News from January 2022

By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
The FBI and Rio Rancho Police Department are seeking the public’s assistance to identify the individual responsible for the attempted robbery of a credit union on Saturday, January 15, 2022.

By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
UPDATE: The FBI and Santa Fe Police Department are seeking information about a late-model red Honda Accord with a New Mexico black chile license plate

By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
The FBI and Santa Fe Police Department are seeking the public’s assistance to identify the individual responsible for a bank robbery on Friday, January 14, 2022.At approximately 3:43 p.m., an unknown male entered Del Norte Credit Union, 510 North Guadalupe Street.

By Art Benavidez | Jan 18, 2022
The Federal Aviation Administration has reported that the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will fund $15 billion for airport-related projects throughout the country.

By Emily Bevard | Jan 18, 2022
A third Houston gang member has recently been sentenced to prison for taking part in a string of ATM robberies at truck stops across Texas and Louisiana and the related assault of a citizen who attempted to intervene in one of the robberies.

By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
The FBI is seeking information concerning a bank robbery that took place on January 14, 2022, at approximately 10:20 a.m. at a Regions Bank at 12310 SW 8th Street, Miami 33184.

By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
The FBI and Albuquerque Police Department are seeking the public’s assistance to identify the individual responsible for a bank robbery on Friday, January 14, 2022.

By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Myrna Ortiz, 43, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged in a 32-count Indictment in connection with a conspiracy to steal and conceal the origin of fraudulently obtained Social Security benefits and COVID-19 PUA unemployment benefits.

By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Perry Santillo, 41, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, mail fraud, and conspiracy to launder money, was sentenced to serve 210 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. Santillo was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $102,952,582.77.

By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
A Michigan man was arrested yesterday in Michigan in connection with his alleged involvement in a fraudulent scheme to obtain COVID-19-related unemployment assistance.

By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
The division’s investigation found that Three Rivers Home Care failed to pay an overtime premium on sign-on bonuses for 26 home health aides.

By Emily Bevard | Jan 18, 2022
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers recently removed a man from the country following a stint in federal prison for providing support to a foreign terrorist organization.

By USDA Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
Release: Washington - The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed two additional findings of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild birds - one in Colleton County, South Carolina and one in Hyde County, North Carolina. These finds ...

By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
A Charleston Walgreens failed to comply with federal labor laws setting minimum age standards and limiting the number of hours and times a minor-aged employee can work.

By David Hutton | Jan 18, 2022
When the ball dropped in Times Square to mark the start of 2022, the U.S. population was estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau to be at 332,403,650, a .21% increase from last year.

By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the plan application for the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 5 New York Retirement Fund Pension Plan (Bricklayers Local 5 Plan).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: DETROIT - Southfield resident Mykia King pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft arising out of a pandemic-related unemployment insurance fraud scheme, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.

By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that $112.6 million has been paid in special financial assistance to the Local 138 Pension Plan (Local 138 Plan), a financially troubled multiemployer pension plan based in Baldwin, N.Y.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TEXAS - The wide-open spaces of west Texas lured a record 581,000 recreational visits to remote Big Bend in 2021. These numbers reflect a 25% increase since 2019 (464,000), the last year the park was completely open, and a 49% increase since 2016 (390,000). Once relatively unknown...