Tag: U.S. attorney

3-Month ‘Ghost Gun’ Operation Nets 165 Guns, 29 Prosecuted in San Diego

SAN DIEGO—A three-month law enforcement operation aimed at reducing the number of unserialized “ghost guns” throughout San Diego led to the seizures of 165 firearms—including 82 ghost guns—and the prosecution of 29 people, officials announced May 31. From February through May, nearly 90 separate law enforcement operations were conducted, leading both to the firearms seized…


FTX’s Bankman-Fried Extradited From Bahamas to US

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried boards a plane to be extradited from an airport in Nassau, Bahamas, to the United States at 6:00 p.m. ET on Dec. 21. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


LIVE NOW: FTX’s Bankman-Fried Extradited From Bahamas to US

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried boards a plane to be extradited from an airport in Nassau, Bahamas, to the United States at 6:00 p.m. ET on Dec. 21. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


Government Contractors Settle After Providing China-Made Containers

Even the U.S. federal government sometimes has trouble buying American products. The Department of Defense contracted for its agencies to buy American-made materials or materials manufactured in specified allied countries, such as South Korea. But now, through a settlement, two companies will jointly pay $904,000 to the federal government to resolve allegations that they provided…


Pennsylvania Couple Sentenced for Conspiring to Provide Support to ISIS

A married Pennsylvania couple has been sentenced to prison for conspiracy to provide material support and resources to the ISIS terrorist organization according to a release from Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. Neither the release nor the U.S. Attorney’s office has disclosed where in Pennsylvania the coupled lived. Shahidul Gaffar, 40, and Nabila…


Biden Nominates Damian Williams to Serve as US Attorney for the Southern District of New York

President Joe Biden announced his pick to serve as U.S. Attorney for Manhattan in a statement released on Tuesday. Damian Williams, 40, would be the first black man to serve in the high-profile position in the Southern District of New York (SDNY). He is currently serving as Chief of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task…


Veteran Prosecutor Channing Phillips to Be Acting US Attorney for DC

The Justice Department confirmed on Wednesday that Channing Phillips will return to his previous post and lead the U.S. Attorney Office for the District of Columbia in an acting capacity. A department spokesperson told The Epoch Times in an email that the current top prosecutor for the office, Michael Sherwin, will leave his post this…