JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, April 19 -- The U.S. Air Force's 514th Air Mobility Wing issued the following news: 2020 was a year of many firsts. One such inaugural milestone: the 514th Air Mobility Wing gained its first flying first sergeant, Master Sgt. William M. Simurra. Simurra spent several years as a boom operator with the 76th Air Refueling Squadron before being selected for first sergeant duty with the 514th Civil Engineer Squadron last July. The unique part about th  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 22 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael A. Honig, issued the following news release on April 21, 2021: A Cumberland County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 144 months in prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine and possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced. Oscar J. Gonzalez, 37, of Vineland, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John Michael Vazquez t  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 24 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael A. Honig, issued the following news release on April 22, 2021: Five individuals have been charged and two others have pleaded guilty in New Jersey for their roles in massive durable medical equipment and genetic cancer screening kickback fraud schemes, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today. Thomas Farese, 78, of Delray Beach, Florida; Pat Truglia, 53, of Parkland, Florida; Domenic J  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, April 24 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael Honig, issued the following news release: An Illinois man was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for his role in a bank fraud scheme resulting in $1.4 million in losses, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced. Dwayne Modeliste, 41, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Noel L. Hillman in Camden federal court to an indictment charging him with conspiracy to commit bank fraud  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 22 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael A. Honig, issued the following news release on April 21, 2021: A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man today admitted fraudulently receiving Payment Protection Program (PPP) funds and depositing a stolen and altered U.S. Treasury check, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today. Bernard Lopez, 40, pleaded guilty by video conference before U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan to an informat  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 22 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael A. Honig, issued the following news release on April 21, 2021: A Morris County man today admitted defrauding New Jersey county health benefits programs and obstructing justice by seeking to provide false information to federal agents and the grand jury investigating the scheme, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Rocco Cammalleri, 49, of Budd Lake, New Jersey, pleaded guilty by video c  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 24 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael A. Honig, issued the following news release on April 22, 2021: A Henderson, Nevada, man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for his role in a scheme to use bogus information and simultaneous loan applications at multiple banks - known as "shot-gunning" - to attempt to obtain home equity lines of credit (HELOCs), Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Joseph A. Gonzalez, 46, previou  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 20 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael A. Honig, issued the following news release on April 19, 2021: An Ocean County, New Jersey, insurance producer today admitted filing false statements in connection with the delivery of $1.5 million in fraudulent claims by Blue Cross Blue Shield health care affiliates, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today. Jonas Knopf, 65, of Lakewood, New Jersey, pleaded guilty by videoconference   more

NEW YORK, 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 nationwide. 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 protecting  more

NEW YORK, April 22 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 20, 2021: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the selection of six organizations 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 Brown fields (TAB) Program, including New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) in Newark, N.J. Much of the technical assistance will   more

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, April 19 -- The U.S. Air Force's 514th Air Mobility Wing issued the following news: In 1975, the United States had changed. Coming down from the high of global triumph in World War II, Korea and Vietnam began to overshadow the victories over Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. At home there had been the assassinations of John F. and Robert Kennedy, war protests, and the Watergate scandal. The shining city on the hill began to show blemishes. Despite t  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following trading suspension order: The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the temporary suspension, pursuant to Section 12(k) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, of trading in the securities of Immune Pharmaceuticals Inc. ("IMNPQ" or "the Company") (CIK No. 0001208261), of Fort Lee, New Jersey at 9:30 a.m. EDT on April 19, 2021, and terminating at 11:59 p.m. EDT on April 30, 2021. The Commission temporaril  more