WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following advisory opinion document on May 14, 2024: * * * New Jersey has scheduled special elections to fill the U.S. House seat in the 10th Congressional District held by the late Representative Donald M. Payne, Jr. The Special Primary Election will be held on July 16, 2024, and the Special General Election will be held on September 18, 2024. Participating candidates must file additional reports in connection with these electi  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: A former New York-based branch manager of an international financial institution today admitted using his position to steal more than $208,000 from a customer, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. James Gomes, 43, of New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in Newark federal court to an information charging him with one   more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, May 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: A Camden County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 171 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Michael Venditti, 39, of Camden, previously pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge Robert B. Kugler to an information charging him with conspiring to distribute 5  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: A Colombian citizen today admitted conspiring to import hundreds of kilograms of cocaine into the United States from Colombia, Venezuela, and the Dominican Republic, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Edgar Ruiz-Gomez, aka "Gono," 57, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in Newark federal court to count one of an indictment   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: A Middlesex County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced to 24 months in prison for conspiring to illegally obtain over $400,000 in COVID-19 unemployment benefits, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Yanira Abreu, 42, of Keasbey, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert Kirsch to an information charging her wit  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, May 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: A manager for a drug trafficking organization that purchased over 100 kilograms of cocaine in Puerto Rico and shipped the kilograms to residences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and southern New Jersey was sentenced to 120 months in prison for his role in the conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Jose Gonzalez, 51, Philadelphia,  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, May 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: A Cape May County, New Jersey, man today admitted misappropriating postal funds, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Austin T. Mahan, 44, of Cape May Court House, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Christine P. O'Hearn to an information charging him with misappropriating over $1,000 in postal funds. According to documents f  more

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey, May 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger spoke on the False Claims Act Panel at the New Jersey State Bar Association's Annual Meeting and Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey. U.S. Attorney Sellinger described the District of New Jersey's leading role in rooting out fraud, kickbacks, and false claims in health care and other government enforcement across the countr  more