News published on Federal Newswire in January 2022

News from January 2022


Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Found Guilty Of Investor Fraud

News Release: Jury Concludes Holmes Perpetrated Scheme To Defraud Investors.


York County Man Sentenced To Five Years’ Imprisonment For Possessing Firearm In Furtherance Of Drug Trafficking

News Release: HARRISBURG-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jahzaire Gilliam, age 20, of York, Pennsylvania, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to five years’ imprisonment for possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. The sentence also included a two-year term of supervised release, which will follow the term of imprisonment.



Lewis and Clark Trail Junior Ranger Program wins NAI Media Award

News Release: OMAHA, Nebraska. - The Lewis and Clark Trail Junior Ranger Program has won a first-place media award from the National Association for Interpretation (NAI).


News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A local home healthcare provider has agreed to pay half a million dollars to the government and close its operations as part of a False Claims Act settlement.


Berkeley County man admits to drug charge

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA -Gregory K. Parr, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.


News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to a total of five years and four months (64 months) in prison and three years’ supervised release on his conviction of distributing heroin and violations of supervised release, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


DOE Issues Draft Request for Proposal for the Operations and Site Mission Support

News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) issued a Draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Portsmouth Paducah Project Office Operations (PPPO) and Site Mission Support (OSMS).


News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - An East Greenwich man today admitted to a federal court judge that he possessed videos and images of child pornography he accessed from Dark Web sites and forums, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) issued a Draft Request for Proposal for the new Portsmouth Decontamination and Decommissioning Contract (PORTS D&D) to be performed at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (GDP) Site in southern Ohio.


News Release: BOSTON - A Guatemalan national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to illegally reentering the United States after deportation.


St. Louis Man Pleas Guilty of Meth Distribution

News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Court Judge John A. Ross accepted a plea of guilty today from Adam Jones of St. Louis. Sentencing is scheduled for April 12, 2022.


Thirteen Arrested for Fentanyl Distribution

News Release: AUSTIN - Today 13 individuals were arrested on criminal charges for their alleged involvement in fentanyl distribution.


News Release: Attorney General Merrick Garland tapped Jason R. Coody to the be the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, effective Dec. 26, 2021.


News Release: The Defendant Admitted to Filing False Tax Returns and Using Fraudulent Information to Obtain a COVID-19 Relief Loan.


U.S. Relations With Liechtenstein

Release: More information about Liechtenstein is available on the Liechtenstein Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.


FEMA Remains Focused on The Recovery from The Earthquakes

News Release: GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico - Two years from the series of earthquakes that hit Puerto Rico at the end of 2019, the recovery continues with the help of over $523 million allocated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The funds are distributed among projects comprising the 14 municipalities of the Southern, Western and Central parts of the island.


Chairman Neal Statement on United States USMCA Dairy Dispute Victory

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA- Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai announced that the United States has prevailed in the first dispute settlement panel proceeding ever brought under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)...


BLM completes Pack Creek Fire restoration work on all impacted BLM lands

News Release: MOAB, Utah - Bureau of Land Management (BLM) fire personnel have completed the initial restoration work for the Pack Creek Fire on all 131 acres of BLM-managed lands impacted by the fire.


Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 60 Months for Drug Trafficking

News Release: CONCORD - Gianno Koeiman, 31, of Lawrence, Massachusetts was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for possession of fentanyl and cocaine with intent to distribute, United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.