WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release on Sept. 1, 2023: * * * Court Issues Restraining Order Instituting Asset Freeze * * * The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against Murtuza Kazmi, formerly of Phillipsburg, New Jersey, and his companies, Traders Global Group Inc., a New Jersey corporation and Traders Global Group Inc., a  more

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, Sept. 1 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command issued the following news: The value of diversity was on full display during Mobility Guardian 2023, a large-scale multinational exercise in the Pacific theater that occurred in July. Senior Master Sgt. Rita Mae Hernandez, from the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron and Tech. Sgt. Mika Pajas, 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron, are both air advisors who were born and raised in the Phil  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release on Sept. 1, 2023: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) announced today the arrest of 366 noncitizens during a national operation that ran from Aug. 4 through 25, 2023. Officers focused enforcement efforts on priority fugitive noncitizens and priority noncitizens previously removed from the U.S. who r  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Watermark Retirement Communities LLC, a senior living community operator based in Tucson, Arizona, that manages 79 retirement homes across the country, agreed to pay $4.25 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by soliciting and receiving a kickback from a nationwide home health agency (HHA) operator in order to facilitate referrals from Watermark retirement homes. The United   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending Aug. 31, 2023: * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending August 26, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 228,000, a decrease of 4,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 2,000 from 230,000 to 232,000. The 4-week moving average was 237,500, an increase of 2  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 2 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 1, 2023: Governor Phil Murphy today signed legislation to expand New Jersey's Safe Haven Infant Protection Act to clarify that people who give birth in licensed general hospitals may safely surrender their infant under the act. This action comes during Safe Haven Awareness Month, which aims to raise awareness about the safe and legal options available to parents who wish to give up a baby   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Sept. 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2023: A Mercer County, New Jersey, man admitted his role in a kickback conspiracy involving COVID-19 testing, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Tauqir Khan, 65, of Pennington, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Brian R. Martinotti in Newark federal court to an information charging him with one count of conspiracy  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Sept. 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2023: A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was arrested today in connection with a technical support scam that targeted more than 7,000 victims in the United States, consisting mainly of small business owners and the elderly, defrauding those victims of more than $13 million, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Manoj Yadav, 40, of Clifton, Ne  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Sept. 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release: The Arizona-based operator of a senior living community has agreed to pay $4.25 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by soliciting and receiving a kickback from a nationwide home health agency (HHA) operator in order to facilitate referrals from Watermark retirement homes. Watermark Retirement Communities LLC is a senior living  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 2 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2023: * * * Help Desk Technician Unlawfully Fired Because of Disability, Federal Agency Charges * * * Sinclair Broadcast Group will pay $85,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. A help desk technician who was diagnosed with schizoaffe  more