News published on Federal Newswire in March 2021

News from March 2021


Kurt Bauer Sentenced to 78 Months of Imprisonment for Advanced-Fee Scheme Targeting Elderly

News Release: Bauer Created False Identities to Defraud Victims of $856,422.


News Release: CHICAGO - A federal grand jury has indicted two men for allegedly conspiring to violently rob several pawn shops, currency exchanges, and other retail stores in Chicago and the suburbs.


Playalinda District of Canaveral NS Set for Prescribed Burn

News Release: Canaveral National Seashore is planning to implement prescribed burn operations in the Scrub Jay Burn Unit of Playalinda Beach district (Titusville). Weather permitting, ignition operations are expected in March 2021. The target burn window is only an estimate and may change depending on environmental...


CEO Sentenced to Prison in $150 Million Health Care Fraud, Opioid Distribution, and Money Laundering Scheme

News Release: CEO Sentenced to Prison in $150 Million Health Care Fraud, Opioid Distribution, and Money Laundering Scheme.


Pennsylvania man indicted on false ID charges

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Ray Roberto Carrion-Susana, of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, appeared today in federal court to face charges of fraud involving false identification, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.


News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management Arizona State Office is seeking a valley teacher (K-12) for the Teacher on the Public Lands, Hands on the Land summer internship program. The teacher intern will be working remotely at home and periodically at the Pueblo Grande Museum during their summer internship.


Committee Leaders Release DOT Inspector General’s Ethics Report on Former Secretary Elaine Chao

News Release: Washington, D.C.- Today, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) released the report from the Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General (DOT OIG) ethics investigation into former Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, questioned Robert Salesses, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Homeland Defense and Global Security, Department of Defense,...


FACT SHEET: Update on USDA Activities to Contain the COVID-19 Pandemic

Release: Washington - In January 2021, President Biden released the National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness. The plan is driven by science, data, and public health to improve the effectiveness of our nation’s fight against COVID-19 and to restore trust, accountability and a sense of common purpose in our response to the pandemic.


News Release: DAYTON - A Sidney, Ohio, man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to attempting to produce child pornography. He faces a minimum of 25 years and up to 50 years in prison.


Federal Detainee Who Threw a Chair at an Assistant United States Attorney and Threatened to Kill Him Arraigned on Federal Charges

News Release: Miami, Florida - A South Florida federal grand jury has indicted Tavorris Wilkins, 33, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, with assaulting an Assistant United States Attorney and threatening to assault and kill an Assistant United States Attorney.


Businessman Indicted for Not Reporting Foreign Bank Accounts and Filing False Documents with the IRS

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Herndon man with failing to file Reports of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBARs) and filing false documents with the IRS.


Chairman Carper’s Opening Statement: Hearing on the Nominations of Brenda Mallory for Chair of CEQ and Janet McCabe for Deputy EPA Administrator

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing titled: “Hearing on the Nominations of Brenda Mallory to serve as chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality and Janet McCabe to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency." Below is the opening statement of Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...


Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Secretary Granholm at CERAWeek 2021

Release: Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm


News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on March 2, 2021, Costel Aparaschivei, age 38, of Romania, was sentenced to 45 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, for bank fraud and identity theft offenses.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) wrote to Google CEO Sundar Pichai today expressing deep concern over the growing threat of extremist content propagating on YouTube and raising questions over the company’s policies and enforcement efforts to combat extremists and protect viewers.


News Release: New China Buffett & Grill Used as Employment Site for Undocumented Workers.


News Release: ST. LOUIS -Trenice Hassel, 28, of St. Louis, Missouri, pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements to a federal agency. Hassel appeared, today, before United States District Court Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk.


DOE Announces New Senior Leaders

Release: Jigar Shah to Lead Loan Programs Office, Karen Skelton to Serve as Senior Advisor to the Secretary


KC Man Connected to Drive-by Shooting Sentenced for Illegal Firearms

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing several firearms, including the firearm used in a drive-by shooting.