News from January 2023

By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
United States and Cuba Resume Law Enforcement Dialogue

By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Call with Brazilian Secretary General Ambassador da Rocha

By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman’s Remarks at the U.S.-India Alliance Shatter Summit

By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
Deputy Secretary Sherman to Deliver Opening Remarks at the U.S.-India Alliance for Women’s Economic Empowerment Shatter Summit

By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
Senior Official for Global Women’s Issues Kat Fotovat Travels to Bangladesh

By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
Joint Statement on the United States-Kazakhstan High-Level Dialogue on Human Rights and Democratic Reforms

By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Kazakhstani Special Presidential Representative Kazykhan

By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
Senior Official for Global Women’s Issues Kat Fotovat Travels to Bangladesh


By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf On the Secretary’s Upcoming Travel to Egypt, Israel, and the West Bank

By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
Secretary Blinken’s Travel to Egypt, Israel, and the West Bank


By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Demetrius Taylor, age 30, of Patterson, New Jersey, and Joseph Decker, age 28, of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, were sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for heroin/fentanyl trafficking offenses resulting in death.

By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Robert Semenza, Jr., age 47, of Old Forge, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by United States District Judge Malachy E. Mannion, to 12 months of imprisonment for committing bribery.

By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
Defendant Laundered Over $3.5 Million in Fraudulent Online Auction Proceeds as Part of a Scheme that Defrauded Over 900 American Victims

By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
United States Attorney Will Thompson will join with officials from the Charleston YWCA and other key stakeholders on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, at 11:30 a.m. for National Human Trafficking Awareness Day.

By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
A San Antonio man was sentenced Thursday to 160 months in prison for the receipt of child sexual abuse material.

By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
Deputy Assistant Attorney General Arun G. Rao of the Department of Justice Civil Division’s Consumer Protection Branch, together with colleagues from the Consumer Protection Branch and the FBI, met last week with Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials in New Delhi to discuss deepening and expanding efforts to combat cyber-enabled financial crimes and transnational call center fraud, a shared law enforcement priority.

By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
Medical device manufacturer DePuy Synthes, Inc. (DePuy), a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, has agreed to pay $9.75 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to an orthopedic surgeon based in Massachusetts to induce his use of DePuy products.

By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
A Queens man was sentenced for participating in a scheme to mail fraudulent prize notices that tricked consumers into paying fees for falsely promised cash prizes.