News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


New York Man Sentenced To 16 Months’ Imprisonment For Bank Fraud

News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Dec. 19, 2022, Algernon Donte Martin, age 26, of Bronx, New York, was sentenced to 16 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner following his conviction for bank fraud. Judge Conner also ordered Martin to pay victims restitution in the amount of $82,969.06, and to serve three years of supervised release following his release from prison.


Former Florida Atlantic University Student Sentenced to Prison for Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material

News Release: MIAMI - Shawn Anthony Jackson Outler, a 23-year-old former Florida Atlantic University student, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon to 24 years in prison for producing child sexual abuse material of a 14-year-old girl.


News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Scott E. Boone, age 51, of Enola, PA, Daniel E. McGuire, age 60, of Landisville, PA, Thomas E. Lauer, age 60, of Butler, PA, and Rebecca J. Davis, age 73, of Bethel Park, PA, were indicted yesterday...


News Release: St. Thomas, VI - United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced today that Clementina Rostas, 21, Argentina Razmies, 22, Ion Razmies, 33, Alexandru Panait, 34, Gheorghe Varga, 32, Hercule Muntean, 35, and Florian Muntean, 20, all of Romania, appeared before Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller for their initial...


Safford Man Sentenced to 60 months for Child Exploitation Offenses

News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Last week, Richard Lee Molinar, 44, of Safford, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Judge Scott H. Rash to 60 months in prison for child exploitation offenses. Molinar earlier pleaded guilty to Possession of Child Pornography. Upon release, Molinar will be placed on lifetime supervised release with sex offender conditions and will be required to register as a sex offender.


Missouri Man Pleads Guilty To Receiving Child Pornography

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Andrew Neal, 22, of Columbia, Missouri, pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a fine of $250,000.


FBI AND PARTNERS ISSUE NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY ALERT ON FINANCIAL SEXTORTION SCHEMES

News Release: U.S. Virgin Islands - The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), in partnership with Homeland Security Investigations and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, is issuing a national public safety alert regarding an explosion in incidents of children and teens being coerced into sending...


News Release: PROVIDENCE - The United States Attorney’s Office has resolved a civil False Claims Act investigation into Hyman Brickle & Son, Inc., a Woonsocket-based Rhode Island textile manufacturing company that supplies products to the U.S. military, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


Franklin County Woman Charged with Straw Purchasing Firearms

News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office stated that Harley Davis, 28, of Enosburg, Vermont, was charged with making false statements to federally licensed firearms dealers in connection with the purchase of three firearms in May 2022. Davis appeared in court yesterday before the Hon. Kevin J. Doyle, U.S. Magistrate Judge, and was detained pending further proceedings. If convicted, Davis faces a maximum possible penalty of 10 years in prison and fines of up to $250,000.


News Release: MACON, Ga. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging a northeast Georgia woman with threatening to bomb the Athens-Clarke County Democratic Committee Campaign headquarters in Athens, Georgia, earlier this month and lying to federal investigators.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging six Baltimore men for conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as the Black Guerilla Family (BGF) gang. The indictment, which was returned on Dec. 15, 2022 and unsealed today, charges the following defendants.


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ULADZIMIR DANSKOI, the CEO of an immigration services firm, and JULIA GREENBERG, an immigration attorney, were found guilty yesterday in Manhattan federal court of conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to commit immigration fraud following a two-week trial before United States District Judge J. Paul Oetken.


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News Release: About this article: This article was originally published in the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail 2022 Annual Report.


Doud Dwight Eisenhower

News Release: Quick Facts. Significance: First-born child of Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower. Place of Birth: San Antonio, TX. Date of Birth: Sept. 24, 1917. Place of Death: Fort Meade, MD. Date of Death: Jan. 2, 1921. Place of Burial: Abilene, KS. Cemetery Name: Eisenhower Presidential Library Chapel. Doud Dwight Eisenhower...


Portland Area Mail Thief Sentenced to Federal Prison for Bank Fraud, Identity Theft, and Possession of Methamphetamine

News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Washington County, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for using stolen bank checks and debit cards to defraud local residents and illegally possessing distribution quantities of methamphetamine.


U.S. Attorney's Office Collects Nearly $33 Million in Civil and Criminal Actions in Fiscal Year 2022

News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon announced today that it has collected nearly $33 million in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2022. Of this amount, $10.2 million was collected in criminal actions and $4.6 million was collected in civil actions.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Nasir Wright, 25, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to 11 years in prison and five years of supervised release by United States District Court Judge John Padova for three gunpoint robberies which occurred in January 2020.


Topeka Man Indicted for Child Porn

News Release: TOPEKA, KAN.- A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging a Kansas man with producing, receiving, and distributing child pornography.


Granholm 'deeply grated for Dr. Wang's willingness to serve the American people'

A leading researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to lead a research agency at the U.S. Department of Energy.