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Federal Tipoffs Involving New York Newsletter for Sunday December 08, 2019 ( 15 items )  

Bureau of Labor Statistics: 49 Metro Areas Had Increases in Nonfarm Employment From October 2018 to October 2019
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following article from The Economics Daily: Forty-nine metro areas had increases in nonfarm employment from October 2018 to October 2019, and 340 were essentially unchanged. The largest over-the-year increase in employment among the metropolitan areas occurred in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (98,700), followed by New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey (84,600), and Los Angeles-Long Beach-A  more

Bureau of Labor Statistics: The American Working Class and the Unfulfilled Promise of Policy-Driven Growth
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following book review: The American working class and the unfulfilled promise of policy-driven growth The State of Working America, 12th ed. By Lawrence Mishel, Josh Bivens, Elise Gould, and Heidi Shierholz. Ithaca, New York: ILR Press, 2012, 505 pp., $24.95 paperback. For over two centuries, the United States has been called "the land of opportunity," a place where individuals and families can live and  more

Court of International Trade Issues Opinion in Canadian Solar International Case
NEW YORK, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Slip Op. 19-152): CANADIAN SOLAR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED ET AL., Plaintiffs and Consolidated Plaintiffs, and SHANGHAI BYD CO., LTD. ET AL., Plaintiff-Intervenors and Consolidated Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and SOLARWORLD AMERICAS, INC. ET AL., Defendant-Intervenor and Consolidated Defendant-Intervenors. Before: Claire R. Kelly, Judge Consol. Court No. 17-00173 OPINION AND  more

Court of International Trade Issues Opinion in Invenergy Renewables Case
NEW YORK, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Slip Op. 19-153): INVENERGY RENEWABLES LLC, Plaintiff, and SOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION, CLEARWAY ENERGY GROUP LLC, EDF RENEWABLES, INC. and AES DISTRIBUTED ENERGY, INC., Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE, UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT E. LIGHTHIZER, U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, and ACTING COMMISSIONER OF U.  more

Court of International Trade Issues Opinion in Shandong Rongxin Import & Export Case
NEW YORK, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Slip Op. 19-151): SHANDONG RONGXIN IMPORT & EXPORT CO., LTD., Plaintiff v. UNITED STATES, Defendant. Before: Gary S. Katzmann, Judge Court No. 17-00145 OPINION [Commerce's Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court Remand are sustained.] John J. Kenkel, deKieffer & Horgan, PLLC, of Washington DC, argued for plaintiff. With him on the brief were Alexandra H. Salzman, Judith L. Holzman and   more

Justice Department: Hizballah Operative Sentenced to Prison for Covert Terrorist Activities on Behalf of Hizballah's Islamic Jihad Organization
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * - Ali Kourani Was Trained by Hizballah's External Terrorist Operations Component and Gathered Intelligence in New York City in Support of Attack-Planning Efforts * * * The Department of Justice today announced that Ali Kourani, 35, was sentenced to 40 years in prison based on terrorism, sanctions, and immigration convictions arising from Kourani's illicit work as an operative for the Islamic Jihad O  more

N.Y. U.S. Attorney: Ericsson Agrees to Pay More Than $1 Billion to Resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Case
NEW YORK, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued the following news release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York ("SDNY"), Brian A. Benczkowski, the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice ("DOJ"), and Don Fort, Chief of the Criminal Investigation Division, Internal Revenue Service ("IRS-CI"), announced today the filing of criminal charges against TEL  more

N.Y. U.S. Attorney: Former CVS Employee Sentenced for Stealing Over $2 Million Worth of Diabetic Test Strips
ROCHESTER, New York, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York, James P. Kennedy Jr., issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Antonio Rivera, 36, of Williamsville, NY, who was convicted of wire fraud, was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The defendant was also ordered to pay $2,500,000 in restitution to CVS Pharmacy. Assistant U.S. Attorney Melissa Marangola, who handle  more

N.Y. U.S. Attorney: Former Managing Director of Investment Bank Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Insider Trading Scheme
NEW YORK, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued the following news release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SEAN STEWART, a former senior investment banker at two different New York-based investment banks, was sentenced yesterday to 24 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff for illegally tipping his father and co-defendant Robert Stewart with inside informa  more

N.Y. U.S. Attorney: Justice Department Announces More Than 367 Million in Awards to Promote Public Safety
BUFFALO, New York, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York, James P. Kennedy Jr., issued the following news release: * * * - $1.1 Million Will Support Efforts in the Western District of New York * * * The Department of Justice today announced that it has awarded more than $376,000,000 in grant funding to enhance state, local and tribal law enforcement operations and reinforce public safety efforts in jurisdictions across the United States. $9,780,780 will support pub  more

N.Y. U.S. Attorney: Lewisboro Town Justice Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion
NEW YORK, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued the following news release: * * * - Evaded Payment of More Than $160,000 of Federal Income Tax From 2009 Through October 2019, by Concealing Proceeds of a Law Suit Settlement and Failing to File Individual Income Tax Returns from 2005 Through 2015 * * * Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Jonathan D. Larsen, the Special Agent in Charge   more

N.Y. U.S. Attorney: Manhattan Doctor Convicted of Accepting Bribes, Kickbacks From Pharmaceutical Company in Exchange for Prescribing Fentanyl Drug
NEW YORK, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued the following news release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the conviction in Manhattan federal court of GORDON FREEDMAN for participating in a scheme to receive bribes and kickbacks in the form of fees for sham educational programs ("Speaker Programs") from Insys Therapeutics, Inc. ("Insys") in exchange for prescribing millions   more

N.Y. U.S. Attorney: Ymer Shahini Sentenced to 18 Months in Connection With Scheme to Defraud Investors and Shareholders
NEW YORK, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued the following news release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that YMER SHAHINI was sentenced to 18 months in prison by United States District Judge P. Kevin Castel in connection with his role in a scheme to defraud shareholders of a publicly traded company and the investing public. SHAHINI pled guilty to one count of conspir  more

NRC Receives Event Notification Involving New York State Department of Health
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 54398) involving the New York State Department of Health in New York: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - IODINE 125 SEED MIGRATED FROM IMPLANT LOCATION The following was received from the State of New York via fax: "The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) was notified by a NYS medical licensee that they had an incident where an lodine-125 seed (200 microCi assayed on 11/12/2019) had migrated f  more

White House: Eight Nominations and One Withdrawal Sent to the Senate
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The White House issued the following news release: NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: John Peter Cronan, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, vice William H. Pauley III, retired. William Scott Hardy, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, vice Nora Barry Fischer, retired. John F. Heil III, of Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge for the Northern, Eastern and Wes  more