News from January 2023
By Press release submission | Jan 22, 2023
A Center woman has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By Press release submission | Jan 22, 2023
Kevin L. Walker Jr., 31, of Lorain, was sentenced on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, to 15 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Christopher A. Boyko after he pleaded guilty to possession of drugs and distribution of fentanyl that led to an overdose death.
By Press release submission | Jan 22, 2023
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that NIHAT CARDAK, the former Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Virginia-based email security company GigaMedia Access Corporation, d/b/a GigaTrust (“GigaTrust”), pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court in connection with a scheme to defraud investors and lenders of millions of dollars through false and misleading misrepresentations, including fabricated bank statements and audit reports, and by impersonating a purported customer, auditor, and GigaTrust lawyer.
By Press release submission | Jan 22, 2023
A federal judge has ordered Glenn Arcaro - one of the leaders of a massive cryptocurrency investment scheme that defrauded investors worldwide - to pay $17,646,801 dollars in restitution to approximately 800 victims from over 40 countries.
By Press release submission | Jan 22, 2023
Possessed Two Guns with Partially Obliterated Serial Numbers and Spent Over Two Months on the Run After Failing to Appear for Court
By Press release submission | Jan 22, 2023
A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has entered pleas of guilty to three separate criminal charges arising out of his ownership and operation of a series of electronics reseller stores in the greater Pittsburgh area, United States Attorney Cindy Chung announced today. Milton I. Barr, age 36, entered pleas to separate counts charging him with Criminal Conspiracy, Mail Fraud and Money Laundering.
By Press release submission | Jan 22, 2023
A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court on a charge of obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Tamara Browning | Jan 21, 2023
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold three public webinars and will accept written feedback on new programs to lower greenhouse gas emissions in construction materials and products.
By Tamara Browning | Jan 21, 2023
An Ohio excavation contractor reportedly allowed employees to work with damaged safety equipment, resulting in the death of a worker in Columbus, Ohio.
By Tamara Browning | Jan 21, 2023
A New York woman has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for embezzlement while executive director of a nonprofit agency that assists developmentally disabled youth.
By Karen Kidd | Jan 21, 2023
A Louisiana man was recently sentenced to more than 21 years in prison for producing child pornography after an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations.
By USDA Newswire Report | Jan 21, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service signed a cooperative agreement with the Pascua Yaqui Tribe through the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program.
By Interior Newswire Report | Jan 21, 2023
A new source of power is online as the Bureau of Land Management announced the completion of the Blythe Mesa Solar Project, which is expected to produce solar energy to light up 94,000 homes.
By State Newswire Report | Jan 21, 2023
British-Iran dual citizen Alireza Akbari, who was arrested for allegedly spying for the MI6 in the United Kingdom, was executed in Iran Jan. 14.
By Tamara Browning | Jan 21, 2023
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management Deputy Director Peter O’Konski received the Secretary’s Exceptional Service Award upon his retirement after 35 years of federal service.
By Karen Kidd | Jan 21, 2023
U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration announced a $640,994 grant for the Seafood Industrial Park in Newport News, Va.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2023
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Last week, Francisco Pantoja, 25, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Judge John C. Hinderaker to nine years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Pantoja pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl in connection with the overdose death of a young person in July 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, was convicted of a possessing with intent to distribute a quantity of a mixture and substance containing a detectible amount of heroin and a detectible amount of fentanyl, and a quantity of a mixture and substance containing a detectible amount of cocaine, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 21, 2023
Release: FSIS is amending its regulations to expand generic label approval to certain categories of meat, poultry, and egg product labeling products starting March 19, 2023. FSIS is also announcing the availability of the revised FSIS Guideline for Label Approval for the types of labels that must be submitted to FSIS for approval. The final rule, which published on Jan. 18, 2023, also responds to comments received on the September 2020 proposal.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 21, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement on the 50th Annual March for Life...
