News from July 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Huron, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - The former CEO of a La Quinta-based communication services company was sentenced today to 27 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining $5 million in bank loans by submitting sham financial documents that overstated his company’s net worth.
By State Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
Release: The United States is immensely grateful for the tireless dedication and commitment of our locally employed staff and contractors at U.S. Mission Russia. We thank them for their contributions to the overall operations and their work to improve relations between our two countries. Their dedication, expertise and friendship have been a mainstay of Mission Russia for decades.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: GREENSBORO, NC - Martin William Luther Hamilton, of Kannapolis, North Carolina, was sentenced today to 180 months in prison for distribution of fentanyl and possession of a firearm by a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Rondedrick Robinson, 26, of Decatur, Georgia, was sentenced to more than five years in federal prison, after pleading guilty to possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: RIDGECREST, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is initiating an environmental review and seeking public comments on the Plan of Operations for a proposed exploratory drilling project on public lands near Conglomerate Mesa, Inyo County.
By State Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
Release: On July 22, the United States imposed sanctions on the leader of Cuba’s military and on the Cuban Ministry of the Interior’s Special National Brigade in response to Cuban security forces’ violent suppression of peaceful protesters.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that a federal jury found Cleveland City Councilman Kenneth Johnson, 75, guilty of all 15-counts charged in an indictment related to two federal program theft schemes Johnson organized and executed while serving as Ward 4 Councilman in the City of Cleveland. Garnell Jamison, 62, was also convicted of 11-counts for his role and participation in one of the schemes.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: Carson City, Nev - The Sierra Front Field Office is seeking public comment for an environmental assessment (EA) on the Johnson Lane Area Drainage Master Plan (ADMP) Implementation Project. Public comments will be accepted through Aug. 30, 2021.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) to help protect the health and safety of firefighters, emergency responders and the communities they serve has passed the Senate. The legislation, which was unanimously approved in March by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee where Peters serves as Chair, now heads to the U.S. House of Representatives.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - Fifty-year old Broward County resident Jason Ganton pled guilty yesterday to participating in a fraud scheme that bilked investors out of more than $900,000.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: ROME, July 30, 2021 - In the leadup to the United Nations Food Systems Summit in September, U.S. government officials took part in the Pre-Summit Ministerial meeting in Rome July 26-28, advancing proposals, building coalitions, and seeking solutions to end hunger and poverty and build more sustainable, equitable and resilient food systems.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's announcement regarding heirs' rights and land ownership issues...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: Took Kickbacks from Arkansas Company. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.-A Lake Charles, La., physician pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, health care fraud, fraud to obtain federal employees’ compensation, and illegal remunerations (taking kickbacks), in connection with...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation that would help bolster the federal workforce’s understanding of artificial intelligence (AI). The bill...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: United States Seizes Oil Tanker Used to Violate Sanctions Against North Korea.
By State Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
Release: Begin text: The United States welcomes the EU’s adoption today of a new sanctions regime to promote accountability and reform in Lebanon. As an increasing number of Lebanese suffer from the country’s worsening economic crisis, it is critical that Lebanese leaders heed their people’s repeated calls for...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment today charging a Canadian national with the unlawful export of laboratory equipment from the United States to Iran, through Canada and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - Two St. Paul area men involved in a Twin Cities-based mail theft scheme have been sentenced to prison for their roles in the conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: Indictment Alleges a Fentanyl Trafficking Organization Operated in Syracuse; One Defendant Charged with Unlawful Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition.
