JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, June 6 -- Air Force Institute of Technology issued the following news: Fifteen U.S. Air Force officers graduated from the 11-month Advanced Study of Air Mobility program June 2 at the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. U.S. Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, U.S. Transportation Command commander, attended the ceremony as a keynote speaker and explained the importance of Mobility Air Forces. "We'v  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 9 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California, Phillip A. Talbert, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: Michael Uziewe, 63, of Grayson, Georgia, pleaded guilty today to one count of bank fraud related to an online scheme that defrauded a business owner in California and a second business owner in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, Uziewe owned a purported business named God's Word Chri  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 10 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Division issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Division Cheryl Ortiz and U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced a Mercer County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 130 months in prison for his role as the leader of a Trenton drug-trafficking organization responsible for the distribution of her  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, June 9 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, David C. Weiss, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: A federal indictment was unsealed today charging Angel Mendez, a resident of New Jersey, with one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. According to the indictment, between July 2020 and January 2021, defendant Angel Mendez, 33, conspired with other persons to launder millions of dollars of illicit proceeds derived from Business Email Comp  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 8 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on June 6, 2023: * * * Company Branch Subjected a Class of Older Workers to Discriminatory Hiring and Recruitment Practices, Federal Agency Charges * * * Hatzel & Buehler, Inc., a commercial electrical contractor with branch locations in eight states and the District of Columbia, violated federal law by subjecting a class of workers aged 40 and older to discriminatory hiring and recru  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 (TNSper) -- The General Services Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced two new political appointments that will serve as Regional Administrators, effective yesterday, June 6. Francis "Fran" Thomas will serve as Regional Administrator for regions 1 and 2. Thomas comes to GSA with an extensive background in property management. Prior to joining GSA, he served as senior director at the New Jersey Housing and M  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release on June 5, 2023: Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announces a settlement with Manasa Health Center, LLC, a health care provider in New Jersey that provides adult and child psychiatric services. The settlement resolves a complaint received by OCR in April 2020, alleging that Manasa Health Center impermissibly disclosed the protected   more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A Florida resident and dual citizen of the United States and Turkey pleaded guilty yesterday in the District of New Jersey to running an extensive operation over many years to traffic in fraudulent and counterfeit Cisco networking equipment. According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, Onur Aksoy, 39, of Miami, ran at least 19 companies formed in New Jersey and Florida, as well as  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news brief: * * * Employer name: Hinton Investigations Inc., 516 Main St., East Orange, New Jersey 07018 Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division determined that the security company misclassified employees as independent contractors and failed to pay any overtime premium. Hinton paid employees on an hourly basis and only straight-time for hours over 40 each work  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 10 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: A Mercer County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 130 months in prison for his role as the leader of a Trenton drug-trafficking organization responsible for the distribution of heroin in the Trenton area, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Robert M. Gbanapolor, 36, of Trenton, previously pleaded guilty by videoconference befor  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: A New Jersey man was found guilty in the District of Columbia today of felony and misdemeanor charges for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election. Patrick Alonzo Stedman, 35, o  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on June 6, 2023: A New Jersey man, who is a member of the Oath Keepers, pleaded guilty today to a felony charge related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress which was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related for the 2020 presidential election. James B  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, June 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: A retail director for a local candy company was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for defrauding New Jersey state health benefits programs out of over $2 million by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced. Nicholas Tedesco, 49, of Linwood, New Jersey, previously p  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on June 6, 2023: A Florida resident and dual citizen of the United States and Turkey pleaded guilty to running an extensive operation over many years to traffic in fraudulent and counterfeit Cisco networking equipment, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna, District of New Jersey, and Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite Jr. announced today. Onur Aksoy,   more