News from February 2022
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
The Department of Justice has today filed a lawsuit to prevent the State of Missouri from enforcing House Bill 85 (H.B. 85). Signed into law in June 2021, the Missouri law declares five categories of federal firearms laws “invalid” and deters and penalizes their enforcement by federal, state and local law enforcement officers. T
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
A California man was sentenced today to life in prison for engaging in a child exploitation enterprise, creating child sexual abuse material (CSAM) of 20 victims whose ages ranged from infancy to nine-years old, obtaining custody of a minor for purposes of producing CSAM, and possessing CSAM.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
A Pakistani man was sentenced today in the Northern District of Illinois for a health care fraud scheme and money laundering conspiracy.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
A Virginia man was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for possession of child pornography.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
The Justice Department today announced the selection and appointment of Eun Young Choi to serve as the first Director of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET).Ms. Choi is a seasoned prosecutor with nearly a decade of experience within the department, and most recently served as Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
Three men were sentenced yesterday in the Middle District of North Carolina for fraudulently seeking over $2.7 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
A west Texas gas plant has been ordered to pay a $3 million criminal fine, announced U.S.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
A New York woman pleaded guilty today to employment tax crimes.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
An Ashland, Oregon, employee of a defense contractor pleaded guilty today to tax evasion.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
A federal court in the Northern District of Illinois has permanently enjoined a Chicago, Illinois, tax return preparer from preparing returns for others and from owning, operating or franchising any tax return preparation business in the future.
By State Newswire | Feb 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led a majority of his Republican colleagues in introducing the Never Yielding Europe’s Territory (NYET) Act to provide the critical support Ukraine needs to defend itself and deter Russian aggression today, while imposing real costs on the Kremlin for its ongoing and potential future aggression against Ukraine.
By State Newswire | Feb 21, 2022
Release: Good afternoon and thank you, Ambassador Cohen, for that generous introduction and for representing our nation and supporting our staff here in Egypt. Thanks also to President Dallal and everyone at AUC.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
This study evaluated nine different polymerases for their efficacy against PCR inhibitors co-extracted with DNA from 63 ancient salmon vertebrae.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
This article reports on the use of a cocaine-specific aptamer as a receptor molecule in a microcantilever-based surface stress sensor for detection of cocaine molecules.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
Since Identical-twin face recognition is a challenging task due to the existence of a high degree of correlation in overall facial appearance and commercial face recognition systems exhibit poor performance in differentiating between identical twins under practical conditions, the current project examined the usability of facial marks as biometric signatures to distinguish between identical twins.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
AnnotationThe objective of this study was to test the efficacy of a group-based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) intervention for partner aggression, compared with a support and discussion control group, in a clinical sample of adults.AbstractA total of 101 participants (mean age = 31; 68 percent female; 18 percent minority) who endorsed recently engaging in at least two acts of partner aggression were randomly assigned to receive ACT or a support-and-discussion control condition.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics today released The Nation’s Two Crime Measures, 2011–2020.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
Two former correctional officers pleaded guilty today to engaging in bribery and smuggling contraband into Leavenworth Detention Center.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced that it has received 509 applications for its American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge program.
