News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Defendant Used Stolen Money for Personal Purchases.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Franklin D. Wright, 30 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony offense, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - A federal judge today sentenced a Jackson County man on child pornography charges, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Katrina W. Berger.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: RENO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Nevada State Office invites the public to two virtual public workshops on the proposed Greenlink West Project that would be constructed and operated by Nevada Power Company and Sierra Pacific Power Company (dba NV Energy). The Greenlink West Project would be...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Joseph Wayne Dadisman, of Philippi, West Virginia, was indicted today on a drug charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: ROME, Ga. - Shane Terhune has been sentenced for selling heroin to a young couple in July 2018, having admitted that his act of distribution resulted in the overdose death of the woman. This sentence follows the August 2021 sentencing of Cornelius Brown, who received a five-year term of imprisonment...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago investment manager who swindled more than $10 million from clients and lenders has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Opposing Biden’s Bank Surveillance Scheme. Oct. 20, 2021 - Blog - Facts Are Stubborn Things - Oversight - Press Releases - Select Revenue Measures - Talking Points. In an attempt to salvage their plan to supercharge the IRS and turn local banks into chapters of the IRS, Democrats are once again trotting...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG, Pa. - A FEMA Mobile Disaster Recovery Center (MDRC) will open to help residents of Montgomery County whose homes or personal property were impacted by the remnants of Hurricane Ida. This temporary Center will be staffed with FEMA personnel and representatives of other federal and state agencies to assist with registration and answer questions about disaster assistance programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Sean Levan Henson, age 28, of Suitland, Maryland to 10 years in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for coercion and enticement of a minor. Judge Hazel also ordered that, upon his release from prison, Henson must...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021 -- 10:00 AM EDT.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Thomas A. Johnson, age 24, of Boone, North Carolina, pled guilty today to directing a distributed denial of service (“DDoS") attack that disrupted internet access for thousands of Plattsburgh-area internet customers. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Colonial Family Practice, LLC, a physician-owned primary and urgent care practice with multiple clinics in South Carolina, has agreed to a $1.25 million settlement to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE for medically unnecessary services.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, is requesting details about what is being publicly marketed as a “new approach" to the Administration’s financial reporting regime, under which Americans’ private financial information will be reported...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh announced executive action to promote labor unions...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) requested a 20-year mineral withdrawal from the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) within the Superior National Forest in Northern Minnesota. This announcement automatically triggers a two-year pause on new federal mining permits and leases in the area while this application is reviewed.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Department of Justice’s Tax Division announced that RANDY A. FARRELL SR., and DAVID FARRELL, both of Jefferson Parish, and DAWN FARRELL RUIZ, of St. Tammany Parish, were charged in a superseding bill of information with conspiring to defraud the IRS.
By State Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Chris Coons (D-Del.), member of the Subcommittee on African Affairs and chairman of the State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee, today released the following statement on the challenges facing Sudan's transition to democracy and protests planned for Thursday in Khartoum:
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Andrew Michael Rogers, age 39, of Hanover, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Oct. 19, 2021 to 14 years’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson for receiving, distributing...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Salud Carbajal (D-CA) during today’s hearing titled, “Achieving Mission Balance: Positioning the Coast Guard for the Future."
