News published on Federal Newswire in November 2022

News from November 2022


Levittown Physician Agrees to Pay Nearly $490,000 to Resolve Controlled Substances Act Violations

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Kenneth Fox, D.O., has agreed to pay $489,025 to resolve allegations that he violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) by failing to maintain complete and accurate records of controlled substances, failing to keep required receipt and dispensing records, failing to perform biennial inventories, and writing prescriptions “for stock.".


Placer County Man Sentenced for Tax Evasion

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Vladimir Alex Avdeyuk, 40, of Lincoln, was sentenced today to one year and a day in prison and ordered to pay $467,057 in restitution for tax evasion and corrupt endeavor to obstruct the administration of the Internal Revenue Laws, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Connecticut Man Sentenced to 84 Months of Imprisonment for Drug Distribution from Rutland Apartment

News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Brownswell Cedano (a.k.a. “Twin," “T," and “J"), 28, of Hartford, Connecticut was sentenced to 84 months of imprisonment on Nov. 10, 2022 in United States District Court in Rutland by Chief Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford.


EPA Announces Settlements to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations at Four Solar Farm Construction Sites in Alabama, Idaho and Illinois

News Release: WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice today announced settlements with four separate solar farm owners to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. The alleged violations were construction permit violations and stormwater mismanagement at large-scale ...


Targeting Russia’s Global Military Procurement Network and Kremlin-Linked Networks

Release: In response to Moscow’s unprovoked war against Ukraine, the United States will continue to disrupt Russia’s military supply chains and impose high costs on President Putin’s enablers, as well as all those who support Russia’s brutality against its neighbor. Today, the Departments of State and the Treasury are targeting international facilitators and enablers, including a procurement network in Europe and Asia.


U.S. Attorney’s Office Joins Community and Law Enforcement Partners in Launching San Diego’s First United Against Hate Week

News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Cindy Cipriani (619-546-9608) and Alicia Williams (619-546-8917) and Law Enforcement/Outreach Coordinator Shastity Urias (619-546-9399).


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


US Department of Labor urges vigilance by first responders, recovery crews, public to protect themselves from hazards in tropical storm recovery

News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration urges first responders, people in recovery efforts, and residents in areas affected by Tropical Storm Nicole to be aware of the many hazards that flooding, power loss, structural damage, fallen trees and storm debris may create.


The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Nov. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Dominican Drug Lord Pleads Guilty to Importing Tons of Cocaine into the United States

News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -Dominican drug lord Cesar Emilio Peralta-Adamez, also known as “El Abusador," plead guilty to drug trafficking charges, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.


Riverside County Man Sentenced to 8½ Years in Prison for Stealing Over $6.6 Million in COVID-19 Loans Intended for Small Businesses

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Corona man was sentenced today to 102 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $6.6 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) funds intended for business owners impacted by the economic shock of the COVID-19 pandemic and then laundering his illegal proceeds into financial instruments and real property in Pakistan.


Release: The text of the following statement was released by the High Representative of the European Union Josep Borrell, the Secretary of State of the United States of America Antony J. Blinken, and the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom James Cleverly.


Mobile Disaster Recovery Center Making Stops in Osceola County

News Release: BRANDON, Fla. - A mobile Disaster Recovery Center operated by FEMA and the State of Florida will be making stops in Osceola County.


Former Department of Transportation Employee Charged with Bribery and Extortion

News Release: A federal grand jury in Houston has returned an indictment charging a former U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) employee with bribery and extortion.


Meridian Man Sentenced to Prison for Possession of an Unregistered Short-Barreled Shotgun

News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Meridian, Mississippi man was sentenced to one year and eight months in prison for possession of an unregistered short-barreled shotgun, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) today called on the U.S. Treasury Department to expand its probe of former President Donald Trump’s use of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to target his political enemies.


The BLM plans pile burning near Chimney Peak Extensive Resource Management Area

News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Bakersfield Field Office plans to conduct pile burning operations of up to 250 piles of downed hazard trees, branches and understory brush in the Chimney Peak Extensive Recreation Management Area (ERMA) south of Kennedy Meadows in Tulare County. Pile burning operations will be focused near the Chimney Peak Fire Station, Chimney Creek Campground, and Long Valley Campground today through Friday between 8:00 am and 5:00 p.m.


“ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED AFTER SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT“ was published in the House section on page H8991 on Dec. 29, 2010


The Justice Department announced today that Kendall Morgan, 44, the former undersheriff of the Le Flore County Sheriff’s Department (LCSO) in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to a criminal civil rights violation for using unlawful force on an arrestee.


A Pennsylvania man was sentenced yesterday to 208 months, more than 17 years, in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, aka ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization.