News from March 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: Took Kickbacks from Rogers Company. FAYETTEVILLE - An Alexandria, La., physician pleaded guilty today to having conspired to violate three different federal statutes in connection with a scheme to defraud both federal and private workers’ compensation insurers. U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks...

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, sent a letter to Credit Suisse CEO Thomas Gottstein requesting information and documents about the bank’s compliance with...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Randal Jason Newell, 42, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today to three years and three months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Sean Amos Robinson, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 21 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Yesterday, MICHAEL HANS OLOA, 35, of Lawton, was sentenced to serve more than fifteen years in federal prison for assaulting federal law enforcement officers by shooting at the officers in a Lawton casino parking lot, and for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Robert J. Troester.

By Andy Nghiem | Mar 29, 2022
Attorney General Merrick Garland recently issued a guidance memo on the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to heads of U.S. executive departments and agencies.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - On Friday, a federal jury convicted Kenton Maurice Haynes, 27, of San Antonio for his role in drug trafficking.

By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: EL PASO - An El Paso woman pleaded guilty today to stealing money from a union.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the homeland security priorities included in President Biden’s budget proposal for the Fiscal Year 2023. The proposal includes investments to combat ongoing cybersecurity threats, protect houses of worship from terror attacks, and ensure secure and efficient travel and trade across our nation’s borders.

By Bob Pepalis | Mar 29, 2022
The Solicitor of Labor’s office reportedly argued against the validity of Ralph’s Grocery Company’s confidentiality provision in a mandatory arbitration agreement in a National Labor Relations Board case.

By DOE Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
This bill is sponsored by Rep. Darin Lahood.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that VANIA MAY BELL, the former comptroller and chief compliance officer of Executive Compensation Planners, Inc. (“ECP"), a registered investment adviser and financial planning firm located in New City, New...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: M. Speaker, H.R. 2954, will help Americans successfully save for a secure retirement by expanding coverage and increasing retirement savings, simplifying the current retirement system, and protecting Americans’ retirement accounts.
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
Release: Following is a joint statement on the UNITAMS-AU-IGAD Facilitated Political Process issued by Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the European Union as members of the Friends of Sudan.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Monty Montoya, 42, of Cuba, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, appeared in federal court today for an initial appearance, facing charges of assault with a dangerous weapon, assault resulting in serious bodily injury and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. Montoya will remain in custody pending a preliminary and detention hearing scheduled for March 31.

By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
NT-21-X14:Low Frequency Hearing In Pinnipeds grant opened on March 29.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney of the Northern District of Indiana announced that Joseph Blair, Jr., 30 years old, of South Bend, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after pleading guilty to armed drug trafficking and being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Peabody man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to participating in a conspiracy that distributed fentanyl and drugs laced with fentanyl.

By Andy Nghiem | Mar 29, 2022
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently reported that the number of unemployed persons in the United States edged down to 6.3 million, an unemployment rate of 3.8%, during the month of February.