News from September 2022
By State Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Kendrick Hoggan, 27, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: The FEMA Disaster Recovery Center in Ferguson (St. Louis County) will be closed for one day on Saturday, September 17. It is closing due to a previously scheduled event.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: Victor Rivera Shot a Victim and Committed 11 Robberies and Attempted Robberies of Luxury Watch Dealers and Owners in New York City, New Jersey, and Long Island.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a three page notice on Sept. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: Justice Department Announces COVID-19 Fraud Strike Force Teams.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Sept. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Malachi Deloch (23, Tampa) was sentenced to four years and seven months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Deloch had pleaded guilty on June 14, 2022. He was also ordered to forfeit the semi-automatic pistol used in the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - Akorn Operating Company LLC (Akorn), an Illinois-based pharmaceutical company, has agreed to pay $7.9 million to resolve allegations that it caused Medicare to pay false claims. Specifically, Akorn caused Medicare Part D to pay for three Akorn generic drugs that were no longer eligible for Medicare coverage. As part of the settlement, Akorn admits that it continued to sell generic drugs under obsolete prescription-only labeling.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: - Between 2019 and 2021, the number of people primarily working from home tripled from 5.7% (roughly 9 million people) to 17.9% (27.6 million people), according to new 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. Nearly half (48.3%) of workers in the...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott delivered the following statement at today's hearing “Soil Health Practices and Programs that Support Regenerative Agriculture."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: Detroit - A member of the Glock Boyz street gang was sentenced to 60 months in prison today after being convicted of aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, and illegally possessing firearms, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison Announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Ro Khanna, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, released a new memo of initial findings of the Committee’s year-long investigation into the fossil fuel industry’s campaign to...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors today filed criminal charges against nine defendants - seven of them dockworkers at the Port of Long Beach - who allowed more than $2.1 million in fraudulent claims to be submitted to their labor union’s health insurance plan for sexual services or for physical therapy that never was provided.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, held a hearing to examine how the fossil fuel industry is weaponizing the law to stifle First Amendment protected speech and stymie efforts to combat climate change by abusing Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) and anti-protest laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: Paducah, KY - A Federal Grand Jury returned an indictment yesterday against Michael Crawford for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: USDA to Triple Commitment with Initial $2.8 Billion Investment Piloting New Revenue Streams for America’s Climate-Smart Farmers, Ranchers and Forest Landowners, with Additional Projects to Come
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: SAN JOSE - Annie Corbett, the CEO of her group homes company that provided foster care, pleaded guilty today in federal court to wire fraud and failure to pay over employment taxes, announced United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds, FBI Special Agent in Charge Sean Ragan, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Agriculture Committee on Sept. 14.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: HONOLULU - Senior United States District Judge Susan Oki Mollway today sentenced two defendants, Makoa K.F. Wilson, 27, and Jessica R. Lorrin 31, both of Oahu, for their role in the robbery of an illegal game room in Waianae, Oahu, in July 2020. Judge Mollway sentenced Wilson to 94 months’ imprisonment, and sentenced his accomplice, Lorrin, to 54 months’ imprisonment. Both defendants had previously pleaded guilty to the Hobbs Act robbery charge against them.
