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Federal Tipoffs Involving California Newsletter for Tuesday July 23, 2024 ( 6 items )  

Calif. U.S. Attorney: Chicago-Area Woman Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Illegally Exporting Thermal Riflescopes and Other Military Items to Russia
LOS ANGELES, California, July 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release: An Illinois woman was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison for conspiring to unlawfully export to Russia defense articles - including thermal imaging riflescopes and night-vision goggles - without a license in violation of the Arms Export Control Act. Elena Shifrin, 62, of Mundelein, Illinois, was sentenced by United States District Judge Andre Bir  more

Creating Carbon Negative Materials With Ancient Microbes
WASHINGTON, July 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Mango Materials is using methane-eating bacteria to make polymers that can replace carbon-intensive plastics. Berkeley Lab scientists helped refine their production process. * * * Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is naturally produced in many crucial industries such as agriculture and wastewater treatment. What if we could grab that gas before it goes into t  more

EPA: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $500 Million for Effort to Cut Transportation- and Goods Movement-Related Climate Pollution in Southern California
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: * * * Funded by Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces Southern California project to decarbonize transportation and goods movement for Climate Pollution Reduction Grant * * * SAN FRANCISCO -- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the general competition selection of South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) to rec  more

Federal Maritime Commission Issues Notice of Appearance Involving 20230930-DK-Butterfly-1 Vs. Orient Overseas Container Line, OOCL Europe
WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The Federal Maritime Commission issued the following notice of appearance (Docket No. 23-02): * * * BED BATH & BEYOND INC. v. ORIENT OVERSEAS CONTAINER LINE LIMITED AND OOCL (EUROPE) LIMITED NOTICE OF APPEARANCE Please enter my appearance in this proceeding as counsel for Complainant 20230930-DKBUTTERFLY-1, Inc. f/k/a Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. I am an attorney admitted to practice and in good standing the courts of the States of New York and California. I request to be in  more

U.S. Attorney for D.C.: Fentanyl Trafficker Who Smuggled Fake Oxycodone From LAX to Dulles in Laundry Product Bottles Sentenced to 10+ Years
WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: Andre Malik Edmond, 23, of Temple Hills, Maryland, was sentenced today to 130 months in prison for participating in a massive fentanyl trafficking conspiracy that shipped hundreds of thousands of fake oxycodone pills from Southern California to destinations throughout the United States, including the District. Edmond, aka "Draco," was one of 24 co-defendants arrested over the c  more

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Operation Smoke and Mirrors Update - California Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Role in Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, July 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: Ildiberto Gonzalez Jr., 30, of San Bernadino, California, was sentenced today to 14 years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute a quantity of methamphetamine. Gonzalez admitted to his role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that operated in the Charleston area. According   more