News from February 2023
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JAMES BRADLEY, a/k/a “Abdullah," and ARWA MUTHANA were sentenced to 11 and nine years in prison, respectively, for attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, the...

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: A federal criminal complaint was unsealed charging Sarah Beth Clendaniel, 34, of Catonsville, Maryland, and Brandon Clint Russell, 27, of Orlando, Florida, with conspiracy to destroy an energy facility.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
The US Transportation Department published a five page notice on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: FLORENCE, AL - In a disturbing trend seen by federal workplace safety inspectors, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has again found one of the nation’s largest retail discount chains allowing blocked exit routes and boxes to be stacked unsafely.

By EPA Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page rule on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce Newswire Report | Feb 8, 2023
A White House blog post said that the administration has been researching the potential risks posed by cryptocurrency for the last year and assessing how different authorities can mitigate those risks.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Desmond Devon Magee, also known as “Rich," 27, of Detroit, Michigan, pleaded guilty today to distribution of a quantity of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine.

By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) hiring U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh as its Executive Director...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
Release: APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment for the importation of various fresh blueberries [Vaccinium angustifolium (lowbush blueberry), V. corymbosum (highbush blueberry), V. meridionale (Andean blueberry), and V. virgatum (syn. V. ashei, rabbiteye blueberry)] from Colombia into the United States for consumption. The assessment describes potential pests associated with the commodity.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer stationed in El Paso was sentenced Monday to eight months in jail plus three years of supervised release for receiving a bribe by a public official.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: A federal court in New York unsealed an indictment today charging a citizen of the Russian Federation and legal permanent resident of the United States with participating in a scheme to make over $4 million in U.S. dollar payments to maintain four real properties in the United States that were owned by Viktor Vekselberg, a sanctioned oligarch, as well as to attempt to sell two of those properties.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Kenneth Lawrence Baca, age 44, of Pueblo, was sentenced to 190 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and felon in possession of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Devils Kitchen Trailhead, just inside East (Grand Junction) Entrance. Amenities. 2 listed. Parking - Auto, Trailhead. * Location: From the east entrance, travel 0.2 miles (0.3 km). Limited parking is on the left. For additional parking, turn right into the Devils Kitchen Picnic Area.

By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: DETROIT - A federal investigation has found the operator of three Detroit-area residential nursing centers’ pay practices denied 45 managers their full and proper wages by regularly alternating the managers' status from hourly to salary in an attempt to evade overtime obligations.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, House Democrats stood in solidarity on the House Floor and filed a privileged resolution that condemns the actions of Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa for violating House Rules during yesterday’s hearing on the IRS when he tried to silence Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings by deliberately cutting off his microphone.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: A federal jury convicted two men today for engaging in a scheme to defraud Medicare Advantage and Medicaid managed care plans of over $3.8 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: Today, a federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Ruslan Maratovich Asainov, a U.S. citizen and former resident of Bay Ridge, New York, of all five counts of an indictment charging him with conspiracy to provide material support to ISIS; providing material support to ISIS in the form of personnel, training...