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Federal Tipoffs Involving Connecticut Newsletter for Sunday April 14, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Conn. U.S. Attorney: California Man Sentenced to 13 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Cocaine to Connecticut
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that VICTOR RODRIGUEZ-GOMEZ, also known as "Calami," 49, of Desert Hot Springs, California, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 156 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking l  more

Fannie Mae Prices $628 Million Connecticut Avenue Securities REMIC Deal
WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Fannie Mae issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTCQB) priced Connecticut Avenue Securities (CAS) Series 2024-R03, an approximately $628 million note offering that represents Fannie Mae's third CAS REMIC transaction of the year. CAS is Fannie Mae's benchmark issuance program designed to share credit risk on its single-family conventional guaranty book of business. Year to date, Fannie Mae has issued approximately $2.2 billion of notes und  more

NRC Names New Resident Inspector at Millstone Nuclear Plant
WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has selected Dominic Antonangeli as the new resident inspector at Millstone Station in Waterford, Connecticut. He joins NRC Senior Resident Inspector Justin Fuller and Resident Inspector Earl Bousquet at the two-unit site operated by Dominion Nuclear. "Dominic's training and education make him a good fit at Millstone," said NRC Region I Administrator Ray Lorson. "I'm co  more

Proper Planning, Safeguards Could Have Prevented New Bedford Dock Collapse, Department of Labor Inspection Finds
BRAINTREE, Massachusetts, April 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Connecticut-based Mohawk Northeast Inc. faces $214K in OSHA penalties * * * A Connecticut marine and heavy construction contractor could have prevented the October 2023 collapse of a 200-foot section of pier on Hervey Tichon Avenue in New Bedford -- which plunged five workers into the Acushnet River and injured two of them -- by adhering t  more

SBA Recognizes 2024 Small Business Investment Companies of Year
WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: * * * Awardees from Connecticut and Pennsylvania to be Honored During National Small Business Week Ceremony in Washington, DC * * * Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and voice in President Biden's Cabinet for America's more than 33 million small businesses, recognized Argosy Private Equity of Wayne, Pa. and Mizzen Capital, LP   more