News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


CBP Officers Seize $390,000 in Fentanyl at Laredo Port of Entry



Finance Committee to Consider Favorably Reporting Chief Agricultural Negotiator Nominee

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., will convene an open executive session on Wednesday, September 7, 2022, to consider favorably reporting the nomination of Douglas J. McKalip to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator. The hearing will take place at 10:00 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.


Essex County Man Admits Distributing Crack and Heroin in Stephen Crane Village

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted distributing and possessing with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine base, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.


CBP Louisville Goes Back to School with a Major in Opioid Detection


News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park is celebrating the success of a community science project led by nonprofit partner Discover Life in America (DLiA) called Smokies Most Wanted. The initiative encourages visitors to record life they find in the park through the iNaturalist nature app. DLiA and the park use these data points to map species’ ranges, track exotic species, and even discover new kinds of life in the park.


El Paso and Santa Teresa CBP Officers Seize Hard Narcotics and Undeclared Currency


News Release: Teton Interagency fire managers have elevated the fire danger rating to high for Grand Teton National Park, the Bridger-Teton National Forest and the National Elk Refuge beginning Tuesday, September 6.


Law enforcement agencies working together apprehend over 40 undocumented individuals in three separate incidents


News Release: DENVER-The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced today that Dynamic Physical Therapy, LLC (“Dynamic"), a physical therapy company, and its owner, Emad Yassa, have agreed to pay the United States $400,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by falsely billing federal health care programs for aquatic therapy services.


HSI Austin, federal partner investigation results in 10-year sentencing of Texas man for role in fraud scheme


ERO Harlingen removes Honduran national wanted in home country for murder


HSI investigation results in 45-year-sentence of NM man who produced, possessed child pornography


ERO removes former Colombian intelligence agent wanted for homicide



HSI investigates synthetic identities scheme that defrauded banks nearly $2M


News Release: CLEVELAND - First Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that the former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of CDG Acquisition, LLC (CDG), a company registered in the State of Ohio, which owned “The Claddagh Irish Pubs" chain of restaurants, was charged with defrauding multiple states of sales tax revenue where the restaurant chain operated.


News Release: A Tulsa man was sentenced in federal court Monday for repeatedly neglecting to adequately care for a child with mental and physical special needs, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.



New notice from Labor Department to be published on Sept. 8

There is one release scheduled to be published on Sept. 8.