News from July 2022

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Yesterday U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Ercin Kalender, age 61, of Alexandria, Virginia and Lizette Kalender, age 44, of Alexandria, Virginia to one year and one day in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy related to tax fraud within their corporate filings and business taxes. Judge Xinis also ordered the Kalenders to pay restitution of $2,219,602.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: RENO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) invites the public to the third pre-scoping virtual public workshop on the proposed Greenlink North Project to be held via Zoom July 27.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Tray David Sherman, age 27, of Washington, D.C. pleaded guilty on Friday, July 1, 2022, to kidnapping.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: Two More Defendants Proceeding to Trial on False Discrimination Claims.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that two men from Shreveport were sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. for illegally possessing firearms.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: EVANSVILLE - A federal grand jury in Evansville returned an indictment charging two men with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, illegal distribution of a tableting machine, and illegal possession of a tableting machine. The indictment was unsealed yesterday following the initial appearance of the defendants.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on July 7.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $7.2 million grant to the town of Islip, New York, for construction of a new sewer pipe to support local businesses. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Dino A. Rende, 19, of Los Angeles, California, and Francis J. Rende II, 29, of La Mesa, California, were both sentenced to 36 months of probation and ordered to pay $500 dollars in restitution after pleading guilty to misdemeanor conspiracy to steal or convert government property charges stemming from the theft of Centers for Disease Control (CDC) COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Eric Lemoyne Willis, 46, of West Sacramento, was sentenced today to four years in prison for conspiracy to defraud the United States, theft of government property, and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A tax preparer and her two daughters have admitted to conspiring to commit tax fraud over a four-year period, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.

By Homeland Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
Release: HONOLULU - Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) detected an unloaded 9 mm Glock 19 handgun in the carry-on luggage of a male passenger ticketed for travel to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). This occurred around 6 a.m. HST Thursday, June 30 during the routine X-ray screening of carry-on luggage at the security checkpoint.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: Arrested When He Fell Asleep in Another Person’s Car.

By Homeland Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: Building on the longstanding relationship between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Ministry of Interior of the State of Qatar (MOI), DHS Under Secretary for Policy Robert Silvers met Prime Minister and Minister of Interior H.E. Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al-Thani in ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division announced that Wayne Garvin, 57, currently of Columbia, South Carolina, and a former IRS employee, was sentenced to 13 months in prison...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On June 30, 2022, three individuals were arrested and charged in a complaint with Conspiracy to Transport and Harbor Illegal Aliens for Profit. Federal agents executed two search warrants resulting in the discovery of 79 undocumented non-citizens from Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
Release: ALCOA, Tenn. - The Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded firearm at the McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) checkpoint this morning.

By State Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
Leadership in Social Entrepreneurship grant opened on July 6.
By State Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
Release: MR PRICE: Thanks very much, and thanks to everyone for joining this afternoon. We’re pleased to have an opportunity to preview the Secretary’s upcoming travel, departing tomorrow for Indonesia and Thailand. This call is on the record but it is.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2022
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Raleigh woman pleaded guilty today to Healthcare Fraud.