News from October 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - An Alabama man was found guilty today by a jury in the District of Columbia of misdemeanor charges for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 8, 2022
News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced Baron Matson (45, Brisbane, Australia) to five years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. As part of his sentence, the court also ordered Matson to pay $4,319,762 in restitution and entered an order of forfeiture in the amount of $1,285,000, which represented proceeds of the charged criminal conduct. Matson had pleaded guilty on Aug. 23, 2022.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 8, 2022
News Release: “The Biden-Harris Administration’s Family Reunification Task Force has successfully reunified more than 500 children with their families who were separated under the prior administration’s “zero-tolerance" policy. This is a significant milestone that reflects the tireless dedication of the many public...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2022
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal jury convicted Joseph Sullivan, the former Chief Security Officer of Uber Technologies, Inc. (“Uber"), of obstruction of proceedings of the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC") and misprision of felony in connection with his attempted cover-up of a 2016 hack of Uber. The announcement...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JACOB BANKS, age 32, of New Orleans, pleaded guilty on October 5, 2022 before United States District Judge Lance M. Africk to violating the Federal Gun Control Act and the Federal Controlled Substances Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2022
News Release: A former Regional Director of Parole Services for the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation in Parkersburg, West Virginia, pleaded guilty today in federal court in the Southern District of West Virginia to witness tampering.
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2022
Release: On October 6, foreign ministers and representatives from among the twenty-one endorsing countries of the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection met in Lima, Peru, to advance the shared response to irregular migration and forced displacement throughout the Western Hemisphere. Endorsing countries...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging MIGUEL RIVERA, also known as “Macho," 30, of Shelton, with possessing a firearm and ammunition while released on bond and awaiting trial in another federal case involving the alleged unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2022
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A San Francisco, CA man has been indicted for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 8, 2022
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page rule on Oct. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A former Tyngsborough police officer pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to bank fraud and violations of the National Firearms Act (NFA).
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 8, 2022
News Release: BOSTON (Oct. 7, 2022)—Today at an event in East Boston, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox joined EPA Regional Administrator David Cash, Senator Ed Markey, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Mayor of Boston Michelle Wu, and others to feature Boston Harbor – the history of its cleanup and the investments for the future – as a national success story and part of the 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act celebration tour.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 8, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Oct. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2022
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Oct. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 8, 2022
News Release: SUFFOLK, VA - A Suffolk construction staffing agency and its owner who intentionally misclassified workers as independent contractors - a serious form of wage theft - must pay $278,073, in back wages and liquidated damages to 208 construction workers following an investigation and litigation by the U.S. Department of Labor.
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2022
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 8, 2022
News Release: Launched in April 2022, the Biden Administration’s “Counter Human Smuggler" campaign-a first-of-its-kind effort of unprecedented scale led by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-is designed to disrupt and dismantle human smuggling networks. In less than six months, this new strategy has produced over a 500% increase in human smuggling disruption activity compared to similar past operations and has recently surpassed 5,000 smuggler arrests.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2022
News Release: POCATELLO - A Pocatello man was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for the discharge of a firearm during a robbery that occurred on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation on June 23, 2021. According to court records, Jose Acosta, Jr., 41, entered a camping trailer and demanded money from a female occupant.
