News from December 2022
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton has sentenced two brothers, Andy Teruel Colina (25, Miami) and Adrian Teruel (31, Orlando), to federal prison terms.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Carlos Alberto Roman (56, Orlando) has pleaded guilty to possession of controlled substances and possessing a firearm equipped with a silencer in furtherance of that drug crime. Roman faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 30 years, up to life, in federal prison.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
A federal indictment was unsealed today charging two individuals in a pre-IPO investment scheme.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
A federal jury in Charlotte has convicted Michael Mandel Baldwin, 53, of Alexandria, Virginia, for orchestrating an investment scheme that defrauded victims of more than $800,000, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
A Shreveport, Louisiana mother and son are among those indicted on federal charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and Patrick Freaney, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the United States Secret Service (“USSS”), announced today that JOEL ZUBAID, DAVID GORAN, JULIAN REBIGA, a/k/a “Iulian Rebiga,” and MARTIN MIZRAHI, a/k/a “Marty Mizrahi” (collectively, the “Defendants”), were arrested for participating in a scheme to defraud businesses, banks, and individuals of more than $9.2 million through business email compromise and credit card fraud schemes.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announces the launch of the new Remote Identity Validation Technology Demonstration (RIVTD)
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
Strengthening and protecting our nation’s critical cyber infrastructure is a monumental task, one that the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) takes seriously. T
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) held its fifth Cybersecurity Advisory Committee (CSAC) meeting where Director Easterly led a discussion with committee members on the CSAC’s strategic focus for 2023.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is assigned to oversee the development, testing, implementation, and sustainment of National Security and Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP) communications by White House tasking (Executive Order 13618).
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended the REAL ID enforcement date by 24 months, from May 3, 2023, to May 7, 2025, giving travelers additional time to ensure they have driver’s licenses or identification cards that meet the security standards established by the REAL ID Act. As required by the law, following the enforcement deadline, federal agencies, including the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), will be prohibited from accepting driver’s licenses and identification cards that do not meet these federal standards.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Ysleta border crossing intercepted fentanyl and heroin with an estimated street value of almost $170,000.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Gateway International Bridge intercepted alleged narcotics with a combined estimated street value of $808,976.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers conducting inspections at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad crossing just west of the Paso Del Norte port of entry in El Paso intercepted 195 pounds of marijuana and five pounds of cocaine inside of a hopper car.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo International Bridge apprehended Victor Crisogono Salazar Islas, a male Mexican national from Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico wanted for aggravated sexual assault of a child.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
Vice. Adm. Paul Thomas, the deputy Commandant for Mission Support (DCMS), released a new Commander’s Intent and a new 2022 – 2026 Mission Support Action Plan.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
With Thanksgiving behind us, the holiday season is well underway. This is a time for Coasties and their families to gather with friends and loved ones for holiday meals.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
This essay is adapted from “The Coast Guard in the World War,” a chapter in The Story of the Coast Guard (New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1943), 81-86. For his courageous rescue efforts, Captain Harry Hamlet (later commandant) received the Gold Lifesaving Medal and the Navy Commendation Medal.]
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced its intent to extend the REAL ID full enforcement date by 24 months, from May 3, 2023 to May 7, 2025.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Laredo South Station arrested a convicted sex offender and a gang member in Laredo, Texas.
