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Federal Tipoffs Involving Connecticut Newsletter for Sunday February 04, 2024 ( 9 items )  

Conn. U.S. Attorney's Office Collects More Than $233 Million in Civil and Criminal Actions in Fiscal Year 2023
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: U.S. Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery today announced that the District of Connecticut collected $233,519,760 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2023. Of this amount, approximately $185,939,535 was collected in criminal actions and approximately $47,580,225 was collected in civil actions. The Connecticut U.S. Attorney's Office also worked  more

Conn. U.S. Attorney: Bridgeport Man Previously Convicted of Murder Sentenced to 6 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing Gun
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ORTEXIS RAMOS, 34, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for unlawfully possessing a firearm as a felon. According to court doc  more

Conn. U.S. Attorney: Glastonbury Psychologist Admits Defrauding Medicaid of More Than $1.6 Million
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Roberto Coviello, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and Robert Fuller, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that MICHAEL B. PINES, 75, of Avon, waived his right to   more

Conn. U.S. Attorney: New Haven Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JASHON SPEARMAN, also known as "J " and "Deuce," 35, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford to 144 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role in a New Haven ar  more

Conn. U.S. Attorney: New Haven Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Narcotics Distribution Offenses
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JERRARD SANTIAGO, 43, of New Haven, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to narcotics distribution offenses. According to court documents and statements made in court, this investigation began after an   more

Conn. U.S. Attorney: U.S. Citizen Charged With Federal Offenses Related to Millions Stolen From Victims of Online Scams
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2024: United States Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery, Inspector in Charge Ketty Larco-Ward of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service's Boston Division, Acting Special Agent in Charge David Meisenheimer of the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Washington D.C. Field Office, and Acting Special Agent in Charge Christopher Gust of the Tr  more

EPA to Review Cleanup at Woodstock, Connecticut Superfund Site This Year
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 2 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will conduct a comprehensive review of completed cleanup work at the Linemaster Switch Corporation National Priorities List (NPL) Superfund site in Woodstock, Connecticut this year. Each individual site will undergo a legally required Five-Year Review to ensure that previous remediation efforts at the sites continue to protect public he  more

Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Issues Order on Generic Pharmaceuticals Pricing Antitrust Litigation
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 2724) on Jan. 31, 2024: * * * In Re: Generic Pharmaceuticals Pricing Antitrust Litigation REMAND ORDER Before the Panel: The state antitrust enforcement actions listed on Schedule A (the State Actions) were transferred from the District of Connecticut to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for centralized proceedings in MDL No. 2724 between 2017 and 2020. This highly complex antitrust pr  more

New Haven Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Narcotics Distribution Offenses
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JERRARD SANTIAGO, 43, of New Haven, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to narcotics distribution offenses. According to court documents and statements made in court, this invest  more