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Federal Tipoffs Involving Connecticut Newsletter for Sunday May 26, 2024 ( 17 items )  

BLS - Northeast Region Issues Report Entitled 'Connecticut Job Openings and Labor Turnover - March 2024'
NEW YORK, May 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on May 24, 2024, entitled "Connecticut Job Openings and Labor Turnover - March 2024": * * * Connecticut had 90,000 job openings in March 2024, compared to 87,000 openings in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that the job openings rate in Connecticut was 5.0 percent   more

Conn. U.S. Attorney: Former Wallingford Doctor Who Sold Opioid Prescriptions for Cash Sentenced to Federal Prison
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANATOLY BRAYLOVSKY, 52, of Wallingford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 90 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for controlled substances and health care fraud offenses related to the illegal dis  more

Conn. U.S. Attorney: Member of Violent Bridgeport Gang Sentenced to More Than 6 Years in Federal Prison
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: JAUWAN EDWARDS, also known as "Yaya," 26, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 78 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his involvement in a violent Bridgeport street gang. Today's announcement was made by Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the  more

Conn. U.S. Attorney: Milford Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Distribution Charge
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on May 21, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that WILSON GUZMAN, JR., 39, of Milford, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford to a fentanyl trafficking offense. According to court documents and statements made in court, a DEA New Haven Task Force investigati  more

Conn. U.S. Attorney: New Haven Man on Supervised Release Charged With Distributing Methamphetamine Pills, Crack
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment yesterday charging DONALD OGMAN, also known as "Mainey-O" and "Manny O," 42, of New Haven, with methamphetamine and cocaine distribution offenses. As alleged in court documents, Ogman has been a leader of the  more

Conn. U.S. Attorney: Three New Haven Men Charged With Trafficking Pills Containing Meth and Fentanyl, Fentanyl Powder Mixed With Xylazine
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Robert Fuller, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned a seven-count indictment charging MARKEYSE KELLY, also known as "Curry" and "Keyse," 45, of We  more

EPA: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $9M in Brownfield Grants to Rehabilitate and Revitalize Communities in Connecticut Through Investing in America Agenda
BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Funded by $1.5 billion investment into Brownfields sites from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address legacy pollution, advance environmental justice, and create healthier communities * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $8,966,240 in grant awards from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of  more

EPA: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $9M in Brownfield Grants to Rehabilitate and Revitalize Communities in Connecticut Through Investing in America Agenda
BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Funded by $1.5 billion investment into Brownfields sites from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address legacy pollution, advance environmental justice, and create healthier communities * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $8,966,240 in grant awards from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup o  more

EPA: Poor Air Quality Expected for Parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire on May 22, 2024
BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: New England state air quality forecasters are predicting air quality that is unhealthy for sensitive groups, due to elevated ground-level ozone. Sensitive groups include people with lung disease such as asthma, older adults, children and teenagers, and people who are active outdoors. The areas that are predicted to exceed the Federal air quality standard for ozone on Wednesday, May 22 are: W  more

ERO Boston arrests Mexican national convicted of 2 counts of vehicular manslaughter in Connecticut
WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: HARTFORD, Conn. -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston apprehended a Mexican national who was convicted in Connecticut of two counts of vehicular manslaughter among other crimes. Deportation officers with ERO Boston's Hartford field office arrested Israel Alejandro Gonzalez-Arcinega, a 40-year-old noncitizen and convicted felon on May 1 during a veh  more

Fannie Mae Prices $708 Million Connecticut Avenue Securities REMIC Deal
WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Fannie Mae issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTCQB) priced Connecticut Avenue Securities (CAS) Series 2024-R04, an approximately $708 million note offering that represents Fannie Mae's fourth 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 $2.9 billion of notes under   more

Former Wallingford Doctor Who Sold Opioid Prescriptions for Cash Sentenced to Federal Prison
BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: WALLINGFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANATOLY BRAYLOVSKY, 52, of Wallingford, hsa been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 90 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for controlled substances and health care   more

Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas Issues Remarks at USCG Academy Commencement
NEW LONDON, Connecticut, May 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following remarks on May 23, 2024, by Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Commencement: * * * Good morning. Early on, in thinking about what your experience would be like at the Coast Guard Academy, I bet you didn't expect to have a Swab Summer that was so very different than the one of every cadet class before you. I bet you didn't expect to live your Fourth Class a year in the   more

Justice Dept.: Federal Court Permanently Shuts Down Connecticut Tax Preparer and Businesses
WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 21, 2024: The U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut issued a permanent injunction today against a Connecticut tax return preparer, Juan Carlos Frias, and his businesses, USA Tax LLC, Multi Latin Services LLC and Connecticut Tax and Services Inc., permanently barring them from preparing federal tax returns for others. According to Justice Department's complaint, from 2017 through 2021, F  more

Milford Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Distribution Charge
BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: MILFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that WILSON GUZMAN, JR., 39, of Milford, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford to a fentanyl trafficking offense. According to court documents and statements made in court, a DEA New Haven Task Force  more

New Haven Man on Supervised Release Charged with Distributing Methamphetamine Pills, Crack
BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment charging DONALD OGMAN, also known as "Mainey-O" and "Manny O," 42, of New Haven, with methamphetamine and cocaine distribution offenses. As alleged in court documents,   more

Ukrainian National Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Charge Stemming From Attempt to Export Dual-Use High Precision Jig Grinder to Russia
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: STANISLAV ROMANYUK, 39, a citizen of Ukraine last residing in Estonia, pleaded guilty yesterday in New Haven federal court to a money laundering charge stemming from his role in a scheme to violate United States export laws and regulations by attempting to smuggle a dual-use export-controlled item to Russia. U.S. Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery; As  more