News from February 2025

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.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 10, 2025
Paul Engelmayer, District Judge for the Southern District of New York, said that Coinbase sells digital assets that qualify as securities without registering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).