World Bank sees Western Balkans economy growing 3.4% in’22, 2.8% in ’23
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – The World Bank on Monday rose its 2022 forecast of economic growth for six countries of the Western Balkans to 3.4% from 3.1% previously but warned it was still…
AT&T Illinois To Pay $23 Million To Resolve Federal Investigation Into Efforts To Unlawfully Influence Former Illinois Speaker of the House
CHICAGO — Illinois Bell Telephone Company, LLC, which does business as AT&T Illinois, today agreed to pay $23 million to resolve a federal criminal investigation into alleged misconduct involving the company’s efforts…
23 Ohioans indicted as part of narcotics distribution ring involving bulk amounts of fentanyl, crack cocaine, cocaine, methamphetamine & other narcotics
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The government added 12 defendants and 28 new charges to a federal narcotics conspiracy case that now charges 23 total individuals. A multi-agency law enforcement task force initially…
23 Ohioans indicted as part of narcotics distribution ring involving bulk amounts of fentanyl, crack cocaine, cocaine, methamphetamine & other narcotics
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The government added 12 defendants and 28 new charges to a federal narcotics conspiracy case that now charges 23 total individuals. A multi-agency law enforcement task force initially…
Spokane Woman Sentenced to 23 Years for Child Sex Trafficking
Spokane – On September 21, 2022, U.S. District Judge Thomas O. Rice sentenced Kylie Ruby Flores, 31, of Spokane, to 23 years in prison for conspiracy to engage in the sex trafficking…
23 Members of a Violent Gang Charged with Drug Trafficking and Firearms Violations in Yauco, Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On September 14, 2022, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging 23 violent gang members from the municipality of Yauco…
Maryland Man Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison For Sex Trafficking and Firearms Charges
WASHINGTON — Terrell Armstead, 31, formerly of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced today to 23 years in prison for sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion and…
Next Community and Legal Issues Clinic (CALIC) to be Hosted on July 23, 2022, in Compton, CA
Free informational event will discuss environmental health and healthy equity issues COMPTON, Calif., July 12, 2022 — McCune Wright Arevalo, LLP, (MWA) – a national law firm specializing in Racial & Economic…
West Michigan Man Sentenced To 23 Years In Prison For Illegally Possessing Firearms And Intending To Sell Fake Adderall Pills
Roddrick Wilson intended to sell over 15,000 fake Adderall® pills that subsequently tested positive for methamphetamine at time of his arrest in August 2021 GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN…
23 Defendants Charged With Participating in $26 Million Life Insurance Fraud Scheme
CHICAGO — A federal grand jury in Chicago has charged 23 defendants with participating in a fraud scheme through which they allegedly swindled ten life insurance carriers out of at least $26…
Insurance broker Acrisure touches $23 billion in valuation after latest funding
(Reuters) – Acrisure said on Tuesday it had raised $725 million in a fresh funding round led by a wholly owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, valuing the insurance brokerage at…
Liberian National Sentenced to 10 Years for $23 Million COVID-19 Relief Fraud
A Liberian national who orchestrated a fraudulent scheme to secure more than $23 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans was sentenced Thursday afternoon to 10 years in federal prison, announced…
Noble, LA Man Receives Sentence of 23+ Years in Federal Prison on Sexual Exploitation Charge
SHREVEPORT, La. – Dustin Lee Crow, 33, of Noble, Louisiana, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote to 286 months (23 years, 10 months) in prison, followed by…
Elon Musk scores hat trick of Tesla compensation goals worth $23 billion
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) – With Tesla’s strong quarterly report on Wednesday, Chief Executive Elon Musk has scored a hat trick of performance goals worth a combined $23 billion in new compensation.…
Brazil government sees gross debt at 79.6% of GDP in ’23, sets deficit goal at 65.9 billion reais
By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA – The Brazilian government projected on Thursday that the country’s debt will reach 79.6% of gross domestic product in 2023, rising to 80.3% in 2024 and remaining at…
Blount County Man Sentenced to More Than 23 Years on Drug and Gun Charges
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A federal judge today sentenced a Blount County man on gun and drug charges, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Brad…
Sixth and Final MS-13 Member Involved in Murder of Teenage Boy in Lynn Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison
BOSTON – The sixth and final MS-13 member who participated in the July 2018 murder of a teenage boy, who was stabbed at least 32 times in a park in Lynn, was…
Lawsuit accusing 10 banks of rigging $23 trillion U.S. Treasury market is dismissed
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK – A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a long-running antitrust lawsuit accusing 10 of the world’s largest banks of pursuing two interrelated conspiracies to suppress competition in…
Gentry Woman Sentenced to Over 23 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering
FAYETTEVILLE – A Gentry woman was sentenced yesterday to 280 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and one count of…
Two Arkansas Men Sentenced to Over 23 Years Combined in Federal Prison For Fraud and Money Laundering in Connection with Proposed Elm Springs, Arkansas Wind Farm
FAYETTEVILLE – Two Arkansas men were sentenced today to federal prison for Wire Fraud, Aiding and Abetting Wire Fraud, Money Laundering and Aiding and Abetting Money Laundering in connection with the development…
Aurora Drug Dealer Sentenced to 23 Years in Federal Prison
DENVER – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Candelaria Vallejo-Gallo, age 43, of Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute…
Russian central bank provides banks with $23 billion at 3-day repo auction
MOSCOW – Russia’s central bank on Friday said it had provided banks with 1.9 trillion roubles ($22.87 billion) out of 3 trillion roubles on offer at a “fine-tuning”, three-day repo auction. Seeking…
Kalamazoo Man Sentenced To 23 Years In Prison For Methamphetamine Trafficking And Firearms Possession
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — United States Attorney Andrew Birge announced that Maurice Schanta Carson (50) of Kalamazoo, Michigan was sentenced to 23 years in prison for possession…
DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day set for October 23, 2021
BILLINGS – Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson will join the Drug Enforcement Administration in support of the 21st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 23. The biannual event…
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