News from February 2025

By Federal Newswire | Feb 6, 2025
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and Congressman Barry Loudermilk have requested documents and transcribed interviews from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' office.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 6, 2025
Tieron Price, a 22-year-old from New Orleans, has pled guilty to multiple charges including possession of machineguns and drug trafficking.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 6, 2025
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on an international network accused of facilitating the shipment of Iranian crude oil to China.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 6, 2025
Timothy M. O’Shea, the United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Taiwan Edwards from Janesville has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 6, 2025
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has announced that Eustolio Sanchez-Ramirez, a 38-year-old from Chiapas, Mexico, was indicted on February 5, 2025.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 6, 2025
A federal judge in southern Illinois has sentenced three men to prison for their roles in a scheme involving counterfeit credit and debit cards used at gas stations.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 6, 2025
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced the updated jurisdictional thresholds and filing fee schedule under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act for 2025.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 6, 2025
Today, the U.S. Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, announced several appointments to the Department's senior leadership team.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 6, 2025
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced the appointment of Michael Martucci as the Regional Administrator for EPA Region 2.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 6, 2025
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Area Port of San Luis, Arizona, intercepted two methamphetamine smuggling attempts on Tuesday.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 6, 2025
On February 6, 2025, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin traveled to Los Angeles, California, to assess the damage caused by recent wildfires and to meet with agency personnel involved in what is described as the largest wildfire cleanup effort in the...

By Federal Newswire | Feb 6, 2025
A Torrance, California man has admitted his role in running a network of high-end brothels across greater Boston and eastern Virginia.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 6, 2025
NFIB's latest jobs report indicates ongoing challenges for small businesses in filling job vacancies, with 35% of owners reporting unfilled positions in January, consistent with December figures.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 6, 2025
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents have detained two individuals with previous criminal convictions related to sexual offenses against minors.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 6, 2025
Richard Jay Ais Solang, a 46-year-old from Dededo, Guam, has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for attempted enticement of a minor.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 6, 2025
A Sioux City man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for illegally re-entering the United States as a felon.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 6, 2025
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has imposed a $37 million civil money penalty on Brink’s Global Services USA, Inc. for willful violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA).

By Federal Newswire | Feb 6, 2025
A man from the Slovak Republic has been sentenced to 38 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining pandemic relief loans. U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark handed down the sentence and ordered Mark Ethan Jermain to repay $738,118.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 6, 2025
President Donald J. Trump has appointed Scott Mason IV as the new Regional Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) South Central Region, also known as Region 6.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 6, 2025
A 27-year-old man from Deering, Alaska, Trayton C. Ballot, was arraigned today following his indictment for abusive sexual contact on an aircraft.