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Federal Tipoffs Involving New Jersey Newsletter for Sunday November 12, 2023 ( 9 items )  

DARPA Transitioning Technology to Help Protect Largest U.S. Metropolitan Region
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency issued the following news: * * * SIGMA+ detects chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive threats * * * DARPA's SIGMA+ program, which provides city-to-region scale detection of CBRNE threats, conducted a three-week capstone exercise with Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, adding another layer of protection to the largest metro region in the country. In advance of   more

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Completes KC-46A Pegasus Air Force Force Generation Certification
TRAVIS AFB, California, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Simonne Barker, 87th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Roughly 120 service members and five KC-46A Pegasus tankers assigned to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, participated in JB MDL's first certification event for the KC-46A during Neptune Series exercise at Travis Air Force Base, Oct. 21-Nov. 2. Throughout the two-week exercise, 305th Air Mobility Wing Airmen certified the KC-46 Missi  more

Justice Dept.: Drugmaker Nostrum and Its CEO Agree to Pay Up to $50 Million to Settle False Claims Act Claims for Underpaying Rebates Owed Under Medicaid Drug Rebate Program
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Nostrum Laboratories Inc. (Nostrum), located in Missouri and New Jersey, and its founder and CEO, Nirmal Mulye, Ph.D. (Mulye), have agreed to pay a minimum of $3,825,000, and up to $50 million if certain financial contingencies are met, to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly underpaying Medicaid rebates due for Nostrum's drug Nitrofurantoin Oral Suspension (Nitro OS). Th  more

Justice Dept.: Wall Street Director and Head Trader Charged for U.S. Treasuries Market Fraud Scheme
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2023: A federal grand jury in Newark, New Jersey, returned an indictment that was unsealed today charging a Wall Street bond trader for a scheme to manipulate the U.S. Treasuries market. "Securities fraud and manipulation, as alleged here, victimize investors and degrade the integrity of our public securities markets," said Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri of the Justice Dep  more

Md. U.S. Attorney: Five Indicted in Scheme to Fraudulently Obtain Bank and Small Business Administration Loans in Property Flipping Scheme
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, Erek L. Barron, issued the following news release: A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging five individuals for a fraud scheme intended to obtain over $35 million from financial institutions by providing false documentation in support of SBA loan applications for the purchase of hotels. Defendant Mehul Ramesh Khatiwala, a/k/a "Mike Khatiwala," age 41, of Voorhees, New Jersey, also faces a continuing   more

U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey: Gloucester County Man Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining More Than $400,000 in Unemployment Insurance Benefits
NEWARK, New Jersey, Nov. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2023: A Gloucester County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for illegally obtaining more than $400,000 in unemployment insurance benefits, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Willie Carter, 24, of Paulsboro, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Renee Marie Bumb to an informati  more

U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey: Justice Department to Monitor Polls for Compliance With Federal Voting Rights Laws in Several Jurisdictions
NEWARK, New Jersey, Nov. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey posted the following news release on Nov. 6, 2023: The Justice Department announced today that it plans to monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws in several jurisdictions for the Nov. 7 general election. The department will assign federal observers to monitor the election in Union County, New Jersey, to observe the county's compliance with the Voting Rights Act. Earlier this year, a federal  more

U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island: Justice Department to Monitor Polls for Compliance With Federal Voting Rights Laws in Several Jurisdictions
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island posted the following news release on Nov. 6, 2023: The Justice Department announced today that it plans to monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws in several jurisdictions for the Nov. 7 general election. The department will assign federal observers to monitor the election in Union County, New Jersey, to observe the county's compliance with the Voting Rights Act. Earlier this year, a federal court  more

U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi: Justice Department to Monitor the Polls for Compliance With Federal Voting Rights Laws in Several Jurisdictions
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi posted the following news release: The Justice Department announced today that it plans to monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws in several jurisdictions for the Nov. 7 general election. The department will assign federal observers to monitor the election in Union County, New Jersey, to observe the county's compliance with the Voting Rights Act. Earlier this year, a federal court approve  more