News published on Federal Newswire in January 2023

News from January 2023


News Release: FORT SMITH - The Justice Department announced today that a federal Grand Jury returned an Indictment charging former Crawford County, Arkansas, Sheriff’s Deputies Levi White, age 32, and Zackary King, age 27, with federal civil rights offenses for using excessive force on a 27-year-old man during the arrest of that man at a gas station in Mulberry, Arkansas, on Aug. 21, 2022.


Australia National Day

Release: On behalf of the people and Government of the United States, I extend best wishes to all Australians on the occasion of Australia Day on January 26.


Cheswick Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Methamphetamine

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Cheswick, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics law, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Notice published by Transportation Department on Jan. 24

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Jury Convicts Bush Man of Attempting to Entice a Minor

News Release: BENTON, Ill. - In a U.S. District Court on Wednesday, a federal jury returned a guilty verdict for a man from Bush, Illinois, accused of traveling to entice a minor into sexual activity.


News Release: An eight-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Marat Lerner, president of the Lerner Group, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering in connection with a scheme to steal from clients of his mortgage loan modification business.


News Release: On January 24 in Washington, D.C., Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs Richard T. Yoneoka and Mongolian State Secretary of the Ministry of Road and Transport Development Batbold Sandagdorj signed a Memorandum of Consultations (MOC) finalizing ...


Kentucky Man Sentenced For Felony Charge Related to Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

News Release: Defendant Joined Confrontation With Officers at Lower West Terrace.


Former Elementary School Teacher Convicted of Sexually Abusing Children

News Release: A federal jury convicted a former elementary school teacher yesterday for sexually abusing four former students.


News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on classified documents found at former Vice President Mike Pence’s residence...


Man Convicted of All Charges Related to One Fatal, Two Nonfatal Fentanyl Overdoses

News Release: ST. LOUIS - A jury in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on Friday found a man who provided the fentanyl that caused one fatal and two nonfatal overdoses in St. Charles, Missouri, in 2020 guilty of all charges.


Release: Private exporters reported the following sales activity.


Salem Man Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Possession of Machineguns

News Release: CONCORD - Kyle Morris, 23, of Salem, pleaded guilty in federal court today to the unlawful possession of machineguns, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced.


Strengthening Protection of Environmental Defenders in the Americas

News Release: The United States, as chair of the Summit of the Americas process, will convene a virtual meeting of Summit governments, Jan. 24, to strengthen the protection of environmental defenders in keeping with leaders’ commitments made in Los Angeles on June 9, 2022, at the Ninth Summit. Assistant Secretary ...


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Today, the Justice Department, along with the Attorneys General of California, Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Virginia, filed a civil antitrust suit against Google for monopolizing multiple digital advertising technology products in violation of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act.


New Orleans Man Sentenced on Federal Weapons Charges

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that defendant CHRISTOPHER SMITH, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced on Jan. 17, 2023 by U.S. District Court Judge Jay C. Zainey to 87 months of imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release, and a mandatory $100 special assessment fee as to Count One of a one-count indictment.


Founder and Majority Owner of Bitzlato, a Cryptocurrency Exchange, Charged with Unlicensed Money Transmitting

News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - A complaint was unsealed this morning in federal court in Brooklyn charging Anatoly Legkodymov, a Russian national and senior executive of Bitzlato Ltd. (Bitzlato), a Hong Kong-registered cryptocurrency exchange, with conducting a money transmitting business that transported and transmitted...


FBI Columbia Trains with Statewide Law Enforcement Agencies to Address Cyber Crime

News Release: FBI Columbia Trains with Statewide Law Enforcement Agencies to Address Cyber Crime.