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Federal Tipoffs Involving Pennsylvania Newsletter for Friday May 17, 2024 ( 6 items )  

GSA: Biden-Harris Administration Officials Tout Federal Progress on Spurring Clean Construction Materials as Part of Investing in America Agenda
CARLISLE, Pennsylvania, May 17 -- The General Services Administration issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: Today, as part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced progress toward boosting American clean manufacturing industries and celebrated the one-year anniversary of its low embodied carbon (LEC) program funded by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the largest climate investment in history. Over the past year the  more

NETL's Microwave Chemistry Solvent Process Aims to Decarbonize Plastics Production
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL, in partnership with Covestro LLC, and RAPID, has been awarded more than $1.4 million in funding for its proposal to decarbonize commonly used solvent chemistry for the use case of depolymerization using microwave technology. The Lab will advance the decarbonization of low temperature depolymerization processes by identifying lower energy routes to hydrolys  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: CEO of Clean Energy Company Sentenced to 72 Months' Imprisonment for Fraud, Identity Theft, Money Laundering, and Obstruction of Justice Offenses
SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, May 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that United States District Judge Malachy E. Mannion sentenced James Abrams, age 41, of Easley, South Carolina, to 72 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment. In June 2023, Abrams was convicted following a nine-day j  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Former Chester Housing Authority Director of Public Housing, His Chief Assistant, and Contractor Sentenced for Bribery and Fraud Schemes
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Norman D. Wise, 58, of Mullica Hill, NJ, Douglas E. Daniel, 65, of Philadelphia, PA, and Leonard F. Coleman, 54, of Paulsboro, NJ, were sentenced this week by United States District Court Judge Wendy Beetlestone on bribery and fraud charges related to two schemes: (1) a bribery scheme in which  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Luzerne County Man Charged With Threatening to Murder the President
SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, May 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jordan Gee, age 37, of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of threats against the President and interstate communications with a threat. According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, the indictment alleges that Gee posted   more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Wilkes-Barre Man Sentenced to 10 Years' Imprisonment for Drug Trafficking
SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, May 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Andrew Pope, age 45, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on May 15, 2024, to 120 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, marijuana, fentanyl, and over 50 gra  more