News from August 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Ricky J. Patel, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI") in New York, announced today that ESTEBAN CABRERA DA CORTE, a/k/a “Esteban Cabrera," a/k/a “Esteban Da Corte," a/k/a “Steban,"...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Isaac Enriquez Oyando (34, Mexico), Romeo Santos Hernandez (36, Mexico), John Macias Agua (34, Ecuador), Jaime Velez Arcentales (40, Ecuador) and Eddy Anchundia Velez (32, Ecuador) guilty of conspiracy and possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, today provided an update on the cross-jurisdictional Firearms Trafficking Strike Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: Dallas-based optical company Essilor has agreed to pay $16.4 million to resolve allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act by causing claims to be submitted to Medicare and Medicaid that resulted from violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Boynton U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A repeat offender on federal supervised release was sentenced to prison today for illegally possessing a loaded firearm, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Last week, Todd Gehman Howard, 60, of Kingman, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Judge Susan M. Brnovich to 63 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Howard was previously found guilty of being a Convicted Felon in Possession of Firearms and Ammunition following a jury trial in May 2022.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
“DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTS HARMONIZATION ACT” was published on pages H10534-H10535 of the Congressional Record on Dec. 21, 2018.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
There are three releases scheduled to be published on Aug. 24.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: Defendant is the Last of Seven Conspirators Convicted for Stealing Nearly $1.5 Million in Fraudulently Obtained Small Business Loans.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
Funding Opportunity in Support of the Hydrogen Shot and a University Research Consortium on Grid Resilience grant opened on Aug. 23.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Aug. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - James Hoskins, 41, of Indianapolis, was indicted by a federal grand jury for the federal crime of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced a $16.4 million civil settlement with Essilor International, Essilor of America, Inc., Essilor Laboratories of America, Inc., and Essilor Instruments USA (collectively, “Essilor"), headquartered in Dallas, Texas, to resolve allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act by causing claims to be submitted to Medicare and Medicaid that resulted from violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: Defendant Damaged Government Property Inside the Capitol, Later Disabled and Hid Cellphone He Used That Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: A Claremore man pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court for sexually abusing a child starting when the victim was nine years old and until she was 13, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: Defendant’s Co-Conspirator Pleaded Guilty to Wire Fraud in July 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A former St. Louis alderman pleaded guilty Tuesday to all charges against him and admitted taking bribes in the form of a series of cash payments, a car, a phone and campaign contributions to help a local business owner get a property tax abatement.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after Dr. Anthony Fauci announced his plans to step down from the positions of Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and Chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation, as well as the position of Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Stefanie Marie Wells, 37, of Jasonville, Indiana, pleaded guilty today to bank fraud and aggravated identify theft, after obtaining or attempting to obtain $17,550 using stolen checkbooks and driver’s licenses at West Virginia banks.
