News from January 2023
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A dockworker at the Port of Long Beach pleaded guilty today to participating in a scheme that submitted fraudulent bills to his labor union’s health insurance plan for sexual services or for physical therapy that never was provided.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Jose Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez Captured in Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, heroin and crack cocaine, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Arley Ray Johnson, age 63, of Bowie, Maryland, yesterday to 78 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy, wire fraud, and securities fraud charges, in connection with a $28 million Ponzi scheme involving 1st Million, a purported wealth management and financial literacy company. Johnson was convicted on Sept. 29, 2022, after a 10-day trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Frank James, 63, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty today to 10 counts of committing a terrorist attack or other violence against a mass transportation vehicle - one count for each gunshot victim - and one count of discharging a firearm in furtherance of his attack. The charges relate to the defendant’s April 12, 2022, mass shooting on the New York City subway in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - A federal grand jury in Tucson, Arizona, returned a 19-count indictment on Nov. 10, 2022, against 10 current or former southern Arizona residents, including...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - In a civil complaint filed today, the Department of Justice alleges that AmerisourceBergen Corporation and two of its subsidiaries, AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation and Integrated Commercialization Solutions, LLC (together “AmerisourceBergen"), collectively one of the country’s largest...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - James Matthew Hargens, age 37, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced on Dec. 15, 2022, to 121 months in prison following his plea of guilty to Receipt of Child Pornography. Hargens will be required to register as a sex offender and serve five years of supervised release following his release from prison. Hargens was also ordered to pay restitution.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
Disaster Recovery National Dislocated Worker Grants to Address the Opioid Crisis grant opened on Jan. 11.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: PHOENIX - As part of its ongoing effort to support responsible renewable energy development on public lands, the Bureau of Land Management is holding a public scoping meeting in Gilbert, Ariz. to solicit feedback on the recently announced programmatic environmental impact statement for the BLM’s utility-scale solar energy planning.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: A Dallas man who allegedly dealt Glock switches via Instagram has been charged with firearm crimes, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Edwin Ramirez-Cordones a/k/a El Fuerte, 46, of Ontario Canada, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to bringing an alien to the United States at a place other than a designated port of entry, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - Christopher Stephen Taylor, 52, of St. Albans, pleaded guilty today to possession of prepubescent child pornography.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: GARDEN GROVE, CA - A federal court has approved a consent judgment ordering a Southern California adult care provider with a history of labor violations to pay $690,696 to 108 employees after the U.S. Department of Labor recently found the Garden Grove-based employer denied workers all their earned wages.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The owner of the Rockstar Burgers restaurant in Kansas City, Mo., has pleaded guilty in federal court to allowing his former restaurant building to be used in a drug trafficking conspiracy that is alleged to have distributed more than 150 kilograms of methamphetamine and more than 10 kilograms of heroin, valued at more than $1.7 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Mark Forrest Cohn, 68, of Chandler, Arizona, was sentenced on Dec. 21, 2022, by United States District Judge David G. Campbell to one year of probation and ordered to pay restitution, to include $8,028 in unpaid taxes and tariffs to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Cohn pleaded guilty to one felony count of Entry of Goods by Means of False Statements.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
Conservation Collaboration Cooperative Agreements Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Announcement for Program Funding - NORTH DAKOTA grant opened on Jan. 11.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: A Utah professional tax preparer was sentenced yesterday to 37 months in prison for tax evasion, conspiring to defraud the United States and obstructing the IRS’s efforts to collect his tax debt, which exceeded $1.1 million.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
