News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A Jonesville, Virginia woman, who admitted to heading a conspiracy that defrauded the government of more than $1.5 million in pandemic-related unemployment benefits, was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison and ordered to pay restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - James Curtis Taylor, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released operational statistics showing a record number of border arrests in November as the United States continues to face a crisis at our southern border...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: MIAMI - As U.S. overdose deaths reach a devastating new height, claiming a new victim every five minutes, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has revealed a direct link between fentanyl-related overdose deaths and criminal drug networks in Mexico. These groups are harnessing social media platforms...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - A Council Bluffs man was sentenced Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 180 months in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime. According to court documents, Matthew Michael Loth, age 42, pleaded guilty to the methamphetamine and firearm offenses in July of 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: Defendant Bought One-Way Ticket and Headed Overseas as Scheme Unraveled.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: A federal jury convicted a Florida man today for preparing false tax returns for his clients.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo regarding her reported family ties to the Chinese Communist Party and potential conflicts of interest from those connections.
By State Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
Release: I. Requested Objectives for Statements of Interest.
By Press release submission | Dec 17, 2021
Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Senior Bureau Official (SBO) Nancy Izzo Jackson represented the United States as Head of Delegation at the virtual UNHCR High-Level Officials Meeting (HLOM) on December 14-15 chaired by UNHCR High Commissioner Filippo Grandi.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Kenneth Becker, age 51, was sentenced in federal court on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, in Omaha, Nebraska, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Senior United States District Court Judge Joseph F. Bataillon sentenced Becker to 144 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After completing his term of imprisonment, Becker will begin a 5-year term of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Dec. 16, 2021, Hugo Reynosa, age 26, was convicted of possessing a weapon in federal prison after a bench trial before United States District Court Chief Judge Matthew W. Brann.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Edward Holloway, 34, of Philadelphia, PA was charged by Indictment with possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, all stemming from a vehicle search conducted during traffic stop earlier this year.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
