BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 21 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $199,433 in back wages for 37 workers after finding a Lawrence construction subcontractor failed to pay prevailing wages and fringe benefits to employees working on a federally funded project at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Providence, Rhode Island. The department's Wage and Hour Division investigation found S  more

HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, March 21 -- The U.S. Air Force's Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news: By Mark Wyatt, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs Base leadership met with privatized housing officials March 19 to discuss strategies for improving residential homes for military families stationed here. Col. Taona Enriquez, installation commander, and representatives from Hunt Military Communities, toured vacant housing units then met to discuss a path forward. "Providing a qualit  more

HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, March 21 -- The U.S. Air Force's Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news: By Patty Welsh, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs As the acting program executive officer for Digital prepares to retire after more than 30 years in the Air Force, he discussed seizing opportunities and building connectedness. Col. Riley Pyles joined the Air Force through the ROTC program in 1994. His father had served in the Air Force for more than 34 years as a chief master sergea  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:23-cv-11331; D. Mass. filed June 13, 2023) involving Joseph Padilla, et al.: * * * On March 19, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts entered final judgments against California resident Kevin C. Dills and two entities that Dills controlled. The SEC charged Dills and Joseph Padilla in June 2023 for their roles in a fraudulent stock selling scheme. According to  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: A Revenue Agent for the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was arrested today for allegedly filing false personal tax returns for three years. Ndeye Amy Thioub, 67, of Swampscott, was charged with filing false tax returns. Thioub will appear in federal court in Boston at 2 p.m. today. According to the charging documents, Thioub has  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: A Quincy man was sentenced today for his role in Cameron Street, a violent Boston gang. Michael Nguyen, also known as "Asian," 23, was sentenced today by U.S. Senior District Court Judge William G. Young to 70 months in prison and three years of supervised release. In December 2023, Nguyen pleaded guilty to conspiracy to participate in a rack  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: OAKLAND, Calif. - Felipe de Jesus Ornelas Mora, the owner of Rincon Musical, a money transmitting business in Oakland, was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison following his conviction for conspiracy to commit money laundering, announced First Assistant United States Attorney Patrick D. Robbins; IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) Acti  more

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, March 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging three men with conspiring to transport stolen property interstate and money laundering. According to court documents, Jaime A. Perez-Hernandez, Jaime Perez-Ramirez, and Jesiel Perez-Hernandez conspired to purchase catalytic converters that were stolen from vehicles in Puerto Rico  more

NEWTON, Massachusetts, March 21 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: By Jessica Casserly, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs Lauren Jones, Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development in Massachusetts, spoke about various workforce-related partnerships between the state and Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., during her New Horizons keynote address March 13. As a keynote speaker at the 2024 event, Jones provided insight into Massachusetts' workforce develop  more