News from January 2023

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Jose A Solis-Pizzaro, 43, and Mirelys Camacho Betancourt, 27, both of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to attempt to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Julie Keller, 57, of Corfu, NY, who was convicted of wire fraud, was sentenced to serve one year probation, and pay restitution totaling $162,853.59, by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - On Jan. 12, 2023, a federal grand jury in New Orleans, Louisiana returned a one-count indictment, on Jan. 12, 2023, charging a man for violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - An El Paso man pleaded guilty in federal court here last week to five counts of wire fraud.

By USDA Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2023 - “Since the first day of the Biden-Harris Administration, Stacy Dean has been at the forefront of advancing food and nutrition security for all Americans as the Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services (FNCS). Stacy’s commitment during her time at ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: Yacht Previously Seized and One Arrest Today by Spain at Request of United States.

By Interior Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
The US Interior Department published a three page rule on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Clifton Browne, 57, of Washington, D.C., has been found guilty by a jury of voluntary manslaughter for the beating death of 75-year-old Luther Brooks, in September of 2021, on Kalmia Road, Northwest. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for May 5, 2023.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: MIAMI - Former Miami-Dade County resident Judith Dianne Paris-Pinder, 49, has been sentenced to 48 months in prison for defrauding more than 500 people out of $2.4 million through a Ponzi investment fraud scheme.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that NEWMAN HOOKER, age 29, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty as charged on Jan. 19, 2023, to being a felon in possession of a firearm before the Honorable Barry W. Ashe.

By State Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: The United States is designating a financial network, spearheaded by Lebanese money exchanger Hassan Moukalled, that facilitates financial activities for Hizballah. Moukalled has presented himself as an advocate for Lebanon’s economic prosperity but instead has been helping Hizballah and himself to profit from Lebanon’s economic crisis.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Rodney Ogletree, age 38, was sentenced today to serve 78 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon. Ogletree was also sentenced to 24 additional months in prison for violating his conditions of supervised release imposed in a previous federal case.
By State Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
Release: Al Jazeera: We have with us Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt. Thank you for being with us.
By State Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
The US State Department published a two page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOL Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
Supplemental Budget Request (SBR) Opportunity for Additional Administrative Costs under the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Program grant opened on Jan. 25.

By DOE Newswire Report | Jan 25, 2023
The Functional Government Initiative (FGI) recently obtained internal documents, via the Freedom of Information Act, from the Department of Energy (DOE) that contained predictions for U.S. gas prices. The DOE’s memo, which was heavily redacted, predicted a decline in gas prices before SPR resources were released to the market. These predictions were shared with the Biden administration two weeks prior to the decision to release 50 million barrels of oil on Nov. 23, 2021.

By DOE Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Steven Reger, 46, of Morgantown, pleaded guilty today to aiding and abetting the distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.

By Fed Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.