Wednesday - October 23, 2024
Federal Tipoffs Involving Pennsylvania Newsletter for Thursday October 17, 2024 ( 6 items )  

Abor Dept.: Judge Orders Pennsylvania Contractor to Pay $85K in Wages, Benefits, Overtime Owed to 6 Workers on Federal Projects in New York, New Jersey
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * JRW Service Group also barred from obtaining federal contracts for 3 years * * * NEW YORK - An administrative law judge has ordered a Pennsylvania-based federal contractor to pay $85,284 in back wages for failing to pay prevailing wages, fringe benefits and overtime pay owed to workers employed on multiple federal construction projects, after an investigation and litigation by   more

EPA Highlights Importance of Taking Action Against Lead
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2024: * * * Joins Aqua Pennsylvania, PENNVEST for real time replacement of residential lead service line * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) joined leaders from Aqua Pennsylvania, and federal, state, and local officials to discuss the importance of taking action against lead, specifically with regards to identifying and removing lead and galvanized service lines, p  more

FCC Wireline Competition Bureau Issues Public Notice: Copper Retirement Network Change Notification Filed By Verizon Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-459) on Oct. 16, 2024: * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received Verizon Pennsylvania LLC (Verizon), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required by sectio  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Delaware Man Sentenced to More Than 23 Years in Prison for Two Violent Delco Carjackings
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Keenan Righter, 21, of New Castle, Delaware, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Court Chief Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg to 280 months in prison, five years of supervised release, restitution of $1,919, and a $500 assessment, in connection with two armed carjacki  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Leader of Cross-State Drug Trafficking Network Convicted at Trial of Conspiring to Distribute, Distributing, and Possessing With Intent to Distribute Fentanyl, Heroin, and Cocaine
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: After deliberating for approximately three hours, a federal jury found Qureem Overton guilty of conspiring to distribute at least 40 grams of fentanyl and quantities of heroin and cocaine, as well as of distributing or possessing with intent to distribute those substances, between January 2017 and June 2020, United States Attorney Eric  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Par Funding Principal and Former CFO Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Joseph Cole Barleta (aka "Joe Cole"), 41, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, entered a plea of guilty today before United States District Court Judge Mark A. Kearney on one count of racketeering conspiracy, in connection with his role in the operation of a fraudulent investment v  more