News published on Federal Newswire in July 2022

News from July 2022


News Release: West Virginia Hospital to Pay $1.5 Million to Settle Allegations Concerning Impermissible Financial Relationships with Referring Physicians.


US Department of Labor seeks Maine building construction industry’s input for wage survey to establish accurate prevailing wage rates

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division is asking Maine’s building construction industry to participate in a survey to help the agency establish prevailing wage rates, as required under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA).


News Release: CINCINNATI - Bryce Montrea Hodges, 34, of Cincinnati has been sentenced in U.S. District Court to 230 months in prison for dealing drugs out of an apartment where children lived. He also illegally possessed firearms.


Federal Grand Jury A Indictments Announced- July 2022

News Release: United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the results of the July 2022 Federal Grand Jury A.


Transportation Department discusses Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments on July 6

The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Phillip A. Talbert was sworn in today as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California. Mr. Talbert was nominated by President Joseph R. Biden on April 25, 2022, and confirmed by the United States Senate on June 23, 2022.


Man Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Attempting To Provide Material Support To ISIS

News Release: Jacksonville, FL - United States Attorney Roger Handberg announces today that a Florida man was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release, for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, also known as ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization.


Former DPS Employee Sentenced for Bribery and Fraud in CDL Scheme

News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A San Antonio man was sentenced yesterday to 24 months in prison for his role in a commercial driver’s license bribery and fraud scheme.


Comoros National Day

Release: It is a pleasure to congratulate the Comorian people on the forty-seventh anniversary of their independence.


News Release: Washington - The U.S. Marshals Service has concluded a high-impact fugitive apprehension initiative aimed at combating violent crime in 10 cities with a significant number of homicides and shootings.


Hamden Man Charged with Mailing Numerous Threatening Letters

News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division, announced that GARRETT SANTILLO, 43, of Hamden, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with mailing numerous threatening letters to individuals in Connecticut and elsewhere.


Venezuela National Day

News Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I wish to congratulate the people of Venezuela as you celebrate the country’s independence this July 5.


Census Bureau Releases 2020 State and Local Government Finance Table

News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released the 2020 State and Local Government Finance Table that details revenues, expenditures, debt, and cash and security holdings by level of government including state, local, and state and local figures combined.



Rapper Who Bragged About COVID-Related Jobless Benefits Scam Agrees to Plead Guilty to Federal Fraud and Firearm Charges

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A rapper who boasted in a YouTube music video about getting rich by committing pandemic-related unemployment benefits fraud has agreed to plead guilty to federal fraud and firearms charges, the Justice Department announced today.


Colombian Woman Sentenced to 10 Years and $5 Million Forfeiture for Narcotrafficking

News Release: Defendant Brokered Multi-Hundred-Kilogram Shipments of Cocaine.


Two Men Charged In $5.4 Million Scheme To Defraud New York City Program For Homeless Veterans

News Release: Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Jocelyn E. Strauber, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation (“DOI"), announced today the unsealing of a Complaint charging RUDEAN WEIR and JEROME WEAH, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire...


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a total sentence of 210 months’ imprisonment followed by 10 years of supervised release on his conviction of production and attempted production of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor and for making threatening interstate communications with the intent to extort, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Murray, Stabenow Introduce Resolution Celebrating 50 Year Anniversary of Title IX

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC), introduced a resolution celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Title IX-the landmark statute protecting students from discrimination on the basis of sex or gender.


News Release: Three Individuals Charged with Robberies that Targeted Jewelry Salespeople.