News from April 2022
By Karen Kidd | Apr 25, 2022
U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division obtained a restraining order against a New Jersey staffing agency for attempting to dissuade workers from cooperating with investigators.
By State Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
Release: The United States is deeply troubled and disappointed by the court’s decision to convict Osman Kavala today. His unjust conviction is inconsistent with respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law. We again call on Turkey to release Osman Kavala, in keeping with European Court...
By State Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
Release: Today marks the 33rd birthday of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama, who remains missing since PRC authorities abducted him as a six-year-old child on May 17, 1995. The PRC continues to deny members of the Tibetan community access to the Dalai Lama-designated Panchen Lama, the second most revered figure in Tibetan Buddhism, and instead continues to promote a state-selected proxy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: ROANOKE, Va. - Matthew Benjamin Foltz, 29, of Cleveland, Ohio, used the messaging application “Whisper" to engage in sexually explicit conversations with someone he believed to be a 13-year-old girl from Virginia.
By State Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
U.S. Mission Turkey Grants Program grant opened on April 25.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with with Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit grant opened on April 25.
By Bob Pepalis | Apr 25, 2022
Russian cargo aircraft carrier Aviastar has been denied all export privileges for ongoing violations of export controls imposed on Russia by the Commerce Department.
By Zachary Richter | Apr 25, 2022
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued new guidelines April 11 that are focused on strengthening protections for detainees who have some kind of serious mental condition.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: CAPE GIRARDEAU - The United States Attorney's Office announced that Nathan P. Dillinger, age 41, of Dexter, Missouri, has been sentenced to serve 180 months (15 years) in federal prison for the offense of Attempted Sexual Exploitation of a Minor. Dillinger appeared for a remote sentencing hearing today before United States District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Dana Penney pled guilty to committing firearm and drug trafficking crimes in 2017 and 2018, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced today that Bob Lord will join the agency as a Senior Technical Advisor within the Agency’s Cybersecurity Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Burnsville man has been sentenced to 240 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for dealing methamphetamine out of hotel rooms in the Twin Cities. U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger made the announcement after U.S. District Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright sentenced the defendant.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Putnam County man was sentenced today to four years in prison for committing two counts of aggravated identity theft as part of his scheme to defraud a local bank and two elderly residents in the Southern District of West Virginia.
By Press release submission | Apr 25, 2022
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By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice today published an article about NIJ-supported research that studies how U.S. citizens experience labor trafficking victimization; the vulnerabilities that put them at risk for labor trafficking; and how some of these victims seek help or exit exploitative labor situations.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia has refreshed its guidance on how persons may effect service of civil summonses and complaints on it under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(i).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that, on April 19, 2022, DUVELL LONDON, JR., 41, of St. Rose, La., and JEREMY LEVANDA, age 40, of Destrehan, La., were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Wendy Vitter on drug trafficking charges. LONDON previously pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: DALLAS, TX - The Drug Enforcement Administration will host its 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: DALLAS -- The final defendant in the Han Gil drug trafficking case was sentenced today to 40 years in federal prison, announced DEA Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chávez.
