News from November 2022

By DOL Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
The US Labor Department published a three page proposed rule on Nov. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today sent a letter to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Senior Official Lawrence Tabak requesting information related to NIH’s handling of grant audits related to misallocated funds.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Nov. 15, 2022, Michael Feinberg, 73, and Betsy Feinberg, 80, both of Tucson, Arizona, were sentenced by United States District Judge James A. Soto to 60 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. In April 2022, a jury found the Feinbergs guilty of multiple counts of securities and wire fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Nov. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: A Waterloo man who possessed a firearm less than a year after he was released from federal prison for possessing a firearm illegally was sentenced today to more than two additional years in federal prison. Dereon Equwan Davenport, also known as Dereon Galloway, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a March 18, 2022 guilty plea to one count of possession of a firearm by a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: Fort Smith, AR - On Monday evening, Oct. 21, 2019, Shamale Guy and Latrice Ford were arrested near Towson Avenue and Fresno Street in Fort Smith. Both Ford and Guy were wanted on the charge of Armed Robbery with a knife in Clive, Iowa for an incident that occurred approximately a month prior to the...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Melissa Dawn Lockhart, 49, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to distribution of a quantity of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JAMES VELISSARIS, the founder and former chief investment officer of Infinity Q Capital Management (“Infinity Q"), a New York based investment adviser that ran a mutual fund and a hedge fund that purported...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: PLANO, Texas- Two Los Zetas Cartel leaders has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Earnestine White, 48, of Evans, pleaded guilty today to delay or destruction of mail. White admitted to failing to process mail while a U.S. Postal Service employee assigned to the Post Office in Cottageville, Jackson County.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Nov. 17, 2022, Daniel Gutman, age 40, and Benjamin Gutman, age 40. both residents of Maryland, were each sentenced by United States District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson to 30 months in prison for a conspiracy to defraud and commit offenses against the United States. Collectively, they were ordered to pay $1,938,646.42 in fines and forfeiture.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today sent a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) emphasizing previously stated concerns about including permitting related provisions in must-pass legislation...

By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: Public Notice. ORLAND, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation today announced a public negotiation session for a repayment contract with the Orland Unit Water Users’ Association for the repayment of extraordinary maintenance work, related to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, for the Stony Gorge Reservoir...

By Commerce Newswire Report | Nov 22, 2022
Abdullah Shahid, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives and former President of the United Nations General Assembly, shared his admiration for the small Muslim country in a recent social media post.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Francis C. Bynoe, 35, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and being a felon in possession of a firearm before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Robert Bibbins, 50, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with receipt and possession of child pornography after having previously been convicted of a child pornography offense. The charges carry a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a four page proposed rule on Nov. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By US DOT Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
FY 2023 Transit Standards Development Program grant opened on Nov. 22.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Raul Gonzalez (63, Seffner) has pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated identity theft. Gonzalez faces a mandatory sentence of two years in federal prison.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published an eight page proposed rule on Nov. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.