NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 23 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Leonard C Boyle, issued the following news release on April 22, 2021: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ERIK RAFAEL POLANCO, also known as "Chino," 24, of Waterbury, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 29 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role in a h  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 23 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Leonard C Boyle, issued the following news release on April 21, 2021: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RONALD CHRISTOPHER SPEAR-ZULETA, also known as "Chris," 47, of Woodbridge, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 135 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release on April 22, 2021: The U.S. Census Bureau today announced the release of new states in the Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) experimental data product: Louisiana, Ohio, Maine and Connecticut. With the addition of these new states, 336 institutions are included in the PSEO covering approximately 16% of all graduates in the United States in 2015. These new data expand PSEO's coverage of sub-baccalaureate degr  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 22 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 20, 2021: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded approximately $10.5 million to replace 473 older diesel school buses. The funds are going to 137 school bus fleets in 40 states, each of which will receive rebates through EPA's Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) funding. The new buses will reduce pollutants that are linked to asthma and lung damage, better protecti  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 19, 2021: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the selection of six organizations nationwide to receive a total of $11 million in grants to provide training and technical assistance to communities across the country under the Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) Program. The University of Connecticut will be receiving $1,000,000, over the course of five   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: Yale New Haven Hospital received $2,700,432 from FEMA's Public Assistance Grant Program at a 100% reimbursement for the costs of COVID-19 emergency response. The costs were associated with procedures conducted through April 30, 2020 under the major disaster declaration issued for the State of Connecticut. The grant for the private nonprofit teaching hospital  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 16-cv-01322; D. Conn. filed Aug. 4, 2016): On April 20, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut entered a final consent judgment against a cardiologist charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with insider trading on confidential developments that he learned about through his work on a clinical drug trial. According to the SEC's complaint, Dr. Edward J. Kos  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 3:20-cv-01353; D. Conn. filed September 10, 2020): On April 19, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut entered a judgment against unregistered investment adviser Hai Khoa Dang for defrauding a retired couple who had been his advisory clients for 20 years. According to the SEC's complaint, filed on September 10, 2020, Dang gained complete control over the couple's b  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 3:19-cv-01913; D. Conn. filed December 4, 2019): The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the entry of a final judgment against former Connecticut investment adviser Lester Burroughs. The SEC's complaint, filed on December 4, 2019, alleged that Burroughs engaged in a scheme to defraud retail investors by selling fictitious financial products and misappropriating the proceed  more