News from May 2022

By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An information technology service provider to the United States military has agreed to pay $800,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by purchasing items for the personal use of their employees and billing those items against its government contracts, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2022
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Louise Larivee, 63, of Swanton, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Burlington upon her guilty plea to a charge of federal program embezzlement. Chief U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford sentenced Larivee to serve...

By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2022
News Release: DALLAS, TX - A Dallas drug trafficker who rammed his vehicle into a police car during his arrest has been charged with gun and drug crimes, announced Eduardo A. Chávez, Special Agent in Charge of DEA Dallas.

By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2022
There were 33 press releases published by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force in December 2021.
By State Newswire | May 6, 2022
Release: The United States is imposing sanctions on the virtual currency mixer Blender.io (Blender), which is used by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to support its cyber-enabled illicit activities and money-laundering of stolen virtual currency funds. In an attempt to evade robust U.S. and UN...
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a letter to Raoul Thomas, CEO of Miami-based CGI Merchant Group, information about the planned purchase of former...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar today sentenced Oscar Armando Sorto Romero, a/k/a “Lobo," age 23, to life in federal prison for a racketeering conspiracy and for racketeering, as well as related violent crimes in aid of racketeering, including two murders, connected to...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2022
News Release: Fargo - Interim United States Attorney Nicholas W. Chase announced today that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of North Dakota entered into a settlement agreement with the Milnor Public School District ("School District") to resolve an allegation that the School District violated the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA").
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2022
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Nearly 100 dogs were rescued as a result of an investigation into animal fighting in three Georgia counties.
By DOE Newswire | May 6, 2022
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Fed Newswire | May 6, 2022
The Senate section of the Congressional Record published “NOMINATIONS” on May 2.

By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2022
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Sixto Marquez, of Paramount, California, was sentenced today to 188 months of incarceration for his role in methamphetamine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin drug distribution operation, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

By Press release submission | May 6, 2022
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By Press release submission | May 6, 2022
Yesterday, Administrator Samantha Power met with Ethiopian Minister of Finance Ahmed Shide to discuss a range of development and humanitarian issues in Ethiopia.

By Press release submission | May 6, 2022
Today, Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman met with Samir Saied, the Tunisian Minister of Economy and Planning, to discuss Tunisia’s economic and political reform efforts and USAID’s support to the Tunisian people.
By Homeland Newswire | May 6, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By US DOT Newswire | May 6, 2022
There were 30 press releases published by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in November 2021.
By EPA Newswire | May 6, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a five page rule on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2022
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nev. - Lake Mead National Recreation Area will close Echo Bay launch ramp Wednesday, May 11 due to low water levels at Lake Mead.