News from October 2022

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Defendant had packages of fentanyl and cocaine delivered to Harvard University campus.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Merrifield couple was sentenced today for stealing at least nine people’s identities and using the stolen personal identifying information (PII) to fraudulently buy a luxury vehicle, lease high-end residences, and obtain loans and credit.
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
Release: Begin Text: On Oct. 13, the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) held the 2nd annual U.S.-ROK Democratic Governance Consultations in Washington, DC. Under Secretary for Civil Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya delivered remarks highlighting the strength of the U.S.-ROK alliance,...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page proposed rule on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on National Security Ranking Member Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) are raising concerns that Huawei infrastructure has yet to be removed from the U.S. cellular network despite its threat to national...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Dexter man pleaded guilty in 2021 to drug, firearms and money laundering offenses.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Oshay Pullen, 26, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of ammunition, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Bonnie Sweeten, 51, recently of Delanco, NJ, was charged by Information with two counts of wire fraud related to her scheme to steal from her former employer by forging checks and making fraudulent purchases with the company credit card.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SAAED MOSLEM and his father MEHDI MOSLEM were sentenced today to 96 months in prison and 40 months in prison, respectively, for defrauding their lenders and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS"). The defendants...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL FERRO, 36, formerly of Avon, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 108months of imprisonment, followed by nine years of supervised release, for a child exploitation offense.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan announced that Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) Brent Gray will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2022, general election. AUSA Gray has been appointed to serve...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Memphis, TN - Four defendants have been sentenced for conspiracy to defraud the Small Business.

By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - Israel Ramos Ponce, 24, of Winston Salem was sentenced to yesterday 151 months in prison for trafficking methamphetamine. On May 18, Ponce pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute 50 grams or more of Methamphetamine and Distribution of 50 grams or more of Methamphetamine.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Daniel Rendon Herrera, also known as “Don Mario," a citizen of Colombia, was sentenced by United States District Judge Dora L. Irizarry to 35 years’ imprisonment for engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise as a leader of the paramilitary, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PEDRO LUIS RIVERA-RODRIGUEZ, also known as “Cano," 39, of Deltona, Florida, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 66 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with Oregon under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). Through LFPA, the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) will purchase and distribute locally grown, produced, and processed food from underserved producers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Richland, Washington - Vanessa R. Waldref, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, today announced that a fully-staffed branch of the United States Attorney’s Office will be opening in Richland, Washington. At a press event earlier today, U.S. Attorney Waldref stated, “The number...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Drugs, White-Collar Crime, Domestic Terrorism are Thompson’s Priorities.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Former San Diego Resident Sentenced to 20 Years for Funding ISIS Terrorist Activities in Syria.