News from February 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Helena woman who admitted to helping to bring pounds of methamphetamine from Las Vegas, Nevada, into Montana for distribution was sentenced today to five years and six months in prison to be followed by four years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: Two Peruvian nationals responsible for operating a series of call centers in Peru that defrauded and threatened Spanish-speaking U.S. residents were sentenced to serve prison time in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. On Feb. 9, U.S. District Judge Robert N. Scola Jr. sentenced ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorneys Trini E. Ross, of the Western District of New York, and Nikolas Kerest, of the District of Vermont, announced today that Lisa Miller, 53, formerly of Virginia, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to international parental kidnapping, which carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Caleb Lombardo | Feb 16, 2022
The EPA has selected three organizations and allocated nearly $3.8 million in grants in the Bay Area to build a skilled environmental workforce in the communities that need it most, according to a press release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Melvin Dorsey-Pace pled guilty to distributing crack cocaine within 1,000 feet of an elementary school, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: Washington - Agricultural producers who have not yet enrolled in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for the 2022 crop year have until March 15, 2022, to sign a contract. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) offers these two safety net programs to provide vital income support to farmers experiencing substantial declines in crop prices or revenues.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: Brady: Wage Price Spiral Always Ends Poorly for Workers, Small Businesses, and the Economy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Wilmington woman pleaded guilty yesterday to Theft of Government Property.
By State Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, and UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss to further coordinate implementation of the massive consequences and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: A Maryland man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to communicate restricted data related to the design of nuclear-powered warships to a person he believed was a representative of a foreign nation.
By State Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: TURLOCK, CA - Too often, federal investigators find foreign-born workers brought to the U.S. fail to receive the rights and protections they are legally due. Employers don’t pay them as the law requires, and transport them in unsafe vehicles and house them in overcrowded - and sometimes hazardous - conditions. Employers who exploit these workers gain an unfair advantage over industry competitors and lower standards for domestic workers.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
Release: APHIS’ Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Pale Cyst Nematode (PCN) Eradication Program in Idaho has posted its (October 1 - Dec. 31, 2021). The report updates program activities and eradication progress and provides quarterly and aggregate regulatory, survey, and laboratory data. The PCN Eradication ...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
2022 State and Interstate Aquatic Nuisance Species Management Plan Grant Program grant opened on Feb. 16.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Nigerian national residing in Dorchester pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to his role in online romance scams targeting individuals in the United States.
By State Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman spoke today with French MFA Secretary General François Delattre, German MFA State Secretary Andreas Michaelis, Italian MFA Secretary General Ettore Sequi, and UK Minister of State for Middle East, North Africa ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from phase 3.3 of the experimental Household Pulse Survey (HPS). The HPS is now a monthly release as current changes in data no longer warrant a biweekly data collection, and we work to reduce respondent burden. This phase includes updated vaccination questions...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that FRED ASANTE pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering for his role in a criminal enterprise based in the Republic of Ghana (“Ghana") involving the theft of tens of millions of dollars. ASANTE was arrested on Feb. 17, 2021 in Virginia and pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff. ASANTE has been detained since his arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: Defendant Did Not Report More Than $1.8 Million in Income.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Mark Robert Clow, 54, of Tallahassee, Florida, was indicted by a federal grand jury charging him with distributing, receiving, and possessing material constituting child pornography. The indictment was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. Clow made his initial appearance in federal court to face the charges this afternoon.
