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Federal Tipoffs Involving Connecticut Newsletter for Sunday September 10, 2023 ( 3 items )  

Administration for Children & Families: 'A Statewide Approach to Improving Father Engagement in Child Welfare: Lessons From the Connecticut Department of Children and Families'
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (TNSres) -- The Administration for Children and Families Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation issued the following brief entitled "A Statewide Approach to Improving Father Engagement in Child Welfare - Lessons from the Connecticut Department of Children and Families." * * * Introduction Children, families, and fathers themselves benefit when fathers are engaged in their families. In 2018, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) within the U.S. Department   more

Bridgeport Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KEVIN JONES II, also known as "Ox" and "Scott," 31, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 180 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for heading a  more

Litigation: SEC Vs. Ameritrust, Seong Yeol Lee
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 3:23-cv-00125; D. Conn. filed Feb. 1, 2023) involving Seong Yeol Lee and Ameritrust Corp., et al.: * * * SEC Obtains Judgments Totaling More Than $20 Million Against Microcap Company and Related Entity in Fraud Action * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that, on September 5, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut entered judgments against two en  more