News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


Spanish Fork Man and His Two Businesses Charged with Wire Fraud and Money Laundering Offenses.

News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - James Wolfgramm, aka Semisi Niu, aka James Vaka Niu, 43, of Spanish Fork, and two of his businesses, Bitex LLC (Bitex), and Ohana Capital Financial, Inc. (OCF), have been charged by a federal grand jury in the District of Utah with seven felony counts in connection with multiple financial...



News Release: The United States and 37 other countries invoked the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) Moscow Mechanism on July 28 to examine the Russia’s adherence to its OSCE Human Dimension commitments on human rights and fundamental freedoms. In the report released today in Vienna, the ...


Bills addressed by Environment and Public Works Committee on Sept. 22

There was activity on one bill related to the Environment and Public Works Committee on Sept. 22.


There was activity on five bills related to the Ways and Means Committee on Sept. 22.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Sept. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: The Justice Department announced today nearly $22 million in upcoming grant awards to address and prevent sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking on college campuses, provide services to youth victims and children exposed to such violence and engage men and boys as allies.


News Release: CHICAGO - A federal grand jury has charged a man with illegally possessing a loaded handgun, cocaine, and fentanyl on a Chicago Transit Authority train.


News Release: DETROIT - Rayquan Sturgis, 23, of Detroit, MI, pled guilty today to a spree of three violent carjackings he committed in June and July 2020. Sturgis also pled guilty to additional charges of using and discharging a firearm during crimes of violence. Sturgis faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison with a maximum possible sentence of life in prison.


Texas Man Sentenced For Fraud And Money Laundering Conspiracies Targeting Federally-Funded Meal Programs For Underprivileged Youth

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Texas was sentenced in federal court for his role in defrauding federally-funded meal programs, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


FNS Awards Rhode Island Grant to Provide Mobile Payment Options for WIC Farmers Market Nutrition Program

Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 23, 2022 USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) today awarded the Rhode Island Department of Health a $80,826 grant as part of the Farmers Market Nutrition Program Benefit Delivery Modernization Grants. This investment will help improve equitable access to locally grown fruits and vegetables for participants of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, commonly known as WIC.


Joint Statement on Partners in the Blue Pacific Foreign Ministers Meeting

Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom on the occasion of the Partners in the Blue Pacific Foreign Ministers Meeting Sept. 22, 2022.


DOE Announces $42 Million To Develop High Performance Cooling Systems For Data Centers

Release: Funding Will Support Projects That Reduce Carbon Emissions Attributed to Energy Use and Cooling of Data Centers


Indianapolis Man Sentenced to 115 Months in Federal Prison for Four Robbery Offenses Committed While on Supervised Release for 2016 Robberies

News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Marvin Smith, 37, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 115 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to two counts of attempted interference with commerce by robbery and two counts of bank robbery.


News Release: MIAMI - Pan African Interchange LLC and Stanley Damas have agreed to pay $21,583.31 to resolve False Claims Act allegations arising from their false certifications that Pan African Interchange LLC would not receive more than one Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan prior to Dec. 31, 2020, announced U.S. Attorney Juan Antonio Gonzalez.


“STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” was published on pages S4823-S4824 of the Congressional Record on Sept. 19.


News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A federal inmate was sentenced today to 30 months for attempting to escape from the Federal Correctional Institution in Butner, North Carolina (“FCI Butner").


Child Sex Trafficker Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

News Release: ANCHORAGE - An Anchorage man was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason to 20 years in prison followed by 20 years of supervised release for sex trafficking a minor and production and possession of child pornography. He was also ordered to pay $23,070 in restitution.


News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Jasper E. Shook, of Petersburg, West Virginia, has admitted to child pornography charges, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAYMOND JURADO, 36, of Manchester, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl.