News from February 2025
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury is urging financial institutions to be vigilant against potential relationship investment scams.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
A Laredo man, Luis Andres Serna, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for the sexual exploitation of a pregnant minor and involvement in drug trafficking and alien smuggling conspiracies. U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced the...
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois has announced the collection of over $100 million in criminal, civil, and asset forfeiture actions during Fiscal Year 2024.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
Chairman John Moolenaar and Representative Chris Smith have addressed a letter to Lord Peter Mandelson, the UK Ambassador to the United States, expressing concerns over plans for a new Chinese Embassy in London.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
A Meridian, Mississippi man has been sentenced to 220 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
Chairman John Moolenaar of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and China, along with Representative Chris Smith, Chairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), have communicated...
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
The U.S. Department of Labor has appointed Randel Johnson as the Chair of the Administrative Review Board, a body responsible for issuing decisions in cases related to worker protection laws, including whistleblower and public contract regulations.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers detained a 22-year-old U.S. citizen at the Hidalgo International Bridge for allegedly making verbal threats, assaulting, intimidating, resisting, or impeding officers during an inspection process.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
The White House has issued a new order aimed at transforming federal spending on contracts, grants, and loans to enhance transparency and accountability.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
A Jackson man has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for illegal possession of a machinegun.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Chester Culler, 48, from Queens, New York, was sentenced to nine months in prison by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
James H. Hornung, a 73-year-old resident of Newbold, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 100 months in federal prison for transporting obscene material in interstate commerce on two occasions.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
Rashid Lamont McFadden, a 29-year-old from Baltimore, Maryland, has been sentenced to 114 months in prison for distributing child sexual abuse materials.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
A Northborough resident, Kyriakos Kapiris, also known as Rick Kapiris, has been sentenced to two years in prison for wire fraud and money laundering.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
On February 26, 2025, Acting United States Attorney Richard R. Barker announced the sentencing of Zachary L. Holt and Dezmonique D. Tenzsley to life imprisonment for multiple offenses including Felony Murder in Indian Country and Attempted Murder...
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
Willard Timothy Sutton, a 64-year-old man from Pitt County, North Carolina, has pled guilty to one count of mail fraud.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
Kenyata Wilson, a 36-year-old resident of Memphis, has been sentenced to federal prison for his involvement in leading a check fraud operation in the city.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
A Russian national, Maksim Zaitsev, has been charged with assaulting a federal employee resulting in bodily injury.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
TechNet has expressed its approval following the Senate's confirmation of Jamieson Greer as the United States Trade Representative.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 26, 2025
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has announced the winners of the 19th annual NAHB/Builders Mutual Safety Award for Excellence (SAFE).
