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Federal Tipoffs Involving New York Newsletter for Sunday January 03, 2021 ( 13 items )  

Air Force Office of Scientific Research Awards 17 Quantum Research Grants
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Dec. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The Air Force Research Laboratory's Air Force Office of Scientific Research recently awarded 17 quantum information science grants, with a focus on basic research, to scientists and engineers at institutions around the globe. These awards were fast-tracked following a three-day virtual pitch competition held during the Million Dollar International Quantum U Tech Accelerator. The Innovare Advancement Center, at Rome,   more

Amtrak Expands Its Presence in New York City With the Addition of the Moynihan Train Hall
NEW YORK, Dec. 31 -- The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) issued the following news release: As part of its 50th anniversary, Amtrak, in partnership with Empire State Development (State of New York), has expanded its footprint in New York City with the opening of Moynihan Train Hall, located inside the Farley Post Office building, between 31st and 33rd Street directly across 8th Avenue from New York Penn Station. The new station, combined with recent improvements to New York Pen  more

BLS Issues Report on County Employment, Wages in New York for Second Quarter 2020
NEW YORK, Dec. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued the following report on Dec. 30 on the county employment and wages in New York for second quarter 2020: Employment fell in all 18 of the largest counties in New York from June 2019 to June 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Large counties are those with annual average employment levels of 75,000 or more in 2019.) Chief Regional Economis  more

BLS: Nonfarm Payroll Employment Down in 48 States for Year Ended November 2020
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following article from Economics Daily: Nonfarm payroll employment decreased in 48 states and the District of Columbia and was essentially unchanged in 2 states for the year ended November 2020. The largest percentage declines occurred in Hawaii (-15.2 percent), New York (-10.0 percent), and Michigan (-9.4 percent). Chart: Percent change in state employment by industry, November 2019 to November 2020 (  more

Man Flees JFK Airport After Transportation Security Administration Detects Loaded Gun in His Carry-On Bag
NEW YORK, Dec. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: A man fled John F. Kennedy International Airport after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers caught a 9 mm handgun loaded with seven bullets in his carry-on bag on Monday, Dec. 28. As the man's carry-on bag was being screened at the checkpoint, TSA officers spotted the gun on the X-ray machine's monitor and called for the man to step aside, a  more

N.Y. Acting U.S. Attorney: CEO of Clothing Company Sentenced to Prison for Million-Dollar Customs Fraud
NEW YORK, Dec. 22 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, issued the following news release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOSEPH BAILEY, the CEO of a children's apparel company ("Company-1"), was sentenced to six months in prison for participating in a years-long scheme to defraud U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("CBP") by submitting invoices to CBP that falsely understated t  more

N.Y. Acting U.S. Attorney: Comptroller Pleads Guilty to Embezzling From Manhattan Financial Publishing Company
NEW YORK, Dec. 22 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, issued the following news release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ERIC IAN WHITEHEAD pled guilty to wire fraud for his role in a years-long scheme to embezzle approximately $1.3 million from a financial publishing company (the "Company"), where he was then employed as comptroller. The plea was entered in front of U.S.  more

N.Y. Acting U.S. Attorney: Jewelry Wholesaler Pleads Guilty in $200 Million Ponzi Scheme
BROOKLYN, New York, Dec. 31 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Seth D. DuCharme, issued the following news release on Dec. 30: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Gregory Altieri pleaded guilty to wire fraud for running a two-year $200 million Ponzi scheme based on false statements to investors about inflated returns for nonexistent wholesale jewelry deals. As part of the plea, Altieri also admitted to committing securities fraud in connection wi  more

N.Y. Acting U.S. Attorney: Two U.S. Army Reservists Plead Guilty for Involvement in $3 Million Fraud, Money Laundering Scheme
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), and Frank Robey, Director of the Criminal Investigation Command's Major Procurement Fraud Unit, announced today that JOSEPH IORHEMBA ASAN JR. and CHARLES   more

SEC Obtains Emergency Asset Freeze, Charges Crypto Fund Manager With Fraud
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release on Dec. 28: The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it filed an emergency action and obtained an order imposing an asset freeze and other emergency relief against Virgil Capital LLC and its affiliated companies in connection with an alleged securities fraud relating to Virgil Capital's flagship cryptocurrency trading fund, Virgil Sigma Fund LP. The Commission's action alleges that  more

Surface Transportation Board Issues Notice Involving New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. AB 286) entitled "The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway Corporation -- Abandonment Exemption -- in Bergen County, N.J.": The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway Corporation (NYSW) has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 C.F.R. part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to abandon a segment of rail line between milepost 15.80 in Lodi, N.J., and   more

Ticketmaster Pays $10 Million Criminal Fine for Intrusions Into Competitor's Computer Systems
BROOKLYN, New York, Dec. 31 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Seth D. DuCharme, issued the following news release on Dec. 30: Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, Ticketmaster L.L.C. (Ticketmaster or the Company) agreed to pay a $10 million fine to resolve charges that it repeatedly accessed without authorization the computer systems of a competitor. The fine is part of a deferred prosecution agreement that Ticketmaster has entered with the United States A  more

Two Owners of New York Pharmacies Charged in a $30 Million COVID-19 Health Care Fraud, Money Laundering Case
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The owners of over a dozen New York-area pharmacies were charged in an indictment unsealed today for their roles in a $30 million health care fraud and money laundering scheme, in which they exploited emergency codes and edits in the Medicare system that went into effect due to the COVID-19 pandemic in order to submit fraudulent claims for expensive cancer drugs that were never provided, ordered, or authori  more