CAMDEN, New Jersey, June 11 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael A. Honig, issued the following news release on June 9, 2021: A Burlington County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 65 months in prison for defrauding several investors of more than $1.5 million, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Brett Cooper, 44, of Moorestown, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Renee Marie Bumb to an information charging him with o  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, June 11 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael A. Honig, issued the following news release on June 9, 2021: A Michigan man today admitted defrauding victims of more than $5 million in connection with the sale of medical-related business opportunities, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Vijay Reddy, 45, of Milan, Michigan, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert B. Kugler to an information charging him with one count of con  more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, June 8 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Bruce D. Brandler, issued the following news release on June 7, 2021: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Dana Container, Inc., ("Dana"), a company headquartered in Avenel, New Jersey, was sentenced by United States Magistrate Judge Joseph F. Saporito, Jr. to pay a fine of $325,000 and to serve a two-year term of probation for willfully  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, June 11 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael A. Honig, issued the following news release on June 9, 2021: Avis Budget Group Inc. (Avis Budget), which includes its wholly-owned brands Avis Car Rental, Budget Car Rental, and Payless Car Rental, will pay $10.1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by overcharging the United States in connection with rental vehicles, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced tod  more

NEW YORK, June 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 11, 2021, entitled "Average Energy Prices, New York-Newark-Jersey City - May 2021": Gasoline prices averaged $3.038 per gallon in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area in May 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Chief Regional Economist Martin Kohli noted that gasoline prices were up 87.7 cents from last May, whe  more

NEW YORK, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 10, 2021, entitled "Consumer Price Index, New York-Newark-Jersey City - May 2021": Prices in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.5 percent in May, following a 0.7-percent increase in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Chief   more

NEW YORK, June 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 11, 2021, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in San Juan-Carolina-Caguas - May 2020": Workers in the San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $15.33 in May 2020, about 43 percent below the United States average of $27.07, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported tod  more

NEW YORK, June 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 11, 2021, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in the U.S. Virgin Islands - May 2020": Workers in the U.S. Virgin Islands had an average (mean) hourly wage of $23.06 in May 2020, compared to the United States average of $27.07, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Chief Regional Economist Martin Kohli noted tha  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, June 9 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Newark Field Office issued the following news release on June 8, 2021: Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced a Passaic, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his role in a large-scale cocaine distribution conspiracy. Narcisco Ramire  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, June 12 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on June 11, 2021: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host a community roundtable discussion with organizers representing Newark, New Jersey to highlight the city's challenges with lead in drinking water. This roundtable discussion, along with nine others being held across the country, is essential to informing EPA's review of the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) revisions to ensure th  more

NEW YORK, June 12 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on June 11, 2021: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion on June 8, 2021 to enter a settlement with the Atlantic County Utilities Authority (ACUA) in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey that resolves violations of Clean Air Act and New Jersey Air Pollution Control Act regulations at ACUA's wastewater treatment plant in  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Enforcement Bureau issued the following order (File No.: EB-IHD-21-00031774) in the matter of SUEZ North America: In the Matter of SUEZ North America Inc. SUEZ Water New York Inc. SUEZ Water New Jersey Inc. Holding Various Licenses in the Wireless Radio Services ORDER Adopted: June 11, 2021 Released: June 11, 2021 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: 1. The Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) and SUEZ North America Inc., SUEZ Water New Yor  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release on June 11, 2021: In support of the Biden-Harris administration's goal of installing 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030, the Department of the Interior today announced a proposed sale for offshore wind development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the New York Bight - an area of shallow waters between Long Island and the New Jersey coast. This would be the first competitive offshore wind  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 2999): IN RE: ACTHAR GEL ANTITRUST LITIGATION ORDER DENYING TRANSFER Before the Panel: Plaintiffs in five actions listed on Schedule A move under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1407 to centralize this litigation in the Northern District of Illinois or, alternatively, the District of New Jersey. This litigation consists of ten actions in eight districts, as listed on Schedule A./1 The Panel was notified j  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 2:21-cv-12189; D.N.J. filed June 7, 2021): The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Thomas Nicholas Salzano, of Secaucus, New Jersey, with using a sham loan document containing a forged signature in a fraudulent attempt to entice a $150,000 investment in a real estate joint venture located in New Jersey. According to the SEC's complaint, in January 2019, Salzano, an executive a  more

NEW YORK, June 12 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on June 10, 2021: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Charlotte Michaluk, a freshman at Hopewell Valley Central High School in Pennington, New Jersey, was selected as honorable mention for the agency's Patrick H. Hurd Sustainability Award at the 2021 virtual Regeneron(R) International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). Charlotte's project, titled "Innovative Climate Change Emis  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following web feature: By Sarah Wong Across the globe, billions of people lack reliable access to clean drinking water. In the United States, cities like Flint, Michigan and Newark, New Jersey made national news headlines for the hazardous levels of toxic lead contamination in their drinking water. This is such a pressing issue that the U.S. Department of Energy lists "water security" as one   more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- President Biden issued the following statement on June 8, 2021, on the first confirmations of his judicial nominees: * * * I want to convey my sincere gratitude to the Senate for confirming Julien X. Neals as a judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey and Regina M. Rodriguez as a judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, both with bipartisan support. I was honored to include both of them in the very first nominations I made t  more

EATONTOWN, New Jersey, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: An Eatontown manufacturer failed to protect employees adequately from workplace exposure to coronavirus, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration determined, after an investigation into the deaths of two workers and the hospitalization of two others who contracted the coronavirus in the fall of 2020. OSHA's inspection found that Avantor Fluid Handling LLC failed  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, June 10 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael A. Honig, issued the following news release on June 9, 2021: A Union County, New Jersey, U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier made her initial court appearance today on charges of making false statements to obtain federal workers' compensation benefits, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Aida Perez, 42, of Roselle Park, New Jersey, is charged by complaint with one count of knowingly  more