Source: United States Department of Justice News
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO – The former mayor of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico, Luis Arroyo- Chiqués, pleaded guilty today in Puerto Rico to engaging in a bribery scheme in which he received cash payments in exchange for awarding a 10-year municipal contract for waste collection services.
Source: United States Navy
WASHINGTON – Cmdr. Mark deVry and Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Dursa – both admiralty Law specialists affiliated with the Navy Reserve Law Program – recently returned home after volunteering on short notice to assist Louisiana officials in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. The storm – which made landfall in late August and early September – was the deadliest and most intense Louisiana hurricane since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Source: United States Department of Justice News
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Massachusetts man faces between 10 years to life in federal prison when he is sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence after pleading guilty on Wednesday to an indictment charging him with attempted enticement of a minor, attempted transfer of obscene material to a minor, and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
Source: United States Navy
WASHINGTON – Ruth E. Black Koczela, a 100 year-old World War II Navy veteran, visited the chapel at her former duty station, the Nebraska Avenue Complex (NAC), formerly the Naval Communication Annex, Dec. 14 where she married a fellow naval officer in 1942.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
A federal grand jury in Houston returned a superseding indictment, which was unsealed today, charging four additional individuals for fraudulently obtaining and laundering millions of dollars in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. In total, 15 individuals across two states have now been charged in the conspiracy.