News from November 2022

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CHET STOJANOVICH, a/k/a “Chester J. Stojanovich," pled guilty today to wire fraud for defrauding more than a dozen victims of more than $2 million through fraudulent misrepresentations that he would provide...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Karen Kidd | Nov 30, 2022
The founder of a New York-based investment company recently pleaded guilty to securities fraud.

By Tamara Browning | Nov 30, 2022
Devils Tower National Monument staff now have training in high-angle rope rescue, thanks to a two-week course completed in October.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Olayinka Babatunde (a.k.a. “Tom"), 23, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William K. Sessions III to 36 months of imprisonment to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release after previously pleading guilty to fentanyl distribution.

By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: YUMA, Ariz. - Fire managers from the Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado River District are planning to conduct prescribed burning at Mittry Lake Wildlife Area, about 12 miles north of Yuma and near Walter’s Camp, about 26 miles south of Blythe, California, along the California side of the lower Colorado River in Imperial County, between November and March, as weather and fuel conditions allow.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Sacramento attorney and filer of thousands of disability discrimination lawsuits pleaded guilty today to filing a false tax return on which he underreported the income he earned from many of those lawsuits. U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division made the announcement.

By Karen Kidd | Nov 30, 2022
The Federal Aviation Administration recently announced new rules for hot air balloon pilots, requiring them to pass a medical exam and have a medical certificate like commercial airplane and helicopter pilots.

By DOE Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
2022 Funding Opportunity Announcement for Energy Improvements at Public K-12 School Facilities - Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) - Renew Americas Schools grant opened on Nov. 30.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Leslie O’Quinn, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced today to 100 months of incarceration for her role in methamphetamine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin drug distribution operation, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a one page rule on Nov. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Nov. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
Release: Good afternoon, everyone. It’s an honor to be back at Georgetown – my law school alma mater. I want to thank the McDonough School of Business for bringing us together for an important conversation on U.S. competitiveness and impact – in particular, impact on equity and resilience. This conference could not be timelier.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican man has been charged with illegally reentering the United States after deportation.

By Fed Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday released the minutes of its interest rate meetings from October 3 through Nov. 2, 2022.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Nov. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Karen Kidd | Nov 30, 2022
The way is clear to begin work on new passenger terminals at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: A Jay man was sentenced Tuesday in federal court for shooting and killing his mother and wounding a second family member.

By USDA Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces two initiatives to increase access to USDA programs and services among Hispanic communities. The Department is renewing the USDA-HACU Leadership Group, a partnership with the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities ...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The owner of several Inland Empire-based trucking companies was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison for ordering the illegal repair of a tanker that resulted in an explosion and the death of one his employees - the second time one of his welders was killed.