NEW YORK, July 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on July 11, 2024, by Acting Associate Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer at the United Nation's 2024 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development: * * * Thank you, Mr. Chair. On behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice, today I affirm the United States' commitment to advance United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 16 (SDG 16), to provide access to justice for all, and to build effective, accountable,  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 11, 2024: A Long Island, New York, fisherman was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in prison and two years of supervised release for his role in a fisheries fraud conspiracy associated with his captainship of the trawler New Age from 2014 to 2017. In October 2023, a jury convicted Christopher Winkler, of Montauk of one count of federal criminal conspiracy, two counts of mail fraud and two counts of o  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on July 12, 2024: Five Massachusetts residents and one New York resident have been charged in connection with a scheme to defraud various health insurance companies by submitting fabricated claims seeking reimbursement for over $1 million worth of bogus medical expenses, purportedly incurred during international travel. Brendon Ashe, 40, of Dorchester; Aqiyla At  more

BROOKLYN, New York, July 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on July 12, 2024: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Edwin Amaya-Sanchez, also known as "Strong," a member of the Guanacos Lil Cycos Salvatruchas clique of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, a transnational criminal organization, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Gary R. Brown to 292 months' imprisonment. Amaya  more

KINGS POINT, New York, July 12 -- The Maritime Administration's U.S. Merchant Marine Academy issued the following news release on July 11, 2024: The next Board of Visitors Meeting will take place at the Academy on July 26, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. EST. Agenda The meeting agenda is as follows: 1. Welcome remarks and Board maintenance items. 2. Update on the USMMA priority programs and initiatives (including educational programs, athletic programs, institutional culture, sexual ass  more