News from July 2021

By Homeland Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued new policy for individuals known to be pregnant or nursing, which includes a year of postpartum in recognition of the time needed for infant development and parental bonding. The policy, which complements ICE’s national detention...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Aaron Leon Happy, 40, of Shiprock, New Mexico, was arraigned in federal court on July 8 on an indictment charging him with possession of child pornography, distribution of child pornography, and transfer of obscene materials to minors.

By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA- Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding President Biden’s decision to remove Andrew Saul as Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: Bought credit card info on the dark web, used it to buy luxury goods or items fenced for bitcoin.

By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: By: Kimberley A. Strassel July 8, 2021 Wall Street Journal “P.S. You bastards go in there anyway and a lot of people could get hurt." Thus reads a note sent in 1989 to the U.S. Forest Service by Tracy Stone-Manning, now President Biden’s nominee to run the Bureau of Land Management. Presidents ...
By State Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
Release: On behalf of the United States, I extend my best wishes to the people of Mongolia on the 100th anniversary of Mongolia’s independence and the start of the 2021 Naadam festival.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: SAN JOSE -A California man was arrested today on criminal charges related to his alleged scheming to submit fraudulent loan applications seeking millions of dollars in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) COVID-19 relief funds.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - Leonid Teyf, 59, a Russian national formerly residing in Raleigh, North Carolina, was sentenced today to 5 years in prison for bribery of a public official, visa fraud, and false statements in relation to foreign financial interests. Teyf and his wife, Tatiana Teyf, 43, will also forfeit $5,900,241 in assets. Leonid Teyf will be judicially deported after he completes his sentence. The husband and wife entered into a plea agreement in March 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: TOOELE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Salt Lake Field Office will soon begin gather operations to address wild horse overpopulation from within and outside of the Onaqui Herd Management Area in Tooele and Juab counties. Due to unexpected delays, the gather is tentatively scheduled to begin...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: California Man Arrested for $3.6 Million PPP and EIDL Loan Fraud.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: Apostolos Trovias, a/k/a “The Bull," Used the Dark Web and Encrypted Messaging Services to Solicit, Offer, and Sell Inside Information.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Juan Padilla-Miranda, 47, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, for distributing methamphetamine. United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Padilla-Miranda to imprisonment for a term of 120 months. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, he will begin an 8-year term of supervised release.

By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: Today, Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued a joint statement following news that Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock has requested the...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: U.S. Attorney’s Office, law enforcement, and community partners establish educational outreach and prevention program.

By US DOT Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) announced that the subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: 152 pounds of methamphetamine seized during investigation.

By State Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul and Chairman Gregory W. Meeks released the following statement in response to the United Nations Security Council vote to renew humanitarian access to the Syrian people.

By Homeland Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
Release: SANTA BARBARA, California - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is alerting travelers who have plans to fly out of Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) in the coming days and weeks, to allow plenty of time for security screening and arrive at the security checkpoint prepared. This advisement...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: Angel Pereda Attempted to Sell a Series of Fake Artworks Attributed to Jean- Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring, Among Others, For Millions of Dollars.