News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced three settlements and the filing of a complaint under the False Claims Act in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. These are the latest actions in the national investigation into the scheme of improper billing involving...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Republicans wrote a letter to the Port Envoy of the Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force, John D. Porcari, requesting an immediate briefing related to the ongoing supply chain crisis in the United...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: ANCHORAGE, ALASKA - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today released recommendations on how to increase aviation safety in Alaska after a yearlong, sweeping examination of safety issues specific to the challenges of flying in Alaska, where more than 80 percent of its communities are accessible only by air.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Minneapolis man pleaded guilty today to illegally possessing firearms as a felon, announced Acting U.S. Attorney W. Anders Folk.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MICHAEL DELAGUILA, a/k/a “Grizz," was sentenced today to 12 years in prison in connection with his leadership of the Black Stone Gorilla Gang, a violent street gang that operated in New York City and elsewhere...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Chatham County man with a history of violent behavior has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II is proud to announce that Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jarod J. Douglas and Brandon S. Flower are being recognized today for their tireless and superior work on the case of serial killer Reta Mays.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Misused Department of Veterans Affairs Funds intended for Vehicle Adaptation to Purchase Luxury BMW 645ci Luxury Sports Coupe.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore has sentenced a 53-year-old man from Highlands County, Florida, to 120 months in prison for drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine-An Old Orchard Beach man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for theft of government property, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Ellison C. Travis and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry are urging suspected Hurricane Ida fraud victims to file complaints with the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) via phone at (866) 720-5721 or online at www.justice.gov/DisasterComplaintForm. Since the storm, numerous complaints have been filed regarding contractor, FEMA, and Small Business Administration (SBA) fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: Defendant Admitted Guilt In An Earlier Fraud Scheme, Then Fled Before Sentencing And Continued Committing This Second Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for receiving child pornography over the internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A Jackson County man was sentenced to 120 months in prison for possessing a sawed-off rifle in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF").
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A suburban Chicago businessman who schemed with an attorney and two others to sell millions of dollars in phony mortgages has been sentenced to eleven years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: FARGO - Acting United States Attorney Nicholas W. Chase, District of North Dakota, along with Acting United States Attorney Scott E. Asphaug, District of Oregon, and Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr., U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, announced that Steven Barros Pinto, age...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) announces two rewards for information on Pakistani national and human smuggler Abid Ali Khan (Khan). A reward of up to $1 million is offered for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Khan and a second $1 million reward is offered for information leading to the financial disruption of Khan’s human smuggling network.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $272 million to modernize rural drinking water and wastewater infrastructure (PDF, 280 KB) for 270,000 people living in rural communities across 37 states and Puerto Rico.
By State Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good morning, everyone. It is good to see everyone here, and it is especially a pleasure for me to welcome our friends here today from the Hellenic Republic of Greece for the third U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue. Nikos, to you, to all of your colleagues, again, welcome. It’s so good to have you here.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced that it will join several New York City agencies for an above- and below-ground air sampling study that will ultimately help urban areas prepare for and recover from incidents involving hazardous...
