, of Sunderland, Maryland, late on Dec. 17, 2021, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
