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Federal Tipoffs Involving North Carolina Newsletter for Friday November 08, 2024 ( 8 items )  

Army Reserve leaders march for Kings County veterans
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: NEW YORK Army Reserve leaders took part in the 2nd Annual Brooklyn Veterans Parade and Resource Fair here Oct. 26, marching along Eastern Parkway to Grand Army Plaza. Maj. Gen. Kris A. Belanger, commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve's 99th Readiness Division, served as one of the parade's grand marshals. "Today, we honor all who have answered the call to serve," Belanger sai  more

BLS - Southeast Region Issues Report Entitled 'Business Employment Dynamics in North Carolina - First Quarter 2024'
ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 7, 2024, entitled "Business Employment Dynamics in North Carolina - First Quarter 2024": * * * From December 2023 to March 2024, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in North Carolina were 226,681, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 226,67  more

DOE: Los Alamos National Laboratory - AI-Enhanced Model Will Improve Space Weather Forecasting
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * New capability can make hourly forecasts, help protect equipment in space * * * "Killer electrons" that travel at nearly light speed inside Earth's Van Allen belts -- the zone that surrounds the planet and traps energetic charged particles -- pose a major threat to equipment in space by causing malfunctions in electronics. Now, in a collaboration between Los Alamos Nat  more

Mo. U.S. Attorney: Federal Employee Indicted for COVID Fraud
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Nov. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2024: A North Carolina woman was indicted by a federal grand jury today for fraudulently obtaining a $20,000 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Lakeysha Day, 43, was charged with one count of wire fraud in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo. Day,  more

N.C. U.S. Attorney: Mooresville Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges for Multimillion-Dollar Investment Scheme and COVID-19 Fraud
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Nov. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2024: Steven Andiloro, 53, of Mooresville, N.C., pleaded guilty today to securities fraud and wire fraud for orchestrating a multimillion-dollar investment fraud scheme and fraudulently obtaining more than $2.6 million in COVID-19 relief funds, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Jason Byrnes,   more

N.C. U.S. Attorney: Overdose Death Gets Armed Snapchat Fentanyl Trafficker Nearly 13 Years in Federal Prison
NEW BERN, North Carolina, Nov. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2024: A Wayne County man was sentenced today to 155 months in prison and five years of supervised release for armed trafficking of counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl after one victim died of an overdose in July 2022. The judge also ordered that the defendant's supervised release include at least 50 hours of community service focused on ed  more

Transforming health care in the Solomon Islands: 1984th U.S. Army Hospital's impactful mission in Munda
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: HONIARA, Solomon Islands The 1984th U.S. Army Hospital Pacific (USAH-P),a brigade of the 9th Mission Support Command, continued their Global Healthcare Engagement (GHE) in Solomon Islands for two weeks in August of 2024. The teams were spread out across the provinces around the island nation with particular focus on Auki , Honiara, Gizo, and Munda. In Munda, a small community on th  more

USDA-NRCS in North Carolina is Still Accepting Applications Until Dec. 2, for Conservation Easements Through Agricultural Conservation Easement Program
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news: Raleigh, N.C., -- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS) in North Carolina reminds landowners that to be considered for the fiscal year 2025 funding for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP), applications must be submitted by Dec. 2, 2024. Applications for ACEP are encouraged to be submitte  more