News published on Federal Newswire in February 2023

News from February 2023



Chair Rodgers: “We Need to Put Energy Security Back at the Center of Energy Policy”

Chair Rodgers: “We Need to Put Energy Security Back at the Center of Energy Policy”


Chair Rodgers Statement on Defending the Dignity of Human Life

Chair Rodgers Statement on Defending the Dignity of Human Life


Environment Subcommittee Chair Johnson Opening Remarks: “Unleashing American Energy, Lowering Energy Costs, and Strengthening Supply Chains.”

Environment Subcommittee Chair Johnson Opening Remarks: “Unleashing American Energy, Lowering Energy Costs, and Strengthening Supply Chains.”


Health Subcommittee Chairman Guthrie Rules Committee Remarks on H.R. 185

House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following remarks at a Rules Committee meeting on H.R. 185, a bill to End the Cruel International Travel COVID Shot Mandate:


Sodium Nitrite From India Injures U.S. Industry, Says Usitc

Sodium Nitrite From India Injures U.S. Industry, Says Usitc


New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Being a Felon in Possession of a Gun

MORRIS SUMMERS, age 31, a resident of New Orleans, pleaded guilty on January 31, 2023 before United States District Judge Susie Morgan to a one count indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of the Federal Gun Control Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.


Man Charged in $110 Million Cryptocurrency Scheme

A Puerto Rico man is scheduled to make his initial appearance this afternoon at the federal courthouse in Manhattan to face commodities fraud, commodities market manipulation, and wire fraud charges in connection with the manipulation of the Mango Markets decentralized cryptocurrency exchange.


Mills County Man Sentenced for Firearm Offense

Garret Allen Horgdal, age 39, of Henderson, was sentenced on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, to 84 months in prison following his plea of guilty to being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. After he is released from prison, Horgdal will serve three years of supervised release.


Council Bluffs Man Sentenced for Firearm Offense

Christopher Logan Meadows, age 24, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced on January 31, 2023, to 37 months in prison following his plea of guilty to being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. After he is released from prison, Meadows will serve three years of supervised release.


Omaha Man Sentenced for Firearm Offense

Ryan Daniel Linehan, age 42, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on January 31, 2023, to 100 months in prison following his plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.


New York Man Sentenced on Felony Charge For Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

A New York man was sentenced on a felony charge for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.


District Man Found Guilty of Bias-Related Assault on African-American Woman

Gueorgui Iskrenov, 33, of Washington, DC, has been found guilty on charges stemming from a hate crime in which he spit in the face of a female neighbor in Southwest Washington.


Texas Man Sentenced For Assaulting Officers With a Dangerous Weapon During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

A Texas man was sentenced for assaulting law enforcement officers with a dangerous weapon during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. .


New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Being a Felon in Possession of a Gun

MORRIS SUMMERS, age 31, a resident of New Orleans, pleaded guilty on January 31, 2023 before United States District Judge Susie Morgan to a one count indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of the Federal Gun Control Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.


Alleged Perpetrator Of $100 Million Crypto Market Manipulation Scheme To Make Initial Appearance In The Southern District Of New York

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Kenneth A. Polite, Jr., the Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced that AVRAHAM EISENBERG will make his initial appearance in the Southern District of New York later today in connection with an Indictment charging him with commodities fraud, commodities market manipulation, and wire fraud in connection with EISENBERG’s manipulation of the Mango Markets decentralized cryptocurrency exchange.


Accountant Pleads Guilty to Misappropriating Funds from New Orleans Band

U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ALICE C. “SHANNON” CHABAUD, age 80, of New Orleans, pled guilty on February 1, 2023 to access device fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1029(a)(2) and (c)(1)(A)(i), in relation to her theft from her former accounting client, a New Orleans-based band named as “Band A.”


Former Employee Of Technology Company Pleads Guilty To Stealing Confidential Data And Extorting Company For Ransom

Defendant Also Caused the Publication of Misleading News Articles About the Company’s Handling of the Breach the Defendant Perpetrated, Resulting in Loss of Over $4 Billion in Company’s Market Capitalization


New Jersey Man & Company Operating Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities in Wisconsin Charged with Health Care Fraud

A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin returned an indictment yesterday charging Kevin Breslin, 56, Hoboken, New Jersey, and KBWB Operations, LLC, doing business as Atrium Health and Senior Living (Atrium), in Park Ridge, New Jersey, with a scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid in connection with the delivery of or payment for health care benefits, items, or services.


Former Columbus police officer sentenced to 9 years in prison for trafficking fentanyl, accepting bribes

A former Columbus police officer was sentenced in federal court today to 108 months in prison for conspiring to distribute more than eight kilograms of fentanyl and accepting bribes to protect the transportation of cocaine.