News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lisa J. Sanniti (619) 546-8811 and Jeffrey D. Hill (619) 546-7924.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Dina Titus (D-NV), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Daniel Webster (R-FL) introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen disaster mitigation and resilience programs administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Tuscaloosa, Ala. - A Mobile-area doctor was sentenced today for her role in a major compounding pharmacy fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr., U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Rhode Island state prison inmate who arranged by telephone from within the prison to sell a firearm and methamphetamine to an individual outside the prison whose telephone number he was provided by a fellow inmate was sentenced on Monday to 48 months in federal prison on firearm and drug trafficking charges, announced Acting United States Attorney Richard B. Myrus.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Chair Jim Costa and Chair Stacey Plaskett released the following statement after today’s joint hearing "Agricultural Biotechnology: 21st Century Advancements and Applications".
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
Release: Private exporters reported sales of: * 199,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2021/2022 marketing year. * 125,730 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to Mexico during the 2021/2022 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas woman pleaded guilty today to using at least 40 stolen identities to fraudulently collect approximately $175,622 in unemployment insurance benefits from the California Employment Development Department (EDD), the administrator of the federally funded unemployment insurance benefit program for residents of the State of California.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Gabriel Valley woman pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for overseeing a scheme in which she misappropriated much of $23 million in funds intended for a hotel and condominium complex in the Coachella Valley, and then used the money to finance her lavish lifestyle.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during a Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet hearing on "Judicial Ethics and Transparency: The Limits of Existing Statutes and Rules...
By State Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
Release: The United States is designating Libyan national Osama Al Kuni Ibrahim pursuant to Executive Order 13726, based on his involvement in serious human rights abuses against migrants in Libya. Ibrahim is the de facto manager of a migrant detention center in Zawiyah, Libya, where he or individuals under his direction have carried out horrific abuses against migrants, including killings, sexual violence, and beatings.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JONZARRION HARRIS, a/k/a “GEE," age 21, a resident of Bogalusa, Louisiana, was sentenced by United States District Judge Wendy B. Vitter to 120 months’ imprisonment, 5 years of supervised release and a mandatory $500 special assessment fee after pleading guilty to five counts...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: A Miami, Oklahoma, man was sentenced Monday for possessing firearms as part of a methamphetamine distribution operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JONZARRION HARRIS, a/k/a “GEE," age 21, a resident of Bogalusa, Louisiana, was sentenced by United States District Judge Wendy B. Vitter to 120 months’ imprisonment, 5 years of supervised release and a mandatory $500 special assessment fee after pleading guilty to five counts ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA- The Flagstaff Area National Monuments (Walnut Canyon, Sunset Crater Volcano, and Wupatki) will have the following operating hours for the remainder of 2021 through New Year’s Day 2022.
By State Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on this week’s 50th anniversary of the passage of UN Resolution 2758, which granted the People’s Republic of China (PRC) membership in the United Nations (UN):
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO -A Chicago technology executive pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge and admitted illegally exporting computer equipment from the United States to a nuclear research agency of the Pakistani government.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: EL PASO - A federal jury convicted two Sinaloa Cartel members on Friday for their roles in the Sinaloa Cartel’s narcotics distribution operations.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Reference Number: 8553-2139. SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. Oct. 25, 2021 - Information about the preliminary estimate of 10,000 hazard trees located along a portion of the Generals Highway has been reported widely since it was announced at a community meeting on Oct. 21, and then...
By State Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
Release: Taiwan has become a democratic success story. Its model supports transparency, respect for human rights, and the rule of law - values that align with those of the United Nations (UN). Taiwan is critical to the global high-tech economy and a hub of travel, culture, and education. We are among the many UN member states who view Taiwan as a valued partner and trusted friend.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Chairman Hank Johnson (D-GA) joined Representatives Deborah Ross (D-NC), Darrell Issa (R-CA), and Chip Roy (R-TX) in introducing the Courthouse Ethics ...
