News from February 2025
By Federal Newswire | Feb 11, 2025
A firefighter with the Department of Veterans Affairs has admitted to engaging in a scheme to commit workers' compensation fraud, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney John Giordano.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 11, 2025
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a settlement with Super Center Concepts, Inc., operating as Superior Grocers, concerning the alleged distribution of two unregistered disinfectant products.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 11, 2025
Jade Larae Duncan, a 27-year-old resident of Stilwell, Oklahoma, has pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter in Indian Country.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 11, 2025
Jacqueline Espino, a 53-year-old resident of Phoenix, recently pleaded guilty to one count of bribery concerning a program that receives federal funds.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 11, 2025
A Laredo resident has entered a guilty plea for charges related to child pornography, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 11, 2025
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced the postponement of its virtual workshop initially scheduled for February 25.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 11, 2025
An Indianapolis real estate developer has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for defrauding investors through a Ponzi scheme.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 11, 2025
A Fort Dodge resident, Alesha Rasmussen, 34, has pled guilty to methamphetamine distribution charges in federal court.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 11, 2025
Recently, Americans have experienced increased internet censorship, a phenomenon more common in other countries.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 11, 2025
Tyree Eugene McCombs, a 29-year-old resident of Washington D.C., has been sentenced to 228 months in federal prison for his involvement in multiple violent crimes across Virginia and Maryland.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 11, 2025
FEMA has announced the termination of four employees for making unauthorized payments to luxury hotels in New York City for migrants.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 11, 2025
Christina Marie Chapman, a 48-year-old resident of Litchfield Park, Arizona, has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. for her role in a fraudulent scheme that generated over $17 million for herself and North Korea.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 11, 2025
Fourteen individuals have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a drug trafficking operation based within a Georgia prison.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 11, 2025
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has concluded its action against DoNotPay, a company that advertised its online service as “the world’s first robot lawyer.” The FTC's order mandates that DoNotPay cease making misleading claims about the...
By Federal Newswire | Feb 11, 2025
Braleigh Schossow, a 24-year-old resident of Fort Dodge, Iowa, has entered a guilty plea in federal court for his role in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 11, 2025
A Sicklerville, New Jersey man has admitted to conspiring to defraud the IRS by concealing cash wages paid to employees.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 11, 2025
A Philadelphia man has been sentenced to 39 months in prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to burglarize approximately 55 United Parcel Service (UPS) warehouses across the United States.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 11, 2025
Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that Martin Delgado, a 30-year-old resident of Newington, has pleaded guilty to a narcotics trafficking offense.
By Federal Newswire Report | Feb 10, 2025
A representative of the Association of American Railroads (AAR) cited Federal Newswire’s reporting in telling the FCC last week that the rail industry is on schedule to meet a September deadline to comply with an FCC-mandated communications modernization initiative.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 10, 2025
Richard Stout, a retired FBI Special Agent with 22 years of service in the Miami field office, has spent his post-retirement years advocating for FBI reform. Having led investigations into technological vulnerabilities, financial crimes, terrorism, drug trafficking, and public corruption, Stout now directs Reform the Bureau, an organization he co-founded to restore the FBI to its original mission of fighting crime and upholding the rule of law.
