NEW YORK, June 30 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued a report on June 29, 2023, entitled "Municipio Employment and Wages in Puerto Rico - Fourth Quarter 2022": * * * Employment in Puerto Rico's only large municipio, San Juan, increased 4.7 percent from December 2021 to December 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Large counties and county-equivalent entities, like municipios in Pu  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * When hurricanes strike, coastal areas of the United States are the hardest hit. Let's examine the employment in hurricane flood zones. Louisiana had the largest share of employment located in hurricane flood zones, 29.1 percent in the third quarter of 2022. This was followed by Florida (20.8 percent), New York (16.1 percent), New Jersey (15.5 perce  more

HACKENSACK, New Jersey, June 22 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Giant Farmers Market assessed $80K penalty for willful wage violations * * * Three northern New Jersey supermarkets have paid more than $1.8 million in back wages and damages after federal investigators found the employers deliberately failed to pay required overtime rates to 226 employees who worked overtime at stores in Hackensack, Oakland and Waldwick. The U.S.   more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: On June 28, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3), in collaboration with EdVenture Partners, Credence Management Solutions and the McCain Institute, hosted the finalists of Invent2Prevent, a program that empowers university and high school students to develop innovative projects to help prevent targeted violence and terrorism in thei  more

NEW YORK, June 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on June 29, 2023: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Trenton, New Jersey will get nearly $2 million from President Biden's Investing in America Agenda to clean up a former industrial site in Trenton, New Jersey while advancing environmental justice. This award is part of the largest ever funding awarded in the history of the EPA's Brownfields MARC Grant programs, thanks t  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A Michigan man was indicted for conspiring with others and allegedly defacing Temple Jacob - a Jewish synagogue in Hancock, Michigan. According to the court documents, Nathan Weeden, 23, of Houghton, and co-conspirators Richard Tobin, of New Jersey, and Yousef Barasneh, of Wisconsin defaced Temple Jacob with swastikas and symbols associated with The Base, a multi-state, white supremacist group. In Septemb  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 2:21-cv-01226; D.N.J. filed Jan. 27, 2021) involving Vuuzle Media Corp., Vuuzle Media Corp. Limited, Ronald Shane Flynn, and Richard Marchitto: * * * SEC Obtains Final Judgment Against Vuuzle Media Corp. and Affiliated Individuals and Entities in Connection with Over $25 Million Offering Fraud * * * On June 22, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey entered final j  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, June 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on June 28, 2023: U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced criminal charges against three defendants in connection with health care fraud prosecuted in the District of New Jersey, part of the Department of Justice's 2023 National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action. The charges include the owner of a counseling center who filed false insurance claims and tw  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, June 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: A Camden County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for paying $20,000 in bitcoin to have a 14-year old child murdered, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. John Michael Musbach, 34, of Haddonfield, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Joseph H. Rodriguez to an indictment charging hi  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: A New Jersey and Texas man and woman were arrested in Texas on charges related to fraudulently obtaining Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) totaling approximately $790,000, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Diana Valteri, 40, and Edmond Haxhillari, 42, of Sparta, New Jersey, and Cypress, Texas, are charged by complaint with  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: A former sales representative was sentenced to 60 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud public health benefits programs by billing for medically unnecessary compound prescriptions, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Matthew Puccio, 41, of Randolph, New Jersey, was convicted on July 19, 2022, of conspiracy to com  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, June 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: The owner of a business in Gloucester City, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for failing to pay over payroll taxes to the IRS, failing to file personal income tax returns, and fraudulently obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. John Degan, 69, of Philadelphia, Pen  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: An Ocean County, New Jersey, man admitted his role in a durable medical equipment kickback scheme, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Alexander Schleider, 57, of Lakewood, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Michael A. Shipp in Trenton federal court to an information charging him with one count of conspiracy t  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, June 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on June 29, 2023: A New Jersey-based political consultant was sentenced today to 288 months in prison for hiring two men to kill a longtime associate who had worked for him on various political campaigns, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Sean Caddle, 45, of Hamburg, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John Michael Vazq  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3 million grant to the city of Vineland, New Jersey, to support business growth and job creation through the development of a new industrial park. The EDA grant will provide support for infrastructure improvements, includ  more