NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 21 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Leonard C. Boyle, issued the following news release on May 20, 2021: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAMES G. GUERRA, 59, of Dix Hills, New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to three years of probation, the first two months of which Guerra must spend in home confinement, for a felony tax offense.   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 21 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Leonard C. Boyle, issued the following news release on May 19, 2021: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JACOB DEUTSCH, 56, of Brooklyn, New York, and ARON DEUTSCH, 60, of Monsey, New York, were arrested today on federal conspiracy, fraud and false statement offenses related to a mortgage fraud scheme involving a loan for two Hartford properties.  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release on May 18, 2021: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an order filing and settling charges against respondent SummerHaven Investment Management LLC, a Connecticut commodity trading advisor and commodity pool operator, for engaging in wash sales and non-competitive transactions on the InterContinental Exchange and various Chicago Mercantile Exchange exchanges, and for fai  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: An indictment charging a District of Columbia man and Connecticut woman with perpetrating an advance fee and investment fraud scheme that defrauded more than 20 victims of more than $2 million was unsealed today in the District of Columbia. According to court documents, Paul Maucha, 56, of Washington, D.C., and Melisa Shapiro, 63, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, conspired to engage in a scheme through a shell c  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Massachusetts office issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and The Nature Conservancy, in partnership with Hilltown Land Trust, Kestrel Land Trust, Franklin Land Trust, and Mass Audubon, have announced that farmland owners in the Connecticut River Valley Watershed in western Massachusetts are eligible for fu  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: The Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) opened its 50th Micro Market at the Naval Submarine Base New London, Connecticut, Building 534 on May 14, 2021. "NEXCOM began opening Micro Markets to fill a need for our customers who may not have access to food and beverages when and where they need them," said Roanna Hatfield, Senior Operations Specialist at NEXCOM. "Over the past six years, we have opened Micro Market locations  more

NEW LONDON, Connecticut, May 20 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on May 19, 2021, at U.S. Coast Guard Academy's 140th Commencement Exercises: * * * Mr. Secretary, thank you. Hello, Coast Guard Academy. I tell you what -- we're going to speak for about four hours to see if those white uniforms last longer to keep the heat away than these poor guys in their graduation gowns here. God, love you. I thought I was hot in a blue suit. (Laughter.) Governor Lamont, it's good to see you,  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on May 19, 2021, while en route to North Kingstown, Rhode Island: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good morning. As you all know, we've -- we're headed to Connecticut today for the Coast Guard Academy's 140th Commencement Exercises, where the President will deliver the keynote address. This is the second time the President has addressed a graduating class at the  more