BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2024: A former New Bedford man pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and money laundering charges involving funds obtained from "romance scam" victims. Chukwunonso "Douglas" Umegbo, a/k/a James Abbott, a/k/a Michael Philips, a/k/a Richard Armani, 38, pleaded guilty to six counts of making a false statement to a bank, two counts of wire fraud and one co  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A former nurse has pleaded guilty to tampering with liquid oxycodone syringes at a local rehabilitation center. Jaclyn McQueen, 44, of Dedham, pleaded guilty on Jan. 5, 2024 in federal court in Boston to one count of tampering with a consumer product. U.S. District Court Judge Julia E. Kobick scheduled sentencing for April 4, 2024. McQueen was charged by Inform  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: Six individuals, including three from Massachusetts, have been charged in connection with their alleged involvement in a multi-state scheme to obtain millions of dollars in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds for themselves, and others, through the submission of dozens of fraudulent applications to PPP lenders. The following individuals have been charged by  more

HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Air Force's Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news: By Jessica Casserly, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs Team Hanscom and University of Massachusetts Lowell officials recently gathered at the UML campus in Lowell, Mass., to celebrate a decade-long partnership. A formal Education Partnership Agreement between the installation and the university was first established in winter 2013-2014, resulting in numerous mutually beneficial colla  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Jan. 17 -- The Uniformed Services University issued the following faculty news: Dr. James "Jamie" Mancuso, a retired Army physician with significant expertise in tropical medicine, preventive medicine, and occupational medicine, was selected to chair the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics (PMB) in the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU). This is Mancuso's second appointment as PMB department c  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2024: Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts blocked JetBlue Airways' $3.8 billion dollar acquisition of Spirit Airlines. The court found that JetBlue's proposed takeover of Spirit is unlawful because it "does violence to the core principle of antitrust law: to protect the United States' markets - and its market participants - from anticompetitive harm." "Today's ruling  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:21-cv-11356; D. Mass. filed Aug. 19, 2021) involving Medsis International Inc., et al.: * * * On January 3, 2024, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts entered a final judgment against start-up technology company Medsis International, Inc., ordering it to pay approximately $15,871,200 in disgorgement, prejudgment interest, and a civil penalty in a securities  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory hosted its Quantum on the Quad event to promote its Quantum Roadmap, a document that outlines how best to align the lab's world-class quantum facilities and expertise to accomplish DOE's mission. The roadmap represents a strategy to leverage the lab's 20-plus years of quantum R&D, more than 30 full-time quantu  more