CAMDEN, New Jersey, May 21 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael A. Honig, issued the following news release on May 20, 2021: Two Camden County, New Jersey, residents were charged for their role in fraudulently obtaining federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) totaling $1.4 million, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today. Stephen Bennett, 45, of Berlin, New Jersey, and Rhonda Thomas, 36, of Sicklervi  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on May 18, 2021: The employee of a Jersey City, New Jersey, doctor today admitted her role in a multimillion-dollar conspiracy to solicit and receive kickbacks and bribes from individuals associated with a Union City, New Jersey pharmacy, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Yudelka "Vicky" Ayala, 42, of Jersey City, New Jersey, pleaded guilty by videoconf  more

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland, May 20 -- The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command issued the following news release: Army Futures Command (AFC) is taking emerging network, cyber and electronic warfare capabilities "to the dirt" for field- and threat-based experiments at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. Scientists and engineers from the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center - part of AFC's C  more

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, May 20 -- The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command issued the following news release: Army engineers evaluated methods to improve the radio performance of Robotic Combat Vehicles (RCVs) during a field-based experiment. The experiment focused on protected communications for tele-operating robotic combat vehicles under the Next Generation Combat Vehicles Cross-Functional Team's (NGCV CFT) Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) effort, which com  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on May 20, 2021: A New Jersey man was arrested for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the presidential election. James Breheny, aka Seamus Evers, 61, of Little Ferry, is charged with federal offenses that include violent e  more

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Contract Audit Agency issued the following audit guidance: DCAA auditor Andy Hale and Supervisory Auditor Sandy Porter assisted in an investigation that resulted in sentencing of six individuals for healthcare fraud. On April 16, 2021, the last of six defendants were sentenced for participating in multiple health care fraud conspiracies involving fraudulent billings that resulted in nearly $8 million in losses to federal  more

NEW YORK, May 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 19, 2021: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $258,000 in grant funding to carry out beach water quality monitoring and public notification programs in New Jersey. This funding will assist EPA's partners with local monitoring of bacteria levels, which can become too high for safe swimming, and efforts to notify the public of potential health risks. "Strong partnerships are esse  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 21-cv-11460; D.N.J. filed May 19, 2021): The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a New Jersey-based healthcare company and its founder with fraudulently raising nearly $4 million from over 130 investors nationwide through the sale of membership units in the company. According to the SEC's complaint, since July 2017, Premier Healthcare Solution, LLC and its founder, Josiah David (for  more

SOMERSET, New Jersey, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service New Jersey office issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is investing up to $15 million to support the development of new tools, approaches, practices and technologies to further natural resource conservation on private lands through the Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) program. CIG partners use cre  more

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, May 19 -- The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, an organization within the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command, issued the following news release: Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst hosted a Mental Health Awareness Month webinar May 12 to discuss strategies for managing stress and anxiety throughout the COVID-19 public health emergency. Hosted by NAWCAD Lakehurst Individuals with Disabilities Action Team and the Equa  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 21 -- The Peace Corps issued the following news release: On Wednesday, 158 Peace Corps Response volunteers took the oath of office to assist the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in their vaccine distribution efforts. Following a week of training in Dallas, the volunteers have departed to begin their mission assignments with FEMA in Illinois, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey and Oregon. "COVID-19 has exposed gaping divides in privilege, access and opportunity - not only   more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release on May 19, 2021: The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a New Jersey-based healthcare company and its founder with fraudulently raising nearly $4 million from over 130 investors nationwide through the sale of membership units in the company. According to the SEC's complaint, since July 2017, Premier Healthcare Solution LLC and its founder, Josiah David (formerly known as Dennis Lee), an  more