News from January 2022
By State Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. Last week in Geneva, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov and I met to discuss the crisis instigated by Russia’s military build-up on Ukraine’s borders and steps to de-escalate tensions and pursue diplomacy. Russia had previously outlined its concerns and proposals ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that three individuals from North Louisiana have been sentenced by United States District Judge Dee D. Drell for their involvement in the trafficking of fentanyl.
By State Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
DRL: Supporting Efforts to Promote Freedom of Expression in Morocco grant opened on Jan. 26.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Jan. 25, 2022, James Rodriguez, Jr. a/k/a “Mack Mulla," age 29, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Zachary Green, age 36, of Albany, pled guilty today to illegally possessing a loaded shotgun as a felon.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal, Amy Klobuchar, and Catherine Cortez Masto and U.S. Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney and Jackie Speier called on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) to withdraw an opinion seeking to stand in the way of the Equal Rights Amendment’s (ERA) recognition as the 28th Amendment.
By State Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
Release: The United States continues to increase its assistance to the Kingdom of Tonga in the wake of the recent Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruptions, ashfall, and tsunami.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to 32 months’ imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release on his conviction of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: CENTRAL ISLIP, NY - Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Carmine Maietta pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud in connection with a fraudulent mass-mailing scheme that tricked consumers into paying fees for falsely promised cash prizes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that SHANE DUANE BLACKBURN, age 33, of Fort Washakie, Wyoming was arrested and indicted for carjacking, assault resulting in serious bodily injury, and assaulting a federal officer. If convicted on all charges, Blackburn could face up to 45 years’ imprisonment, up to a $750,000 fine, three years of supervised release and a $200 special assessment.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) asked White House Senior Advisor and Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu for a full Committee briefing on the Biden administration’s plans to implement the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). This briefing will help provide informed congressional oversight; ensure that IIJA is being implemented according to Congress’ intent; and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Judge Stephen R. Clark sentenced Gary D. Primm, Jr. to 36 months in prison today. After a federal jury trial in October 2021, Primm was found guilty of two counts of tax evasion and one count of failure to file an income tax return.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
Release: PHILADELPHIA - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Philadelphia International Airport have caught two handguns at security checkpoints in the last three days.
By State Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul and other House Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the State Department to immediately implement the bipartisan American Values and Security in International Athletics Act (AVSIA) in light of this unprecedented threat to international human rights and our values.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: Twenty alleged drug dealers and their associates have been arrested and charged in “Operation Shut Down Corner," announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland has seized “US-dolbids.com" which purported to be the official website for the United States Department of Labor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - A suburban Chicago dentist fraudulently obtained $1.2 million in medical care loans for purported dental work that was never performed, according to a federal fraud charge.
By State Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
Release: Thank you, Kathleen, for that kind introduction. Greetings to my fellow panelists and participants in today’s event.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - Slava Dmitriev has been sentenced for access device fraud in connection with his possession and sale of over seventeen hundred stolen identities on the dark web. Dmitriev, a Canadian citizen, was arrested while on vacation in Greece in September 2020 and extradited to the United States in January 2021.
