News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Sept. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Jury Finds Trucking Company Defrauded U.S. Postal Service, Verdict Will Result in Judgment of Over $5 Million for U.S.

News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - Yesterday, a jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina found defendants Chad Cline and BJ Trucking Company, Inc. liable for $1,679,086 worth of unauthorized fuel purchases under United States Postal Service contracts, in violation of the False Claims Act. The jury also found that...


Remarks at a UN Security Council Meeting on the West’s Provision of Military Assistance to Ukraine


News Release: Defendant Used Money to Buy Stocks, Fund Retirement Account, Pay Off His Car.


U.S. Statement on the Appointment of Volker Turk as High Commissioner for Human Rights


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $45 million to create, accelerate, and test technology that will protect our electric grid from cyber-attacks to seamlessly help deploy clean and cheap energy to Americans. Cyber threats to American energy systems can shut down critical...


News Release: Spokane, Washington - United States District Judge Thomas O. Rice sentenced Bradley Dale Hull, age 55, of Spokane, Washington, to 200 months in federal prison after Hull was convicted by a jury on May 18, 2022 of Possession with Intent to Distribute 100 Grams or More of a Mixture or Substance Containing Heroin and Possession with Intent to Distribute 50 Grams or More of Actual (Pure) Methamphetamine.


Granholm: 'These projects will continue to advance the boundaries of biotechnology'

The U.S. Department of Energy announced the awarding of $178 million for bioenergy technology research.


EPA announces $67M in funding to Washington for water infrastructure improvements

News Release: SEATTLE (Sept. 16, 2022) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the first significant distribution of water infrastructure funds thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 16, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $75.8 million Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to Delaware today for water infrastructure improvements.



News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Rogelio Vega pleaded guilty to three counts of enticing a child to engage in sexual conduct. Today’s proceeding was held before United States Magistrate Judge Sanket J. Bulsara. When sentenced, Vega faces a statutory minimum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment and a maximum of life imprisonment.


Sioux Falls Man Sentenced for Production of Child Pornography

News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Production of Child Pornography was sentenced on Sept. 12, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


Release: President Putin’s unjustified war against Ukraine puts millions around the globe at risk of increasing food insecurity. The Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, one of the world’s largest exporters of food, has led to the damage or outright destruction of many of Ukraine’s arterial roads, railways ...


Iowa Man Admits Armed Robbery of New Jersey Bank

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Iowa man admitted robbing a bank in Secaucus, New Jersey, in January 2017, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.


EPA announces $121 million in historic federal funding to Colorado for clean watersheds and drinking water

News Release: DENVER — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $121 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to Colorado for water infrastructure improvements.


The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page rule on Sept. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A St. Paul man was sentenced to 516 months in prison followed by a lifetime term of supervised release for victimizing more than 1,100 minor girls across the country and abroad in an extensive online sextortion scheme, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Robert Hopkins IV, age 37, of Baltimore, Maryland to 51 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft charges relating to multiple identity theft and fraud schemes, including the submission of fraudulent CARES Act loan applications. Judge Chasanow also ordered Hopkins to pay $456,784.54 in restitution.


Sherman: U.S. launches Afghan Fund 'to reduce suffering and improve economic stability'

The United States launched a new Afghan Fund, which will redistribute Afghanistan's frozen $3.5 billion back to the people.