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Federal Tipoffs Involving New Jersey Newsletter for Sunday September 03, 2023 ( 13 items )  

BLS N.Y.-N.J. Region Issues Report Entitled 'Boston Area Employment - July 2023'
NEW YORK, Aug. 31 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued a report on Aug. 30, 2023, entitled "Boston Area Employment - July 2023": * * * Total nonfarm employment for the Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH, metropolitan area increased by 81,100 over the year in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that the local rate of  more

BLS N.Y.-N.J. Region Issues Report Entitled 'New York Area Employment - July 2023'
NEW YORK, Aug. 31 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued a report on Aug. 30, 2023, entitled "New York Area Employment - July 2023": * * * Total nonfarm employment for the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, metropolitan area increased by 227,000 over the year in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that the loc  more

CFTC Charges 'My Forex Funds' With Fraudulently Taking Over $300 Million From Customers Hoping to Become Professional Traders
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

Diversity Proved to Be Key During Pacific Exercise
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

FCC Wireline Competition Bureau Issues Public Notice: Wireline Competition Bureau Network Change Notification Filed By Verizon N.J.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 23-295) on Aug. 28, 2023: * * * Re: Network Change Certification Received Verizon New Jersey LLC (Verizon), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required by section 51.329(a)(2) of the rules of the Federal Communicatio  more

HHS and the U.S. Attorney's Office Secures Agreement Resolving HIV Discrimination Complaint Involving a New Jersey Home Healthcare Provider
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR) and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey have secured a settlement agreement to resolve allegations that Comfort Hands Home Healthcare, LLC (Comfort Hands), a home healthcare provider, discriminated against a person with HIV in violation of the Americans with Disabilitie  more

N.J. U.S. Attorney: Indian National Admits Defrauding Telephone Providers and Insurance Companies of Millions of Dollars' Worth of Merchandise
NEWARK, New Jersey, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: An Indian national admitted today that he conspired with others to devise a scheme to defraud various telephone providers and insurance companies out of millions of dollars by using stolen or fake identities to submit fraudulent claims for replacement cellular devices and then reselling those devices outside the United States, U.S. Attorney Ph  more

N.J. U.S. Attorney: Mercer County Man Admits Soliciting Kickbacks in COVID-19 Testing Kickback Conspiracy
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

N.J. U.S. Attorney: Passaic County Man Charged in $13 Million Technology Support Scam Targeting Over Seven Thousand U.S. Victims
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

N.J. U.S. Attorney: Watermark Retirement Communities to Pay $4.25 Million for Allegedly Receiving Kickback in Violation of the False Claims Act
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

NCUA Prohibits 3 Individuals From Participating in Affairs of Any Federally Insured Depository Institution
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 1 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2023: The National Credit Union Administration issued three prohibition notices in August 2023. The individuals named below are permanently prohibited from participating in the affairs of any federally insured depository institution. * Amy Bradley, a former employee of Citizens Credit Union and First Community Credit Union in Jamestown, North Dakota. * Whitney Phillips, a fo  more

NRC Names New Resident Inspector at Hope Creek Nuclear Power Plant
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has selected Justin Bresson as the new resident inspector at the Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station. The plant, operated by PSEG Nuclear, is located in Lower Alloways Creek Township, New Jersey. Bresson joined the agency in 2020 as a summer intern and then a co-op student in the NRC Region I office, before becoming a reactor engineer. Most recently, he was the acting  more

U.S. Attorney's Office and HHS Secure Agreement With New Jersey Home Healthcare Provider to Resolve HIV Discrimination
NEWARK, New Jersey, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR) have secured a settlement agreement to resolve allegations that a home healthcare provider discriminated against a person with HIV. Comfort Hands Home Healthcare LLC (Comfort Hands) of Marlton, New J  more