WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: The Justice Department announced today a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the New York State Court System, Office of Court Administration (OCA) to improve access to the Rockland County, New York, Drug Treatment Court for people with limited English proficiency (LEP). The department enforces Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), which prohibits discrimination on the basi  more

NEW YORK, June 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Thomas Fattorusso, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation ("IRS-CI"), announced today the unsealing of a Complaint charging KEITH TAYLOR with defrauding a charity he ran by embezzling approximately $2.5 million i  more

BROOKLYN, New York, June 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, an indictment was unsealed charging Noman Ahmed, Adnan Arshad, Rehman Diwan, Jessica Hendrickson, Jose Marte, Mohammed Saleem, Faisal Shamsi and Waqas Shamsi with conspiracy to commit health care fraud, health care fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States and pay health care kickbacks, paying healt  more

NEW YORK, June 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James Smith, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging ILIT RAZ, the founder and former Chief Executive Officer of Joonko Diversity, Inc. ("Joonko"), with securit  more

CENTRAL ISLIP, New York, June 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: Yesterday afternoon, in federal court in Houston, Texas, Cesar Humberto Lopez-Larios, also known as "Grenas de Stoners" and "Oso de Stoners," a high-ranking leader of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as "MS-13," was ordered to be transferred in custody to the Eastern District of New York where he, together with 13 other high-ranking MS-13 leaders, are charge  more

NEW YORK, June 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Kristen Clarke, the Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, announced today that the United States entered into a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with the New York State Unified Court System, Office of Court Administration ("OCA") resolving its  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - The United States Attorney's Office stated that Kajuan Woods, 35, of Brooklyn, New York has been charged by criminal complaint with possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute in Burlington, Vermont in January 2024. Woods was arrested in connection with this complaint on June 4, 2024. Woods's initial appearance in court is  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57156) involving Material Testing Laboratory, Manhattan, New York: * * * Rep Org: New York State Dept. of Health Licensee: Material Testing Labratory Region: 1 City: Manhattan State: NY License #: C2274 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Nate Kishbaugh HQ OPS Officer: Kerby Scales Notification Date: 05/31/2024 Notification Time: 10:50 [ET] Event Date: 05/31/2024 Event Time: 07:00 [EDT]   more

KINGS POINT, New York, June 11 -- The Maritime Administration's U.S. Merchant Marine Academy issued the following news release: The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) is proud to announce its valedictorian and salutatorian for the 2024 graduating class, both of whom have demonstrated exceptional academic prowess during their Kings Point careers. Midshipman Zachary Makram Almadani, a Marine Engineering Systems Major and Kings Point Scholar*, with a GPA of 3.902 from Colorado Springs  more