News from February 2023
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco, Director Christopher A. Wray, and Senators John Cornyn (TX), Joe Manchin (WV), Christopher Murphy (CT), Shelley Capito (WV) and Thom Tillis (NC) visited the Criminal Justice Information Services Division (CJIS) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Clarksburg, West Virginia.
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
A superseding indictment was unsealed today charging two Texas men and a Louisiana man for conspiracy to defraud the United States and to pay and receive health care kickbacks, resulting the submission of over $107 million in false and fraudulent genetic testing claims to Medicare.
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
Two Dubai entities and several individuals were charged in an indictment unsealed in the District of Maryland recently for their roles in a multimillion-dollar scheme to export non-organic grain into the United States to be sold as certified organic.
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
Former West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation Parole Officer Anthony Demetro, 44, pleaded guilty today in federal court in the Southern District of West Virginia to violating the civil rights of a female parolee by sexually assaulting her.
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
Four California agricultural companies and their owner have agreed to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) and the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIRREA) by knowingly submitting false information in support of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications.
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
The Justice Department announced today that it has secured a settlement agreement with Youth UpRising, a community organization in Oakland, California, that provides youth services.
By DOL Newswire Report | Feb 17, 2023
A Massachusetts roofing company and "serial violator" of workplace safety laws has again been cited for exposing workers to life-threatening hazards on the job.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
F23AS00171 Zoonotic Disease Initiative - States and Territories grant opened on Feb. 16.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Feb. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Feb. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
Funding Opportunity Announcement: Sensing Exports of Anthropogenic Carbon through Ocean Observation (SEA CO2) grant opened on Feb. 16.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Feb. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park. Significance: Trail. Amenities. 1 listed. Trailhead. A great full-day hike, the Murphy Trail offers outstanding views from atop the Murphy Hogback and White Rim Road. This trail starts at the same trailhead as the moderate Murphy Point...
By State Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined in introducing legislation to better protect civilians in the Middle East from Iran’s weaponized unmanned aerial systems.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about President Biden continuing to drain the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) for political purposes and with no plan for refilling it.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Statement from FBI Jackson. The FBI Jackson Field Office, the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi have opened a federal civil rights investigation into a color of law incident involving the Rankin County Sheriff's...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A third member of an Atlanta-based conspiracy that bilked unsuspecting seniors in Rhode Island and several other states out of more than $3.2 million was convicted today in federal court in Rhode Island after pleading guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Dennis Cotto-Alvarado, 45 years old, of Ponce, was sentenced to 151 months (12 years and seven months) in prison and 15 years of supervised release for transporting a female minor with the intent to engage criminal sexual conduct in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2423(a). The FBI investigated the complaint with the collaboration of the Puerto Rico Police Bureau and the Puerto Rico Department of Justice.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: Prineville, Ore. - The Prineville District, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to begin ignitions on a 1,243-acre fuels reduction project Thursday, February 16. The project is located south of Highway 20 off Frederick Butte Road, roughly 11 miles southeast of Brothers, OR. If conditions are favorable, ignitions will continue into the weekend.
