News from February 2026
By T. J. Graves | Feb 9, 2026
Kemper Systems America, Inc. and Thermacut, Inc., both subsidiaries of the German-based conglomerate Industrie-Beteilugungs-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. (IBG), have agreed to pay $2.1 million to settle allegations that they improperly obtained Paycheck...
By T. J. Graves | Feb 9, 2026
A Belize national residing in Conroe has pleaded guilty to assaulting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer, according to a statement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei for the Southern District of Texas.
By T. J. Graves | Feb 9, 2026
A Department of Defense employee has been indicted for allegedly acting as a money mule and laundering millions of dollars on behalf of overseas scammers, according to an announcement by United States Attorney David Metcalf.
By F. E. Simons | Feb 9, 2026
In Albuquerque, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico released its weekly report on immigration enforcement.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 9, 2026
British Virgin Islands authorities have extradited Francis Hidalgo-Cedano, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, to the United States to face drug trafficking charges in the District of Puerto Rico.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 9, 2026
Two Memphis tax preparers, Robert Wells and Andre Wilson, have pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States and assisting in the preparation and filing of false tax returns.
By T. J. Graves | Feb 9, 2026
A Martin, Kentucky man has been sentenced to 192 months in federal prison for armed drug trafficking involving methamphetamine and fentanyl.
By H. B. Edwards | Feb 9, 2026
Subcommittee on Modernization & Innovation Chair Stephanie Bice (OK-05) led the debate in the House of Representatives on S.3705, known as the Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule Act.
By T. P. Broyles | Feb 9, 2026
Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) held a hearing in Roxbury, Massachusetts, focusing on how entrepreneurship can help reduce the racial wealth gap.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 9, 2026
A dual national of China and St. Kitts and Nevis, Daren Li, was sentenced in absentia to 20 years in federal prison for his involvement in a large-scale cryptocurrency investment scam that operated from Cambodia.
By F. E. Simons | Feb 9, 2026
Two women from Conroe, Texas, have been indicted on charges related to the kidnapping and forced labor of a minor, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 9, 2026
Mario Merriweather, who has a criminal record spanning three decades, was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for robbing a Burger King restaurant in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
By R. C. Jamison | Feb 9, 2026
Last week, Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, and Representative Mark Alford (R-MO) held a roundtable in Kansas City, Missouri.
By T. J. Graves | Feb 9, 2026
Valentina Forero Álvarez, a Colombian national, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering after leading a transnational criminal organization that laundered more than $31 million in drug proceeds through the U.S. financial...
By T. P. Broyles | Feb 9, 2026
House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY) appeared on the Washington Times’ “Threat Status” podcast to discuss security challenges facing the United States, particularly in light of upcoming international events such...
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 9, 2026
A McComb resident, Jeffery Budziszewski, was sentenced on January 8, 2026, to one year of federal probation and fined $3,000 for violating a federal wildlife law.
By F. E. Simons | Feb 9, 2026
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced multiple arrests between February 8-9, 2026 via its official Twitter account.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 9, 2026
Executive Assistant Commissioner Diane J. Sabatino shared updates via social media on February 8-9 regarding U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s anti-fentanyl measures, travel guidelines for visitors to the United States, and an arrest made by...
By R. C. Jamison | Feb 9, 2026
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, addressed the Senate regarding ongoing negotiations over immigration enforcement reforms as the deadline...
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 9, 2026
Dana A. Pullman, former President of the State Police Association of Massachusetts (SPAM), and Anne M. Lynch, the union’s former lobbyist, were sentenced in federal court in Boston for racketeering, fraud, obstruction of justice, and tax crimes.
