News published on Federal Newswire in November 2021

News from November 2021


News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan and FBI Special Agent in Charge Eric B. Smith announced that a federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment charging Thomas Brenner, 58, of Orville, Ohio, with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, securities fraud and engaging in a monetary transaction in property derived from criminal activity.


Former State Employee Sentenced  for Conspiracy to Illegally Import Prescription Drugs

News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A former Kentucky state employee, Howard Stanley Head, Jr., 59, was sentenced in federal court on Monday, to 12 months and 1 day in prison, by U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, for conspiracy to import misbranded prescription drugs. He was also fined $1,000 and ordered to forfeit $30,275 in unlawful gains.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Los Angeles man pleaded guilty today to being the head of a conspiracy involving the distribution of wholesale quantities of synthetic cannabinoids-commonly known as “spice" or “K2"-and laundering millions of dollars in the proceeds of the sale of that spice.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Nov. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page proposed rule on Nov. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today released the below statement following the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement of a new methane emissions proposal...


The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Nov. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Mobridge Man Indicted for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender

News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Mobridge, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.


Capito Questions EPA on New Restrictive Exclusions from Popular Diesel Emissions Reduction Program

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, along with her colleagues Senators Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), ...


The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Nov. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


“Pure Armenian Blood” Member Pleads Guilty To Racketeering And Fraud Offenses

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DAVIT YEGHOYAN pled guilty today to his role in a coast-to-coast racketeering enterprise referred to as “Pure Armenian Blood" or “P.A.B.," in connection with the charges filed in United States v. Narek Marutyan, ...


The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Nov. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Nov. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Nov. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications

News Release: SEATTLE - The Drug Enforcement Administration, along with its law enforcement partners, has removed close to 745,000 pounds of unneeded prescriptions from medicine cabinets across the country as part of DEA’s ongoing commitment to turn the tide against the U.S. opioid epidemic. Following last month’s 21st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, the program has removed more than 15.2 million pounds of medication from circulation since its inception.


The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Nov. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Nov. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Nov. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


West Plains Sex Offender Sentenced to 15 Years for Child Pornography

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A West Plains, Missouri, sex offender was sentenced in federal court today for receiving and distributing child pornography.


E&C Republican Leaders Statement on EPA’s Proposed Methane Guidelines

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Republican Leader David B. McKinley (R-WV), and Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement after the Biden-Harris administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released proposed methane standards.