WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's Office of Investigations issued the following investigation report: * * * On July 22, 2024, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced that it had entered into a non-prosecution agreement (NPA) with international bus parts supplier CBM and its wholly owned subsidiaries in the United States and Canada. CBM engaged in a scheme to defraud approximately 18 U.S. transit authority custome  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: NEW YORK (August 19, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is inviting public input on proposed changes to its cleanup approach for the Welsbach & General Gas Mantle Superfund Site, also known as Camden Radiation. This site, located in Gloucester City and Camden, New Jersey, includes the Gloucester Marine Terminal, an active port facility, on the Delaware River. Specifically, EPA is proposin  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2024: Former U.S. Representative George Anthony Devolder Santos pleaded guilty today to committing wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. In pleading guilty, Santos, 36, of Queens, New York, admitted he filed fraudulent FEC reports, embezzled funds from campaign donors, charged credit cards without authorization, stole identities, obtained unemployment benefits through fraud, and lied in repo  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A Nigerian man was arrested on Aug. 13, 2024 upon arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City on charges that he, and others, conspired to fraudulently obtain at least $10 million in COVID-19 unemployment benefits. Yomi Jones Olayeye, a/k/a "Sabbie," 40, of Lagos, Nigeria, is charged with one count of wire fraud conspiracy, one count of w  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- 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 Naomi Gruchacz, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Regional Office of the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General ("HHS-OIG"), announced today that the United States has filed and simultaneously settled a civil fraud lawsuit against ORANGE MEDICAL   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- 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, announced today that, on Saturday, August 17, 2024, PAWEL BIELECKI, a/k/a "Paul Bielecki," a/k/a "Paul HRH Saxe-Coburg-Gotha," a/k/a "Dr. Phaakon Sonderburg-Glucksburg," a/k/a "Father Paul," a/k/a "Father Kowal," was arrested on charges of wire fraud and mail fraud. BIELECKI will be presen  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release: William De La Rosa, age 29, of Manhattan, was sentenced on Friday to 60 months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute 1 kilogram of cocaine. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New York Division, made the announcement. As part of his guilty p  more