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Federal Tipoffs Involving Florida Newsletter for Saturday May 18, 2024 ( 6 items )  

Air Combat Commander: Dominance in Electromagnetic Spectrum is Not Optional
EGLIN AFB, Florida, May 18 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Capt. Benjamin Aronson, 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing Public Affairs The Crows of the 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing welcomed the Air Combat Command leadership team and their spouses to Eglin Air Force Base, recently, where they saw firsthand the wing's role in providing joint and coalition partners with electromagnetic warfare capabilities needed to dominate the spectrum. The wing, activated in 2021, has its origins i  more

Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville Awards Contract for Maintenance Dredging of Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in Vicinity of Sawpit Creek
JACKSONVILLE, Florida, May 18 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Jacksonville District issued the following news release: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, awarded a $6.9 million contract yesterday to Southwind Construction of Evansville, Indiana, for maintenance dredging of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (IWW) federal navigation channel in the vicinity of Sawpit Creek, Nassau County, Florida. The contract calls for the dredging of approximately 550,000 cubic yards of s  more

Dallas CBP seizes 10 kilograms of Ketamine disguised as toy products
WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: DALLAS - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) today announced that CBP officers at Dallas-Ft.Worth International Airport (DFW) recently seized 10 kilograms of Ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic that has hallucinogenic effects and is often used to facilitate sexual assault. CBP officers in the Advanced Targeting Unit (ATU) teamed with CBP's National Targeting Ce  more

Distinguished Flying Cross Posthumously Awarded to 2 Air Commandos
HURLBURT FIELD, Florida, May 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command issued the following news: By Lucelia Ball Air Commandos, families, community leaders, and friends gathered at Hurlburt Field to honor Maj Randell Voas and Senior Master Sgt JB Lackey. The commander of Air Force Special Operations Command posthumously presented the Distinguished Flying Cross to Maj. Voas and Senior Master Sgt. Lackey during a ceremony here today for actions taken April 9, 2010, during a combat mis  more

Fla. U.S. Attorney's Office and Law Enforcement Partners Take Action Against Money Mules in Order to Disrupt Transnational Fraud Schemes and Educate Public
MIAMI, Florida, May 17 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida, alongside its law enforcement partners to include FBI, U.S. Secret Service, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Office of Inspector General (FDIC-OIG), are committed to educating the public regarding the Money Mule Initiative, an annual campaign to identify, disrupt, and criminally prosecute  more

Fla. U.S. Attorney: Two Additional South Florida Residents Plead Guilty to Health Care Fraud Charges in Diabetic Test Strip Diversion Scheme
MIAMI, Florida, May 17 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release: On May 10, two additional South Florida men pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud for their role in a diversion scheme involving the distribution of adulterated and misbranded diabetic test strips. The scheme involved the acquisition of non-retail or international diabetic test strips (i.e., diabetic test strips intended by manufacturers for  more