News from July 2021
By State Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
Release: More information about Argentina is available on the Argentina Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An Orange County man was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison for conspiring to smuggle counterfeit Apple, Samsung, and Motorola cell phone components from China that were then sold to consumers in the United States, a scheme that generated tens of millions of dollars in revenue.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A federal grand jury in San Juan, Puerto Rico returned the following indictments, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan W. Sharp announced that Lonnie L. Perry, 29, of Omaha, Nebraska, was convicted today in federal court in Omaha after a three-day jury trial. Perry was found guilty of two counts of Interference with Interstate Commerce by way of Robbery, one count of brandishing a firearm...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Darren Watts, 26, of Shreveport, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. to 94 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for his role in an armed robbery that took place in Shreveport in November 2018, announced Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Behzad Sabagh, a/k/a “Ben Sabagh," 39, of Philadelphia, PA, was arrested and charged by Indictment with multiple counts of retaliating against a witness and tampering with a witness, stemming from a case in which he was previously convicted of bribing an employee of the City of Philadelphia in April 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - A federal jury has found Johnny Ordaz (32, Bradenton) guilty of possession of fentanyl with the intent to distribute it, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Ordaz faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal...
By State Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks and Michael McCaul, Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement in response to the United Nations Security Council vote to renew humanitarian access to the Syrian people.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law Chairman David N. Cicilline (D-RI) issued the following statement on President Joe Biden's Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - Jorge Amador, a federal inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) at McDowell, pleaded guilty today to possessing a handcrafted weapon, commonly known as a “shank.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Virginia diagnostic laboratory will pay $1.4 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting or causing to be submitted claims for genetic tests to Medicare without valid physician oversight, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: Effective Friday, July 9, 2021, the Southeast Arizona Group of parks, Chiricahua National Monument, Fort Bowie National Historic Site, and Coronado National Memorial, will lift all fire restrictions in the parks. Saguaro National Park, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, and Tumacácori National Historical...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced a bipartisan agreement to provide long-term Medicaid funding to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Territories.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: PRICE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management will hold an online meeting of the San Rafael Swell Recreation Area Advisory Council (Council) on Aug. 10-11, 2021. The meeting will take place from 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Aug. 10 and from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on August 11.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A California parent pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to a tax offense in connection with his involvement in the college admissions case.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: Crime Spree Involved Armed Robbery of a U.S. Mail Carrier, Mail Theft, Bank Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
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.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - FEMA has approved a grant of $5,606,248 for the State of Florida to help Miami-Dade County defray the cost of emergency response after Hurricane Irma in 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: ROANOKE, Va. - A former Lynchburg attorney, who specialized in elder law and estate planning, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and making false statements.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Orange County man is expected to be arraigned in federal court today on an indictment charging him with defrauding victims who paid for COVID-related medical protective equipment that was never delivered, causing nearly $3 million in losses.
