News from December 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2022
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A new federal prosecutor has been added to the team at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Martinsburg.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2022
News Release: A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Georgia woman with a scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a federal stimulus program authorized as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE - The former IT Director at a Warwick supplier of precision tubing and fabricated metal components has been charged in federal court in Providence with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for allegedly embezzling more than $1M from the company, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.

By DOL Newswire Report | Dec 8, 2022
A Louisiana salt mine operated by Morton Salt Inc. has been issued a U.S. Department of Labor pattern of violations notice for allegedly failing to comply with mandatory federal health and safety standards.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2022
News Release: FRANFORT, Ky. - A Florida company, Modern Therapy, LLC, was sentenced on Friday to pay a $2.5 million fine by U.S. District Judge Gregory VanTatenhove for the unlawful distribution of anabolic steroids.

By DOL Newswire | Dec 8, 2022
News Release: DENVER - A federal whistleblower investigation has found a Denver-based information technology services provider retaliated against an employee who raised concerns about the company’s failure to pay trust fund taxes to the IRS.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2022
News Release: FBI Oklahoma City 2022 Operational Successes.

By Tamara Browning | Dec 8, 2022
The first-ever Tribal Homeland Security Advisory Council has 15 members who will give advice on homeland security policies and practices affecting Indian Country.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2022
News Release: A former Sapulpa police officer pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court for lying to law enforcement about a theft he committed while on-duty, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2022
The US State Department published a two page rule on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2022
News Release: Two men were sentenced yesterday for their roles in the submission of fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $1.7 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

By DOE Newswire | Dec 8, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2022
Release: Today in Washington, D.C., U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose W. Fernandez and Croatian Minister of Finance Marko Primorac signed a comprehensive treaty for the avoidance of double taxation between the United States and Croatia.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2022
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man is scheduled to appear in court today on multiple charges of sex trafficking minors, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

By Commerce Newswire Report | Dec 8, 2022
U.S. Deputy Sec. of Commerce Don Graves and U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) share the belief that the U.S. has a role to play in the rapid economic transformation occurring in sub-Saharan countries in Africa.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2022
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Joshua A. Schohn, 32, of Akron, NY, who was convicted by a federal jury of two counts of production of child pornography and two counts of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 30 years in prison and 20 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.

By T.H. Lawrence | Dec 8, 2022
Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman was pleased to see President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet Nov. 14. He says this needs to occur more than every few years, during a China Town Hall sponsored by the National Committee on U.S. China Relations.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2022
News Release: Defendant was Convicted of Illegal Possession of a Loaded Semi-Automatic Pistol By a Felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2022
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Reuben Jahmell Dauntez Donald, of Akron, Ohio, was sentenced today to 151 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Department of State announced yesterday that the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FFSB) held its annual leadership elections today and elected Donna Brazile as the Board Chair and Michael Trager as Vice Chair.