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Federal Tipoffs Involving Connecticut Newsletter for Sunday June 06, 2021 ( 7 items )  

Acting Conn. U.S. Attorney: Counselor Involved in Wide-Ranging Medicaid Fraud Scheme Pleads Guilty
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 5 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Leonard C. Boyle, issued the following news release on June 4, 2021: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CORTNEY DUNLAP, 36, of Burlington, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to health care fraud related to a wide-ranging scheme that defrauded the Connecticut Medicaid P  more

Acting Conn. U.S. Attorney: Employee of Autism Services Agency Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud and Identity Theft Offenses
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 3 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Leonard C. Boyle, issued the following news release on June 2, 2021: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JESSICA STUART, 38, of Fairfield, waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to health care fraud and identity theft offenses. According to court documents and statements   more

FEMA Awards More Than $1.8 Million to New Haven, Connecticut
WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: The City of New Haven, Connecticut received a $1,874,811 grant from FEMA for COVID-19 response efforts in 2020. The grant fully reimbursed the city for eligible expenses incurred from January 20 through June 30, 2020. Expenses included creating and maintaining three temporary care facilities with nurses for coronavirus-positive police, fire and medical personn  more

Labor Dept.: Lack of Hazardous Energy Control Safeguards, Unexpected Steam Release Led to Two Workers' Deaths at Department of Veterans Affairs' West Haven Campus
BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut, June 3 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: Two workers at a West Haven veterans' healthcare facility suffered fatal injuries caused by hot steam after a metal fixture on a main steam line blew off. The workers had just finished making repairs to the steam pipe within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven campus in November 2020. A U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administra  more

NASS - New England Field Office: Wholesale Value of Floriculture Crops Up 13% in Connecticut
CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 4 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - New England Field Office issued the following news release: The 2020 wholesale value of floriculture crops in Connecticut is up 13% from the 2019 valuation according to Pam Hird, New England State Statistician for USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), New England Field Office. The total crop value at wholesale for all growers with $10,000 or more in sales is estima  more

NRC Proposes $3,750 Fine for Connecticut Hospital Violations
WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing a $3,750 civil penalty for a hospital in Norwich, Connecticut, related to violations involving the improper disposal of NRC-licensed nuclear material. During an inspection conducted Oct. 22, 2020, through Jan. 26, 2021, the NRC identified four apparent violations at the William W. Backus Hospital involving the handling of seven radioactive sources used at th  more

OSHA: Lack of Hazardous Energy Control Safeguards, Unexpected Steam Release Led to Two Workers' Deaths
WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: Two workers at a Bridgeport veterans' healthcare facility suffered fatal injuries caused by hot steam after a metal fixture on a main steam line blew off. The workers had just finished making repairs to the steam pipe within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven campus in November 2020. A U.S. Department of Labor Occupa  more