News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LEROI G. JACKSON, age 49, of New Orleans, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan to a bill of information charging him with one count of aiding and assisting in the filing of false tax returns, a violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7206(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - Fredy Donaldo Marmol Vallejo (Marmol), 40, will make his initial appearance in federal court in Miami, Florida today after being extradited from Honduras, his country of origin. An indictment returned by a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida charges Marmol with conspiring...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Great Falls woman accused of working with others to bring methamphetamine from Las Vegas, Nevada, back to Montana for distribution admitted to a drug trafficking crime on Oct. 27, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Theodore Edward Coontz, of Belington, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 70 months of incarceration for a methamphetamine charge, United States Attorney William J, Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) today reintroduced their District of Columbia Flood Prevention Act, which would amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA) to include the District of Columbia in the definition of a coastal state and give the District oversight for federally issued permits, facilities, and actions that affect the coastal waters of the District.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Oct. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Christian Akhatsegbe has been arraigned on federal charges of wire and computer fraud conspiracy, access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft related to a multi-million-dollar cyber-fraud scheme allegedly perpetrated through email phishing, credential harvesting, and invoice fraud. Emmanuel Aiye Akhatsegbe, who is believed to be residing in Nigeria, was also charged in the scheme.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Oct. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that Jarvis Burns, Jr., 23, of Lorain, was sentenced on Oct. 27, 2021, by Judge Solomon Oliver, Jr. to 78 months imprisonment after Burns pleaded guilty in June of 2021 to multiple drug trafficking offenses and being a felon in possession of ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Frank A. Nork, age 47, of Lost Creek, Pennsylvania, was indicted today by a federal grand jury on an attempted enticement of a minor charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Christine M. Iwamoto, 47, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering in relation to a scheme to divert funds from the California Department of Public Health, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the return of an indictment charging Elizabeth Carol Wininger (68, Leesburg) with three counts of aggravated identity theft and one count of unauthorized use of access devices. If convicted on all counts, Wininger faces a maximum penalty of 16 years in federal prison.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Oct. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Saugus man was sentenced on Monday, Oct. 25, 2021 for drug and firearm offenses.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) spoke before the Rules Committee about how Speaker Pelosi is putting this country on a highway to socialism to achieve her sweeping change and once-in-a-century moment to fundamentally change America, just as President Biden jets of to Europe.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang today sentenced two members of the racially motivated violent extremist group “The Base" each to nine year in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release for firearms and alien-related charges arising from federal charges ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that two men from north Louisiana were sentenced to prison today by United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote.
By State Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
Release: As part of our enduring commitment to the people of Afghanistan, the United States announced today nearly $144 million in humanitarian assistance to those affected by the ongoing humanitarian crisis. This assistance brings the total U.S. humanitarian aid in Afghanistan and for Afghan refugees in the region to nearly $474 million in 2021, the largest amount of assistance from any nation.
