News from October 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2022
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Dr. Omar Guesmia, of Phoenix, New York will pay $60,000 to resolve allegations that he, and his dentistry practice, “Gentle Dental Care," violated the Controlled Substances Act by enabling an office staff member to use an electronic prescription system to obtain oxycodone for their own use.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2022
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - The former mayor pro tem of Adelanto was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for accepting a $10,000 cash bribe and hiring a man to burn down his restaurant so he could fraudulently collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in insurance proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Isaiah Lafoe, age 24, of Lancaster, New Hampshire, appeared in Albany federal court today on charges that he received child pornography, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Richard Lant, 77, of Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty today to a conspiracy to export to an embargoed country, Iran, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. On Sept. 19, 2022, Dariush Niknia, 59, of Elk Grove, entered a guilty plea to the same charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2022
News Release: Dover Chemical Corporation has agreed to implement and fund natural resource restoration and protection projects to resolve alleged state and federal natural resource damages (NRD) associated with the Dover Chemical Corporation Superfund Site and the surrounding NRD assessment area in Dover, Ohio. The ...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 4, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement after the National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants database indicated it has apparently restored funding to EcoHealth Alliance after suspending its grant for more than...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - Southeast Florida Hematology and Oncology Group (SEFHOG), a now-defunct specialty medical practice in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has agreed to pay $130,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by receiving “upfront discounts" from its specialty pharmaceutical distributor...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 4, 2022
Release: APHIS updated the to include the following changes:APHIS restricts the movement of domestic soil from areas within the continental United States that are under quarantine for specific plant pests. The Federal Domestic Soil Quarantines Map provides an overview of the plant pest quarantines that affect ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2022
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - John Perry, 64, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for receiving child pornography, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2022
News Release: SEATTLE - Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz today wrapped a multi-day visit to Washington where she highlighted historic investments being made through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership program to conserve ecosystems and economies and support new urban parks.
By State Newswire | Oct 4, 2022
News Release: The United States welcomes the appointment of Ginger Lew, CEO, Three Oaks Investments LLC, to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council (ABAC).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Derek Lorin Blackhorse was arraigned on Sept. 29 on a three-count indictment charging him with attempted aggravated...
By State Newswire | Oct 4, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that U.S. Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick sentenced Chanda Hall, age 44, of Baker, Louisiana, to 26 months in federal prison following her convictions for wire fraud and making false statements. Upon release from imprisonment, Hall will serve two years...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 4, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - EM has released a web-based mapping tool called TRAC, or Tracking Restoration And Closure, that transforms data and other technical material about groundwater plumes at EM sites into relevant, easy-to-understand information.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2022
News Release: A Pryor man was sentenced Monday in federal court for repeatedly sexually abusing two of his children for ten years, starting when they were five. In 2020, when the two victims were adults, they came forward to report the abuse.
By State Newswire | Oct 4, 2022
News Release: Ambassador Nina Hachigian is returning to the Department of State as our first Special Representative for Subnational Diplomacy. As Special Representative, Ambassador Hachigian will also lead a newly established Unit for Subnational Diplomacy.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 4, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2022
There were 98 notices published by the Interior Department in September, according to the Federal Register.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced a series of new policies that will help advance safe, transparent, accountable and effective policing practices; build public trust; and strengthen public safety. The new policies provide clear guidelines on use of force standards, require law ...
