MIAMI, Florida, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2023: Today a federal jury sitting in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida found defendants Gail Russ, registrar of the Palm Beach School of Nursing in Lake Worth, Florida, Cassandre Jean, owner and operator of Success Nursing Review in Brooklyn, New York, and Vilaire Duroseau, owner and operator of the Center for Advance Training and Studies in West Orange, New  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: This Settlement Marks the 46th Enforcement Action in the OCR Right of Access Initiative Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced a settlement with Optum Medical Care of New Jersey (formerly known as Riverside Medical Group and Riverside Pediatric Group). Optum Medical Care is a multi-specialty physician group serving patients   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 3089): * * * In Re: Oral Phenylephrine Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation TRANSFER ORDER Before the Panel: Plaintiffs in one action (Barton) move under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1407 to centralize this litigation in the District of New Jersey or, alternatively, the Eastern District of New York. This litigation currently consists of eleven actions pending in seven districts, as listed on Schedu  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2023: Two New Jersey residents were charged for their participation in a dog fighting ring that involved the "DMV Board," a Telegram-based dog fighting collective spanning several states. Tommy J. "Snakes" Watson, of Clayton, and Johnnie Lee Nelson Jr., of Bridgeton, appeared in court on the charges today and last Tuesday, respectively. According to documents filed in this case and statements ma  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2023: A Maryland man was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for illegally obtaining more than $2 million in COVID-19 relief funds, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Mohamed Kamara, 43, of Greenbelt, Maryland, previously pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas to two counts of an indictment cha  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2023: A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man was sentenced to 60 months in prison for laundering money on behalf of the Cape Town Zone of Black Axe, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Andrew Suarez, 30, of Middletown, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Michael A. Shipp to an indictment charging him with mo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56889) involving Hope Creek Nuclear Plant, New Jersey: * * * Facility: Hope Creek Region: 1 State: NJ Unit: [1] [] [] RX Type: [1] GE-4 NRC Notified By: Jordan Halstead HQ OPS Officer: Adam Koziol Notification Date: 12/14/2023 Notification Time: 21:05 [ET] Event Date: 12/14/2023 Event Time: 19:39 [EST] Last Update Date: 12/14/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 50  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Dec. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2023: A Florida man was arraigned today on charges relating to his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare by billing for medically unnecessary prescriptions, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced. Eric Van Vleet, 28, of Delray Beach, Florida, is charged in an eight-count indictment with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud,   more