News from February 2023
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2023
1 Year to Date of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, US Seeks Forfeiture of $75M in Luxury Properties Owned by Oligarch Viktor Vekselberg; Separately Charges Russian National with Illegally Exporting Counterintelligence Equipment to Benefit Russian Government
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2023
A four-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Central Islip, a charging 13 of the highest-ranking MS-13 leaders in the world with directing the transnational criminal organization’s criminal activities in the United States, El Salvador, Mexico, and elsewhere, over the past two decades.
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2023
Kenneth Desaun Hayway, 38, and Hannah Elizabeth Barbee, 30, both of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute 40 grams or more of a mixture containing a detectable amount of fentanyl.
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2023
Kishaun Andre Jones, 23, of Beckley, pleaded guilty today to distribution of methamphetamine.
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2023
A Florida resident has been sentenced in federal court to 100 days in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, plus restitution of $150,000 on her conviction of mail fraud, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2023
Law enforcement leaders discuss international partnerships and national security threats.
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2023
A Busby man today admitted to strangling a woman while both were in a vehicle on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2023
United States Attorney Mark Totten today announced that former Georgia police officer Andre Jackson has been sentenced to 59 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for attempting to launder $500,000 in fraudulently obtained COVID-19 relief funds. During sentencing, U.S. District Judge Jane M. Beckering noted that Jackson’s behavior is “gutsy. It’s greedy. It’s concerning.”
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2023
Richard Gammon, 26, of Indianapolis, Indiana, was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to committing three bank robberies.
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2023
A Lowell man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for engaging in a scheme to defraud his clients of millions of dollars.
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2023
Amber Bailey, 41, of Richmond, Indiana, was sentenced to six years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2023
A Downtown Los Angeles man was charged today in a six-count federal grand jury indictment for allegedly defrauding female social media influencers, including by engaging in “SIM swapping” to hijack their Instagram accounts and obtain money from them and engage in sexually explicit video chats with him.
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2023
NRCS is Now Accepting Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Applications for Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Project in Carbon and Albany County
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2023
NRCS Idaho's Pamela Pavek Awarded the Hugh Hammond Bennett National Planner Award for Conservation Excellence
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2023
NRCS Announces Next Conservation Program Funding Cycle Ending March 17
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2023
USDA Invests $2 Million to Provide Risk Management Training to Farmers, Ranchers
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2023
Biden-Harris Administration Invests $59 Million to Strengthen Food Supply Chain and Rural Economies
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2023
USDA Announces Final Rule to Amend Animal Welfare Regulations to Include Birds Not Bred for Use in Research
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2023
APHIS Seeks Comment on Draft Pest Risk Assessment for the Importation of various blueberries from Colombia into the United States
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2023
APHIS Publishes Supplemental Environmental Assessment on the Biological Control of Japanese, Giant, and Bohemian Knotweeds
