WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against Safeway Fresh Foods LLC for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). The company, operating from New Jersey, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to 13 produce sellers in the amount of $3,863,509 from October 2021 through July   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 26, 2024, entitled "New Jersey Job Openings and Labor Turnover - January 2024": * * * New Jersey had 211,000 job openings in January 2024, compared to 221,000 openings in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that the job o  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, March 30 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Division issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: The owner of a New Jersey company today admitted mislabeling hazardous chemicals entering the United States and evading customs duties, DEA New Jersey Field Division Special Agent in Charge Cheryl Ortiz and U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. George Volpe, 60, of Roseland, New Jersey, owner of Penta International  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Fannie Mae issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTCQB) today announced the winning bidder for its twenty-third Community Impact Pool (CIP) of non-performing loans. The transaction is expected to close on May 22, 2024, and includes 37 loans totaling $10.4 million in unpaid principal balance (UPB). The loans are geographically focused in the New York/New Jersey area, and the winning bidder was GITSIT Solutions, LLC (Tourmalet). The pool was  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: * * * Statement of interest explains that hotel companies cannot use algorithms to evade antitrust laws * * * The Federal Trade Commission joined by the Justice Department's Antitrust Division filed a statement of interest with the District of New Jersey in the case of Cornish-Adebiyi v. Caesars Entertainment, which explains that hotels cannot collude on room pricing and cannot use an al  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: The Justice Department joined by the Federal Trade Commission (collectively the "Agencies"), filed a statement of interest with the District of New Jersey in the case of Cornish-Adebiyi v. Caesars Entertainment, which explains that hotels cannot collude on room pricing and cannot use an algorithm to engage in practices that would be illegal if done by a real person. Companies across the   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, March 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: A Florida man was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for illegally obtaining more than $1.5 million in government benefits, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Michael Blanc, 34, of Miami, Florida, pleaded guilty on Sept. 13, 2024, before U.S. District Judge Michael A. Shipp in Trenton federal court on to an information charging him w  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, March 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: A former New Jersey corrections officer admitted orchestrating two different fraud schemes, including a cryptocurrency scheme that resulted in losses of more than $600,000, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. John DeSalvo, 47, of Linwood, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Brian R. Martinotti in Newark federal cour  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced to 27 months in prison for his role in a scheme to embezzle $2.37 million from his employer while his was the company's controller, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Gerard Beauzile, 63, South Plainfield, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before former Chief U.S. District Judge Freda L. W  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: An Ocean County, New Jersey, man today admitted conspiring with Eliyahu "Eli" Weinstein, whose 24-year federal prison sentence was commuted after being twice convicted of defrauding investors of a total of $230 million, and others to defraud investors of more than $35 million in a new fraud scheme and to obstruct justice, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Se  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, March 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: A husband and wife, formerly of Burlington County, New Jersey, and a third codefendant have pleaded guilty to tax evasion and other charges related to their roles in accepting millions of dollars in a romance fraud, after their conspirators met and wooed the victims on online dating sites, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Martins Friday  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news on March 26, 2024: Venuthika Venkatesan, a ninth grader at West Windsor - High School North, is on a robotics team with another friend, where they often find themselves the only girls. They had no such feeling at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory's (PPPL) recent Young Women's Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: NEWARK, N.J. - The owner of a New Jersey company today admitted mislabeling hazardous chemicals entering the United States and evading customs duties, DEA New Jersey Field Division Special Agent in Charge Cheryl Ortiz and U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. George Volpe, 60, of Roseland, New Jersey, owner of Penta Internation  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, March 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: A Florida man admitted his role in a conspiracy to receive kickbacks and bribes from laboratories in exchange for referrals of patient DNA samples and genetic tests, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced today. Jeffrey Tamulski, 50, of Tampa, Florida, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Brian R. Martinotti in Newark federal co  more