News from February 2023
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2023
When your computer is accessible through an internet connection or Wi-Fi network, it is susceptible to attack. However, you can restrict outside access to your computer—and the information on it—with a firewall.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2023
Passwords are a good first layer of protection, but attackers can guess or intercept passwords.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2023
The Department of Homeland Security plays an important role in countering threats to our cyber network.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2023
As the weather warms and plants start to bloom, our nation will soon celebrate the return of America’s favorite pastime.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2023
The Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) refers to the rapidly growing areas of land that lie between the urban sprawl of cities and towns, and the undeveloped more rural and forested countryside and mountains.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2023
To commemorate International Day of Women and Girls in Science, I was invited to answer questions about my work tutoring and mentoring women and girls in my community and how I promote careers in science
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2023
On February 23, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) published the results of the 2022 Biometric Technology Rally (2022 Rally).
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2023
Our nation is a melting pot of diverse perspectives and backgrounds, but its origins are rooted in the First Nations, now recognized as comprising the 578 federally recognized Native Alaskan Village and American Indian Tribal governments.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2023
S&T is piloting smoke detection sensors ahead of the 2023 wildfire season
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2023
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ANTHONY RICCARDI, an owner and manager of the Connecticut insurance firm Employee Benefit Solutions LLC (“EBS”), pled guilty today in White Plains federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2023
A U.S. District Court judge sentenced a Freeburg woman to 15 months in prison after she admitted to committing bank fraud while employed by St. Teresa and St. Luke Catholic parishes in Belleville.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2023
A Virginia woman has been sentenced to federal prison for her role in a cryptocurrency money laundering conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2023
Genaro Garcia Luna, the former Secretary of Public Security in Mexico from 2006 to 2012, was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of all five counts of a superseding indictment charging him with engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise that includes six drug-related violations, international cocaine distribution conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, conspiracy to import cocaine, and making false statements.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2023
Suzgo Phiri, 35, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today in District Court to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud. The plea was accepted by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher R. Cooper who scheduled sentencing for June 13, 2023. Phiri faces a maximum possible sentence of 30 years in prison, plus possible fines and restitution.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2023
Two men were sentenced today to over 14 years in prison combined for money laundering as part of a business email compromise (BEC) scheme.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2023
Four individuals have been charged by federal criminal complaint for their alleged involvement in stealing mail from blue postal collection boxes in central Arkansas
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: MIAMI - A federal judge in Key West, Florida has sentenced Elite Sky International, Inc. (Elite), a company that operates on Overseas Highway in Marathon, to a quarter million dollar fine and five years of probation for exporting falsely labelled spiny lobster and shark fins from Florida to China.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: MIAMI - After a two-week trial, a South Florida federal jury found Kejuan Brandon Campbell, Antonio Charles James Jr., and Dionte Alexander-Wilcox guilty on one count of conspiracy to kidnap, two counts of kidnapping, three counts of bank robbery, and three counts of carrying a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: ALBANY, NY - A U.S. Department of Labor investigation into two commonly owned Callicoon resorts’ pay and child labor practices was no vacation for the employers after investigators uncovered violations of federal regulations.
By Commerce Newswire Report | Feb 24, 2023
Jonathan Spalter, president and CEO of the broadband association USTelecom, applauded Sens. Shelly Moore Capito (R-W.V.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) for reintroducing the Rural Broadband Protection Act with stricter requirements for funding applicants.
