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Federal Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Wednesday August 07, 2024 ( 7 items )  

FDA Roundup: August 6, 2024
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration issued the roundup on Aug. 6, 2024: Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is providing an at-a-glance summary of news from around the agency: * On Monday, the FDA issued a Safety Alert (https://www.fda.gov/food/alerts-advisories-safety-information/fda-advises-restaurants-and-retailers-not-serve-or-sell-and-consumers-not-eat-certain-oysters-lewis) advising restaurants and retaile  more

Installation Access Policy Changes for Foreign National Visitors
HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Air Force's Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news: By Jaima Fogg, 66th Air Base Group The 66th Security Forces Squadron has implemented immediate changes to the foreign national installation access policy. Service members and other Department of Defense ID cardholders who wish to sponsor foreign national visitors must provide the required forms and documentation to 66 SFS at least 14 days prior to the visit. Same day visit requests wi  more

Lynn Man Sentenced For Counterfeit Pill Trafficking Conspiracy
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON A Lynn man was sentenced today in federal court for his role in a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization that distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Nelson Mora, 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV to 44 months in prison, fol  more

Mass. U.S. Attorney: Former Boston Police Officer Sentenced for Overtime Fraud Scheme
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: A former Boston Police officer was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with an investigation of overtime fraud at the Boston Police Department's (BPD) evidence warehouse. Diana Lopez, 62, of Milton, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to six months in prison followed by two years of supervised relea  more

Mass. U.S. Attorney: Former Contracting Officer for Department of Defense Sentenced for Conspiracy to Defraud the Government
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: An Uxbridge man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for conspiring to defraud the government of thousands of dollars between 2014 to 2018. Thomas Bouchard, 61, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani to 12 months and one day in prison followed by one year of supervised release. In April 2023, Bouchard pleaded guil  more

Mass. U.S. Attorney: Plymouth Woman Indicted for Paycheck Protection Program Fraud and Money Laundering
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A Plymouth woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for submitting fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications on behalf of herself and her father fraud and money laundering. Katherine Reynolds, 65, was indicted on two counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering. Reynolds will be arraigned in federal court on Aug. 8  more

Mexican noncitizen sex offender convicted of unlawful re-entry into US following ERO Boston arrest
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts convicted an unlawfully present Mexican noncitizen July 9 of illegal re-entry into the United States following his arrest by Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston. Deportation officers from ERO Boston apprehended Rulaman Lopez-Nolasco, 42, a Mexican national near his residence in Lynn January   more