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Federal Tipoffs Involving California Newsletter for Friday July 19, 2024 ( 18 items )  

BLS - Western Region Issues Report Entitled 'Occupational Employment and Wages in Boise City - May 2023'
SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 18, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Boise City - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Boise City, ID Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $28.07 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissi  more

BLS - Western Region Issues Report Entitled 'Occupational Employment and Wages in Carson City - May 2023'
SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 18, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Carson City - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Carson City, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $29.84 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commis  more

BLS - Western Region Issues Report Entitled 'Occupational Employment and Wages in Idaho Falls - May 2023'
SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 18, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Idaho Falls - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Idaho Falls, ID Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $25.89 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commis  more

BLS - Western Region Issues Report Entitled 'Occupational Employment and Wages in Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina - May 2023'
SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 18, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $29.56 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reporte  more

BLS - Western Region Issues Report Entitled 'Occupational Employment and Wages in Lewiston - May 2023'
SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 18, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Lewiston - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Lewiston, ID-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $27.21 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissio  more

BLS - Western Region Issues Report Entitled 'Occupational Employment and Wages in Pocatello - May 2023'
SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 18, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Pocatello - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Pocatello, ID Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $24.09 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commission  more

BLS - Western Region Issues Report Entitled 'Occupational Employment and Wages in Reno - May 2023'
SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 18, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Reno - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Reno, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $29.80 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris R  more

BLS - Western Region Issues Report Entitled 'Occupational Employment and Wages in Twin Falls - May 2023'
SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 18, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Twin Falls - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Twin Falls, ID Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $24.12 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissi  more

BLS - Western Region Issues Report Entitled 'Occupational Employment and Wages in Urban Honolulu - May 2023'
SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 18, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Urban Honolulu - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Urban Honolulu, HI Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $32.29 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional   more

Calif. U.S. Attorney: Alleged Transnational Human Smuggler Indicted and Sanctioned in the United States and Arrested in Mexico
SAN DIEGO, California, July 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: An indictment was unsealed yesterday containing criminal charges against the alleged leader of a human smuggling organization responsible for unlawfully bringing thousands of migrants into the United States. Along with the organization, the defendant, who was arrested in Mexico at the request of the United States, has also been designated   more

Calif. U.S. Attorney: California Resident Steve H.S. Kim Sentenced for Selling $3.5M in Counterfeit and Substandard Electronics for Use in Military Systems
OAKLAND, California, July 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California issued the following news release: A California man was sentenced to three years and six months in prison for a scheme to defraud the Department of Defense's (DoD) Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) by selling over $3.5 million worth of fan assemblies to the DLA that were either counterfeit or that he misrepresented were new when in fact they were used or surplus. "Our military must be able to t  more

Calif. U.S. Attorney: Gang Member Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Illegal Firearms Trafficking
FRESNO, California, July 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release: Juan Banda Jr., 44, of Selma, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to 2 years in prison for engaging in the business of manufacturing and dealing firearms without a license, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, between Feb. 1, 2022, and March 15, 2023, Banda and Arthur Garcia, 22, of Selma, engaged   more

Defense Health Agency Provides Manning Assist for Beale Physical Therapy Clinic
BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, California, July 19 -- The U.S. Air Force Beale Air Force Base (9th Reconnaissance Wing) issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Frederick A. Brown, 9th Reconnaissance Wing Public Affairs The Air Force is no stranger to innovation when using flexibility to overcome challenges. The Air Force Manning Assist Program is proof of one of the Air Force's unofficial mottos, "The key to Air Power is flexibility". For two months, Airman 1st Class Nicholas Santos, a 375th Medical   more

Have STRAINger Things": Trilateral Partnership Results in New Test Instrumentation Capabilities
EDWARDS AFB, California, July 19 -- The U.S. Air Force's Edwards Air Force Base issued the following news: By Wei Lee and Chase Kohler, 412th Test Wing The United States Air Force Test Pilot School's research division, in partnership with the 586th Flight Test Squadron at Holloman AFB and NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center recently conducted a flight test campaign verifying the use of the new AgilePod. Dubbed "Have STRAINger Things," the tests verified the AgilePod's utility for rapid air  more

Justice Dept.: Man Sentenced for Selling $3.5M in Counterfeit and Substandard Electronics for Use in Military Systems
WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: A California man was sentenced yesterday to three years and six months in prison for a scheme to defraud the Department of Defense's (DoD) Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) by selling over $3.5 million worth of fan assemblies to the DLA that were either counterfeit or that he misrepresented were new when in fact they were used or surplus. According to court documents, Steve H.S. Kim, 63, of A  more

N.Y. U.S. Attorney: Four Men Plead Guilty to Defrauding Global Financial Services Company of Over Two Million Dollars
BROOKLYN, New York, July 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: Between June 4, 2024 and today, in federal court in Central Islip, four defendants, Edward Hernandez, Christopher Flagg, Daquan Lloyd and Corey Ortiz pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracy in connection with a scheme to steal millions of dollars from a global financial services company based in Menlo Park, California. The proceedings were  more

Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on the Exoneration of American Sailors Unjustly Accused After the Port Chicago Tragedy of 1944
WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: Today, the Department of Defense has moved to rectify an old injustice--and face up to a painful episode in our own history. I applaud the Secretary of the Navy's decision to exonerate 258 Black Sailors who were unjustly court-martialed in the wake of the devastating explosion at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California, which killed 320 Sailors on July 17, 1944. After the blast, these 258 Sailors ref  more

Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on the Exoneration of American Sailors Unjustly Accused After the Port Chicago Tragedy of 1944
WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: Today, the Department of Defense has moved to rectify an old injustice--and face up to a painful episode in our own history. I applaud the Secretary of the Navy's decision to exonerate 258 Black Sailors who were unjustly court-martialed in the wake of the devastating explosion at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California, which killed 320 Sailors on July 17, 1944. After the blast, these 258 Sailors refused to   more