No Habla! Trump Makes English the Official Language of the United States
WASHINGTON — President Biden issued an executive order Friday declaring English as the official language of the United States, marking a significant policy shift in federal language standards. The order revokes Executive…
Previously Removed Dominican Republic Man Charged with Illegally Reentering the United States and Possession and Use of Fraudulent Documents
St. Croix, USVI – Reynaldo Mejia-Mejia, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was arrested March 23, 2022 on St. Croix and charged by federal complaint with illegally reentering the United States and…
Mexican Man Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Reentering the United States After Being Deported Six Times
A man who illegally returned to the United States after being deported six times was sentenced today to ten months in federal prison. Emilio Jimenez-Daniel, age 34, a citizen of Mexico illegally…
Salisbury Medical Practice Pays the United States Over $286,000 to Resolve Claims that it Billed for Medical Services Not Provided
Baltimore, Maryland – Peninsula Internal Medicine, L.L.C., a medical practice located in Salisbury, Maryland, and the Estate of Candy Burns have paid the United States $286,631.33 to settle allegations that Peninsula Internal…
Oxnard Man Charged in Federal Indictment Alleging He Illegally Imported Thousands of Endangered Reptiles into United States
LOS ANGELES – A Ventura County man was charged today in a superseding indictment that alleges he illegally imported into the United States more than 1,700 reptiles – including 60 reptiles…
Hanover Man Admits to Using Ghost Gun to Shoot at United States Secret Service Security Guards
Greenbelt, Maryland – Jeremiah Peter Watson, age 24, of Hanover, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to assault on a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon; and using, carrying, and brandishing a…
Clearbrook Treatment Centers And Andrew Brown’s Drug Store Agree To Pay The United States Civil Penalties For Violations Of The Controlled Substances Act
HARRISBURG, PA —The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Clearbrook Treatment Centers, located in Laurel Run, Pennsylvania, and Andrew Brown’s Drug Store, Inc., located in Scranton,…
United States Attorney’s Office for Western District of Virginia to Partner with Project Imagine in Danville
DANVILLE, Va. – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia is partnering with Danville’s Project Imagine, a life skills instruction and work-readiness program that provides at-risk and gang-affiliated…
Defendant Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison for Attempting to Murder United States Government Informant
Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Luis Taveras was sentenced by United States District Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto to 17 years’ imprisonment for attempting to commit obstruction-of-justice murder. Taveras pleaded…
Chinese Government Employee Convicted Of Participating In Conspiracy To Defraud The United States And Fraudulently Obtain U.S. Visas
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ZHONGSAN LIU was convicted yesterday of participating in a conspiracy to defraud the United States by…
Tax Evader Pleads Guilty to Defrauding United States of Nearly Quarter Million Dollars
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA —Christopher Douglas Williams, 60, of Langley, has pleaded guilty to defrauding the United States of over $230,000 in taxes owed. “I appreciate the work of the Internal Revenue Service in…
Guatemalan National Sentenced for Entering the United States After a Prior Removal
BANGOR, Maine: A Guatemalan national was sentenced today in federal court for entering the United States after a prior removal, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced. U.S. District Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr.…
Diplomatic tit-for-tat over Ukraine escalates at United Nations
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS – Russia is seeking to blunt Western-led efforts at the United Nations to further isolate Moscow for invading Ukraine, with the Security Council and General Assembly gearing…
United States Attorney’s Office Announces Partnership with Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery to Address Fraud
OKLAHOMA CITY – United States Attorney Robert J. Troester and Special Inspector General Brian D. Miller of the Office of the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery (SIGPR) jointly announced today that…
United States Citizens Rescued From Sinking Vessel
MIAMI— U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations rescued four adults from a sinking vessel, approximately three nautical miles south of Marathon, Florida, Wednesday morning. Two 41-foot Coastal Interceptor Vessels…
President Of Sham United Nations Affiliate Convicted Of Cryptocurrency Scheme
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the conviction today of ASA SAINT CLAIR, a/k/a “Asa Williams,” a/k/a “Asa Sinclair,” following a one-week trial before…
United States Attorney For The Middle District Of Pennsylvania Reappointed By Order Of The District Court Judges
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that John C. Gurganus, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, was reappointed as the…
Former Government Official In The Dominican Republic Sentenced To 15 Years For Conspiring To Import Cocaine Into The United States
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that the Dominican Republic’s former Consul General to Jamaica, JEREMIAS JIMENEZ CRUZ, was sentenced today to 179 months…
Biden to grant temporary deportation relief to Afghans in the United States
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON – The Biden administration will grant temporary deportation relief and work permits to Afghans without permanent legal status but who are currently in the U.S., a move that…
United States Attorney’s Office For The Middle District Of Pennsylvania Releases Its 2021 Annual Report
SCRANTON –U.S. Attorney John C. Gurganus today issued the 2021 Annual Report for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. “As public servants, we are accountable to the citizens…
United States Attorney Sellinger Announces Diverse Leadership Team
NEWARK, N.J. – U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today that he is naming an experienced team of women and men to lead the Office’s enforcement of criminal and civil laws. His…
Uber to roll out fuel surcharge in United States amid high gas prices
– Uber Technologies Inc said on Friday U.S. customers, excluding New York City, will have to pay a fuel surcharge from March 16 as the ride-hailing firm tries to address concerns of…
United States Attorney’s Office Resolves Lawsuit Against BayPort Credit Union for Violations of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – BayPort Credit Union (“BayPort”), located in Newport News, has agreed to pay nearly $110,000 to settle allegations that it violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) by charging excessive…
Former Canadian Government Employee Extradited to the United States to Face Charges for Dozens of Ransomware Attacks Resulting in the Payment of Tens of Millions of Dollars in Ransoms
Tampa, FL – A Canadian man was extradited yesterday from Canada to the United States on an indictment returned in the Middle District of Florida that charges him with conspiracy to commit…
Law Enforcement Cooperation Between United States and Mexico Leads to Mexican Takedown of Significant Human Smugglers
PHOENIX, Ariz. – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona announced today that extensive bilateral cooperation between the United States and Mexico resulted in Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office, Fiscalía…
United Airlines to let unvaccinated workers return – WSJ
– United Airlines Holdings Inc will allow workers who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 for religious or medical reasons to return at the end of this month, the Wall Street Journal…
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