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Federal Tipoffs Involving New Jersey Newsletter for Sunday September 01, 2019 ( 10 items )  

Army Reserve Command: Postal Warriors
FORT DIX, New Jersey, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: By Brandon Mace Postal units from across the U.S. Army Reserve came here for Postal Warrior 19-2 from Aug. 10 to 30, 2019. Postal Warrior 19 is a standalone 21 day, task-focused exercise, designed to train and challenge postal units in the skill sets and competencies needed to support Theater Postal Operations and increase individual and collective readiness. The exercise was planned and led by the 4th S  more

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency: Airman Accounted For From World War II (Cybowski, P.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Paul Cybowski, 25, of South Plainfield, New Jersey, killed during World War II, was accounted for on July 8, 2019. (This identification was initially published July 10, 2019.) In September 1943, Cybowski was a member of the 373rd Bombardment Squadron, 308th Bombardment Group, ba  more

EPA Announces Change to Cleanup Plan for Lightman Drum Company Superfund Site
NEW YORK, Aug. 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * - EPA to hold public meeting on September 11 * * * Because levels of contamination in groundwater are falling naturally, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to amend part of its previous plan to clean up an area of the Lightman Drum Company Superfund site in Winslow Township, New Jersey. The amendment revises the plan to require continued monitoring of natural decreases o  more

EPA Proposes Cleanup Plan for Contaminated Properties in Vineland, New Jersey
NEW YORK, Aug. 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * - New phase of work to address non-residential properties * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a cleanup plan to address about 40 non-residential contaminated properties that remain impacted by the Former Kil-Tone Company Superfund Site in Vineland, New Jersey. Previous operations at the former Kil-Tone Company pesticides facility contaminated the soil with arsenic a  more

FCC Enforcement Bureau Issues Order Involving Frank Reimer
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The Federal Communications Commission\'s Enforcement Bureau issued the text of the following order (File No. EB-FIELDNER-18-00028232): In the Matter of Frank Reimer, East Brunswick, New Jersey NAL/Acct. No.: 201932010002 FRN: 0028706240 ORDER Adopted: August 26, 2019 Released: August 26, 2019 By the Deputy Chief, Enforcement Bureau: 1. The Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) of the Federal Communications Commission has entered into a Consent Decree to resolve its investiga  more

Five Star Urban Waters Grants Awarded to Projects in New York and New Jersey
NEW YORK, Aug. 29 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Today, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), with support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), announced grants to Hudson River Park Friends and Rockaway Waterfront Alliance in New York and Groundwork Elizabeth in New Jersey. The three grants are among 46 Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Program grants awarded this year, totaling $1.7 million to restore wildlife habitat  more

Justice Department-Environment & Natural Resources Division: Pennsylvania Man Sentenced for Trafficking Protected Turtles
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division issued the following news release: David Sommers, 64, of Levittown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to six months imprisonment, three years of supervised release including six months of home detention, and to pay $250,000 in restitution for trafficking protected turtles. From November 2011 until October 2017, Sommers poached thousands of protected diamondback terrapins and their eggs from coastal mar  more

N.J. U.S. Attorney: Pharmacy Owner Charged in Multimillion-Dollar Scheme to Commit Health Care Fraud and Pay Illegal Bribes to Doctor
NEWARK, New Jersey, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release: A Bergen County, New Jersey, man was arrested today for his role in conspiracies to commit health care fraud and to bribe a doctor, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Eduard Shtindler, a/k/a "Eddy," 36, of Paramus, New Jersey, is charged by complaint with one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and one count of conspiracy to pay illegal kickback  more

Philadelphia Woman Arrested in $100 Million Securities Fraud Scheme
NEWARK, New Jersey, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release: An investment fund manager was arrested today in connection with an alleged $100 million securities fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Brenda Smith, 59, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is charged by complaint with four counts of wire fraud and one count of securities fraud. Smith was arrested in Philadelphia and is scheduled to appear this afte  more

U.S. Army Reserve, New Jersey Army National Guard, Jordanian Soldiers Conduct MEDEVAC Training
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: By Zachary Mott Jordanian and American soldiers partnered together to conduct medical evacuation drills for the first time with a U.S. Army Reserve aviation asset during several days in August. The training allowed soldiers from the Jordan Armed Forces' 7th Mechanized Infantry Battalion, medics and pilots from the U.S. Army Reserve's 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, 244th Expeditionary Comb  more