News from March 2022
By DOE Newswire | Mar 8, 2022
The US Energy Department published a seven page proposed rule on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Authorities today arrested a physician and a marketer on federal charges stemming from a scheme that bilked Medicare out of more than $30 million for medically unnecessary hospice services provided to patients who were obtained through illegal kickbacks.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2022
News Release: Seattle - U.S. Attorney Nick Brown of the Western District of Washington and U.S. Attorney Veronica Waldref of the Eastern District of Washington joined federal law enforcement leaders Monday evening March 7, 2022, for the first of five online trainings on security issues for houses of worship.
By Press release submission | Mar 8, 2022
The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that JAMES MOHAMAD, 52, of Kenner, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to use an interstate facility with intent to carry on unlawful activity (Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371 and 1952(a)(3)) and filing false tax returns (Title 26, United States Code, Section 7206(1)).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2022
News Release: Medical Services Contractor Pays $930,000 to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Medical Services Contracts at State Department and Air Force Facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 8, 2022
President Joe Biden used his State of the Union Address to tell Americans he’s prepared for the U.S. military to protect other North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries if Russia extends its invasion of Ukraine to other nations.
By Press Release | Mar 8, 2022
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing new, stronger standards to promote clean air and reduce pollution from heavy-duty vehicles and engines starting in model year (MY) 2027
By State Newswire | Mar 8, 2022
News Release: AMBASSADOR LOGSDON: All right. So, Secretary Blinken, welcome back to Chisinau. We’re glad to have you here. You all know the Secretary has had multiple positions at the Department of State, and we’re glad to have him back this time at the helm of the Department of State. It’s very great.
By Press release submission | Mar 8, 2022
United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RODNEY ROUSSELL (“ROUSSELL”), age 40, of Belle Rose, Louisiana, pled guilty today to bank fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Wagner, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a sex Offender was sentenced on March 7, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2022
News Release: STATESBORO, GA: The last of seven defendants indicted in a multi-county drug trafficking operation has been sentenced to federal prison.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 8, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a final notice of amendments to six class exemptions from the prohibited transaction rules in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 8, 2022
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded $54 million to 13 research projects in seven states for pandemic response program development.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2022
News Release: Created phony businesses and employees to try to claim more than $3 million in federal disaster funding.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2022
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2022
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that Bradley Willem Beun, 42, of Uniontown, Ohio, was sentenced on Tuesday, March 7, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Sara Lioi to more than twelve years, or 151 months, in prison and ten years of supervised release after Beun pleaded guilty to coercion or enticement of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2022
News Release: HAMMOND- Justin Anaya, 21, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon following his guilty plea to conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity as a member of the Latin Dragon Nation street gang, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2022
News Release: Elena Branson Allegedly Willfully Evaded FARA Registration for Nearly a Decade, Working to Advance the Interests of the Russian Government While Receiving Tasking and Funding from High-Level Russian Officials.
By Press release submission | Mar 8, 2022
Eugene Sisco, III, 36, of Pikeville, Ky., was sentenced Tuesday to serve 125 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Robert E. Wier, after a jury convicted him in November 2021 of wire fraud and health care fraud.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 8, 2022
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - A multi-decade project to treat contaminated groundwater and stop its migration beneath a portion of the Savannah River Site (SRS) has successfully concluded with the removal of an estimated 18,000 pounds of chemicals.
