News from February 2023
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
A federal grand jury in Las Vegas returned an indictment today charging a Nevada woman with assisting in the preparation of false income tax returns.
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
A federal grand jury in St. Paul returned an indictment today charging a Hennepin County attorney with employment tax violations and aiding the filing of false individual income tax returns.
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) making available more than $662 million in Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 funding for MARAD’s Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP).
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics today released its winter 2023 update to the National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD), a set of nationwide geographic databases of transportation facilities, networks, and associated infrastructure.
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
One in four Americans is unable to regularly and reliably access transportation they require to meet their daily needs. With that in mind, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced funding to research this challenge, known as transportation insecurity.
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has removed ONE PLUS ELD (n/k/a 1 PL Logs) from the list of registered Electronic Logging Devices (ELD).
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
High-powered laser pointers can incapacitate pilots flying airplanes with hundreds of passengers.
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
Which state has the most commercial space launches? What launch site is the busiest? How many companies are licensed to conduct launch and reentry operations?
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
The FAA suspended the operating authority of Aero Micronesia Inc., doing business as Asia Pacific, to conduct operations after the carrier was unable to demonstrate that its pilots were properly trained.
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposed a $1,149,306 civil penalty against United Airlines for allegedly conducting flights from June 2018 to April 2021 in Boeing 777 aircraft that were not in airworthy condition.
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
The public is invited to participate in a virtual meeting about a proposal to modify the airspace around Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
A Fort Smith man was arrested yesterday in Austin, Texas on criminal charges related to his alleged possession of an unregistered destructive device; namely, an improvised explosive bomb, which was not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record as required by law.
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
A Passaic County, New Jersey, attorney was arrested today for fraudulent acts he committed in connection with COVID-19 relief funds, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
A Detroit man was sentenced today to 8 years in federal prison on charges of conspiring to defraud multiple government agencies out of more than $2.2 million in Covid-19 pandemic assistance funds and also to defraud the United States Postal Service (USPS) of more than $200,000, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Joseph Stevens, 58, of Olean, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to making a materially false statement to a probation officer, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Paul LaRocco, 60, of Ocala, Florida, who was convicted of mail fraud, was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. LaRocco was also ordered to pay restitution totaling approximately $688,000
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
A home healthcare company providing services in several states, including Ohio, to U.S. Department of Energy employees and contractors, among others, who were injured or became ill on the job has paid $9 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act.
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
A Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Norfolk investigation led to a guilty plea from a Midlothian, Virginia man Jan. 31 for conspiring to defraud and commit offenses against the United States, including human trafficking of individuals from Central America; benefiting from forced labor; money laundering; and harboring undocumented noncitizens.
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
Gladstone Njokem, age 36, of Hyattsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty on February 3, 2023, to federal charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain more than $1.3 million in COVID-19 CARES Act unemployment insurance (UI) benefits.
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
A former Arkansas State Senator was sentenced today to 46 months in prison in the Eastern District of Arkansas for accepting multiple bribes and tax fraud in connection with a multi-district investigation spanning the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas and the Western District of Missouri.
