News from December 2022
By DOL Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement on the November 2022 Employment Situation Report:
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that NICHOLAS TRUGLIA was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for his participation in the theft of over $20 million worth of cryptocurrency during a SIM swap attack of a victim (the “Victim") and was further ordered to pay $20,379,007 in restitution to the Victim within 60 days. TRUGLIA was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona held its first United Against Hate event yesterday, at the First Institutional Baptist Church in Phoenix, Arizona. The event provided an opportunity for an informative and interactive discussion with community leaders from...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - Kayricka Wortham and Demetrius Hines have pleaded guilty to defrauding Amazon.com, Inc., and stealing nearly $10 million from the company, while employed at the company in managerial and loss prevention roles.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: Today, a federal jury in Brooklyn convicted James Albert of conspiracy to violate the Travel Act and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances while he was incarcerated at the George R. Vierno Center at Rikers Island (GRVC) as part of a scheme to bribe correction officers to smuggle illegal drugs...
By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
Release: Around the world, governments and non-state actors harass, threaten, jail, and even kill individuals on account of their beliefs. In some instances, they stifle individuals’ freedom of religion or belief to exploit opportunities for political gain. These actions sow division, undermine economic security, and threaten political stability and peace. The United States will not stand by in the face of these abuses.
By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: The International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification (IPNDV) will hold its end of year plenary meeting on December 5–9 in Sydney, Australia. Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ambassador Bonnie D. Jenkins will join counterparts from Partner states to discuss the ...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI") are seeking to identify potential victims of an online child exploitation scheme which originated in Northeast Louisiana in 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Portland woman was sentenced to federal prison today for violating the terms of her post-prison supervised release by submitting two fraudulent applications for loans intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that MARLON AMAYA-LOPEZ, also known as Elder Figueroa, 33, a citizen of Honduras residing in Bridgeport, was arrested yesterday on an indictment charging him with one count of illegally reentering the U.S. after being deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Van Lee Harrell, 35, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, also known as “crack.".
By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. I’m very pleased to have Foreign Minister Sabry here. We had a chance to meet on the margins of the ASEAN — FOREIGN MINISTER SABRY: Yes.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - Peter Bilardello, a former Cobb County Deputy Sheriff assigned to the agency’s Sex Offender Unit, has been sentenced to federal prison for distributing child pornography online after entering a guilty plea to the charge in August 2022.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX), Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL), and Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Acting Ranking Member Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) applauded the House of Representatives passing the Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act of 2022...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page proposed rule on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: WHEELNG, WEST VIRGINIA - Civil rights experts will share their knowledge at a special event to be held next week in Wheeling.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Benjamin Michael Nash, 38, of Parkersburg, was sentenced today to five years of federal probation for attempting to possess with intent to distribute quantities of methamphetamine and psilocybin.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Earlier this week, the Biden-Harris administration announced the launch of a new Voluntary Community-Driven Relocation program, led by the Department of the Interior, to assist tribal communities severely impacted by climate-related environmental threats.
