WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 22-cv-01360; D.N.J. filed March 14, 2022) involving Mario E. Rivero: * * * On April 26, 2024, the U.S. District Court for New Jersey entered a final judgment against Mario E. Rivero, a former registered representative at a broker-dealer, who misappropriated more than $480,000 from his advisory clients and brokerage customers. According to the SEC's complaint, filed on March 14, 2022, be  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 3:24-cv-05711; D.N.J. filed April 29, 2024) involving Tri-Bridge Ventures LLC and John Francis Forsythe III: * * * SEC Charges Alleged Convertible Note Dealer for Failure to Register * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged John Francis Forsythe, III, a resident of New Jersey, and an entity he owns and controls, Tri-Bridge Ventures, LLC ("Tri-Bridge"), with failing to  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, April 30 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: U.S. Marines flying a CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter transported an F-35C Lightning II airframe from the F-35 Integrated Test Force at Patuxent River (Pax ITF) to a Navy unit located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 24. A Marine aircrew from Marine Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1) flew the most powerful helicopter in the Department of Defense that   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Lawrence Levon Jones, age 45, of Raleigh, was sentenced to 480 months in prison for his role as a leader of a Raleigh-based drug organization that sourced drugs from Los Angeles, California, and Newark, New Jersey. Jones was convicted by a federal jury of drug trafficking and firearms offenses in December 2023. He has eight prior fe  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today that the District of New Jersey collected a total of $214 million in Fiscal Year 2023. Of this amount, $33.4 million was collected in criminal actions and $13.4 million was collected in civil actions. The district also collected $91 million in cases the office handled jointly with other U.S. Attorney  more

ALBANY, New York, April 30 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: * * * Represents Largest Participation by MWBE Firms in Any Public-Private Project in New York State History 680 Separate MWBE Firms Have Been Awarded Contracts to Date MWBE Participation Expected to Continue to Break Records With JFK Construction Through 2028 Contracts Awarded to Local, Queens-Based Businesses Reaches Nearly $1 Billion * * * Governor Kathy Hochul today announ  more

ALBANY, New York, April 23 -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the following order approving designation (Case No. 24-C-0043): * * * Petition of TruConnect Communications, Inc. for Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier. ORDER APPROVING DESIGNATION AS AN ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER BY THE COMMISSION: INTRODUCTION By petition dated January 17, 2024, pursuant to Sec.214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (47 U.S.C. Sec.214) and Public Serv  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 30 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: * * * Hospitality Companies Settle Federal Charges That They Discriminated Against Pregnant Worker and Then Fired Her * * * Savage River Lodge, LLC and Little Crossings, LLC, doing business as Fronterra Resources (collectively referred to as Savage River Lodge), will pay $150,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to settle federal charges that they discrimi  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 30 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: * * * Trucking Companies Settle Federal Charges They Allowed Harassment and Termination of Gay Mechanics Because of Sexual Orientation * * * TA Dedicated (formerly known as Transport America) and Transportation Enterprise Services, trucking companies that operate under the parent TFI International, Inc., will pay $460,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to se  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Delivers on Permitting Progress to Build America's Infrastructure and Clean Energy Future Faster, Safer, and Cleaner During the previous Administration, important projects stalled; Under the Biden-Harris Administration, projects are moving more quickly President Biden's Investing in America agenda is making once-in-a-generation investments in America's infrastructure and our c  more