NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, John H. Durham, issued the following news release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TONY TUAN PHAM, also known as "Anh Nguyen," 50, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to conspiracy and wire fraud offenses for his role in defrauding the Federal Bureau of Prisons ("BOP"). The scheme involved  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, John H. Durham, issued the following news release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that LESTER BURROUGHS, 60, of Torrington, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, John H. Durham, issued the following news release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that MUHAMMAD SHAHBAZ, 50, a citizen of Pakistan last residing in Jersey City, New Jersey, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 33 months of imprisonment for defrauding the federal food stamp program. The federal Supplemental Nutri  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release - SEC vs. Lester Burroughs, Civil Action No. 3:19-cv-01913-VLB (D. Conn. filed Dec. 4, 2019): On December 4, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged a Connecticut investment adviser with misappropriating $560,000 from his advisory clients by selling fictitious financial products and using the proceeds to pay other advisory clients, as well as for his own use. According to the SEC's  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 54411) involving Terracon Consultants, Rocky Hill, Connecticut: LOST AND FOUND NUCLEAR DENSITY GAUGE At approximately 1500 EST, on 11/25/2019, a technician departed a job site when they realized that they left the tailgate opened and the density gauge was no longer in the back of the truck. The technician turned around to look for the gauge, however, the gauge could not be found. The licensee s  more