MIAMI, Florida, Jan. 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Ariana Fajardo Orshan, issued the following news release on Jan. 7: A former accountant who assisted in a scam involving valuable artwork and a Swiss bank account has been charged in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain a Small Business Administration ("SBA") loan. Daniel Gibson, 57, of Marlboro, New Jersey, was charged today by Information with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, announced   more

NEW YORK, Jan. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued the following report on Jan. 7: Over 140,000 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses were reported among New York's private industry employers in 2019, resulting in an incidence rate of 2.2 cases per 100 full-time equivalent workers, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Chief Regional Economist Martin Kohli noted that New York was  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Jan. 9 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael A. Honig, issued the following news release on Jan. 7: A former Newark police officer was sentenced today to 108 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corporation (NWCDC) and giving kickbacks to its former executive director, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Janell Robinson, 45, of Newark, was previously convicted of one count of   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Jan. 7 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael A. Honig, issued the following news release on Jan. 6: A California diagnostic laboratory will pay $357,584 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting or causing to be submitted claims for genetic tests to Medicare without valid physician oversight, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today. According to the contentions of the United States contained in th  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release on Jan. 5: City of Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose was recognized today by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey for his exceptional contributions to cooperative law enforcement in the State of New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. "As I have said many times, Director Ambrose is a national treasure," U.S. Attorney  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 55048) involving RLS, Trevose: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENT DAMAGING LICENSED MATERIAL The following information was received from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection via email: "On December 23, 2020 the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection reported to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection that a licensee's courier had been  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following news release: Robert Primus was sworn in at a ceremony in the U.S. Capitol, officiated by House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, as a new member of the Surface Transportation Board. Mr. Primus was confirmed by the Senate on November 18, 2020. For the past twenty-nine years, Mr. Primus has dedicated his career to public service in various staff positions in the U.S. Congress. In 1991,   more

FAIRFIELD, California, Jan. 9 -- The U.S. Air Force's Travis Air Force Base (60th Air Mobility Wing) issued the following news: Maj. KelliAnn Leli, the Travis Air Force Base airman who died November 27 in a non-combat related vehicle incident at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, was laid to rest December 30. Leli, 30, of Parlin, New Jersey, was buried with full military honors at Rockville Cemetery in Fairfield. She was assigned to the 60th Healthcare Operations Squadron, Travis AFB,  more