WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Investigation finds employers schemed to deny employees overtime wages * * * NEWARK, N.J. - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a federal court order that requires two New Jersey construction companies and their owners and managers to pay $600,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 131 former employees after a federal investigation found the employers engaged in an il  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: NEW YORK (July 30, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public input on a proposed draft update to the 2008 cleanup plan for the Emmell's Septic Landfill Superfund Site in Galloway Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey. Based on scientific study and new information, EPA is updating its cleanup plan to address soil contamination at the site that continues to impact groundwater qua  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: NEWARK, N.J. Enforcement and Removal Operations Newark and members of the U.S. Marshals Service's New York-New Jersey Regional Task Force arrested a Mexican national July 17 wanted in Mexico for voluntary manslaughter. "This is another great example of ERO working with our law enforcement partners to arrest a long-wanted fugitive who poses a danger to the com  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The Federal Maritime Commission issued the following notice of appearance (Docket No. 24-01) on July 30, 2024: * * * Visual Comfort & Co. v. COSCO Shipping Lines Co. Ltd. Please enter my appearance in this proceeding as counsel for Complainant Visual Comfort & Co. I am an attorney admitted to practice and in good standing before the courts of the State of New Jersey. I request to be informed of service of notices, orders and decisions in this proceeding by electronic m  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) issued the following news on July 30, 2024: Amtrak and NJ TRANSIT are continuing to accelerate their joint examination, inspection, maintenance, and improvement activities to various infrastructure and fleet systems following Northeast Corridor (NEC) disruptions in New Jersey and New York Penn Station that occurred in May and June 2024. On Monday, July 29, Amtrak Executive Vice President, Service Delivery & Operations   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2024: Three real estate investors have pleaded guilty to engaging in an extensive, multi-year conspiracy to fraudulently obtain a $74 million loan and a $45 million loan and fraudulently acquire multifamily properties. Fredrick Schulman, 72, of New York, and Chaim "Eli" Puretz, 29, of New Jersey, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud affecting a financial institution  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: Burlington County Eye Physicians (BCEP), an ophthalmology practice with locations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and Dr. Gregory H. Scimeca, an ophthalmologist and the owner of BCEP, have agreed to pay $469,232 to resolve allegations that they submitted and caused the submission of false claims for payment for medically unnecessary transcranial doppler (TCD) te  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: A resident of the Dominican Republic today admitted participating in a conspiracy to distribute and transport bulk quantities of fentanyl into northern New Jersey communities from a drug mill located in the Philadelphia area, as well as possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Hector Luis de la Cruz   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on July 29, 2024: Four New Jersey men were charged with conspiring to illegally traffic in firearms, including privately manufactured handguns, in Ocean County, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced today. James Hyres, 38, of Toms River, New Jersey, Dennis McMickle, 35, of Brick, New Jersey, James Opalenik, 51, of Ocean Gate, New Jersey, and Edward Trost, III, 36,  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, July 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: A Gloucester County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for defrauding his employer's health insurance plan out of more than $4 million by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary compounded medications, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced. Christopher Gualtieri, 51, of Franklinville, New Jersey  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: A Middlesex County, New Jersey man was convicted for his role in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and heroin, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Kenneth Strickland, 57, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was convicted on July 29, 2024, of all six counts of a superseding indictment: one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: A Passaic County, New Jersey, man today admitted illegally possessing cocaine for distribution, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Luis Cepeda-Capellan, 27, of Paterson, New Jersey, pleaded guilty to before U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden to an information charging him with one count of possession with intent to distribute controlle  more