News from February 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: Justin Rosas, 31, of Tiffin, Ohio, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jack Zouhary to 15 years in prison after Rosas pleaded guilty to possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possession of a firearm as a felon.
By State Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
Release: As democratic anchors in the Indo-Pacific, the United States and Australia share an unshakeable commitment to defending freedom and democracy, championing opportunity, upholding human rights, respecting the rule of law, and countering state-sponsored disinformation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: BAY CITY - A vascular surgeon from Bay City, Michigan pleaded guilty today to participating in a scheme to defraud Medicare, Medicaid, and Blue Cross/Blue Shield out of approximately $19.5 million, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Beaumont woman has been sentenced to federal prison for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: Defendant admitted NECC created fraudulent prescriptions to avoid federal oversight.
By David Hutton | Feb 8, 2022
Four Belarusian officials are facing charges of conspiracy to commit aircraft piracy after a federal grand jury in New York issued an indictment alleging they diverted a flight to arrest a dissident journalist last year.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, applauded House passage of long overdue, bipartisan legislation that would set the United States Postal Service on a more sustainable financial footing and support the goal of providing...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
LWCF State Assistance Formula Grants - State Planning - FY22 Cycle 1 grant opened on Feb. 8.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
Resident Instruction Grants for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas grant opened on Feb. 8.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: For Possession of Child Pornography. FORT WAYNE - David Miller, 48 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady, after pleading guilty to possessing material depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, announced United States Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: NASHVILLE - VCPHCS IX, LLC, which operates a substance abuse treatment program in Nashville, has agreed to pay a civil settlement of $50,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the recordkeeping requirements of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), announced U.S. Attorney Mark H. Wildasin for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that DEJAN MEDIC pled guilty to participating in a business email compromise scheme that stole over $3.7 million from 15 victim companies in the United States and Europe. MEDIC pled guilty to one count of wire fraud before U.S. District Judge Gregory Woods, to whom his case is assigned.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Hudson, Florida, has been sentenced in federal court to 60 days’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release on her conviction of theft of government property, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: We at the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) are investing in science-driven solutions to address the climate crisis and better understand how disparities in access to goods and services are impacting national resilience and the ability of the country to keep moving forward. Because the two are...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Westborough man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester for trafficking contraband smokeless tobacco into Massachusetts.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: National Park Service extends public comment period on Caneel Bay redevelopment options.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) contributed to an investigation resulting in the arrest of two individuals this morning in Manhattan for an alleged conspiracy to launder cryptocurrency that was stolen during the 2016 hack of Bitfinex, a virtual currency exchange, presently valued at approximately $4.5 billion. Thus far, law enforcement has seized over $3.6 billion in cryptocurrency linked to that hack.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
Release: Washington - United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the resumption of tablestock potatoes from Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada, into Puerto Rico. -Read More-
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
Release: House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) released the following statement on today's bicameral, bipartisan meeting of Appropriations Committee leadership.
