PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 21 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2024: The Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh (FHLBank) today announced the election of Thomas A. Hendry, Senior Vice President and Treasurer of New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation (New York Life). and Nathaniel S. Bonnell, Chairman, President and CEO of Citizens Bank of West Virginia to the FHLBank Board   more

BUFFALO, New York, Aug. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2024: U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Raekwon Gordon, 25, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking activities, and being a felon in possession of a gun. The charges carry a maximum penalty of life in pris  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Aug. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, former Congressman George Anthony Devolder Santos pleaded guilty to committing wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The proceeding was held before United States District Judge Joanna Seybert. When sentenced, Santos faces a minimum sentence of two years' imprisonment and a maximum sentence of 22 years' impris  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Aug. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: Earlier today, an indictment was unsealed charging Domagoj Patkovic with conspiring to make and making threats concerning explosives, conspiring to transmit and transmitting threatening communications, and conveying false information concerning explosives. Patkovic was arrested this morning at his residence in Portland, Oregon and will make his initial appearanc  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Aug. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Lisa F. Garcia, Regional Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), today announced a settlement with Gershow Recycling Corporation (Gershow) for its alleged violation of the Clean Air Act (CAA) at the company's metal shredding facility in Medford, New York. Under the Consen  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2024: * * * Equiniti, formerly known as American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, lost millions of dollars of client funds * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against New York-based registered transfer agent Equiniti Trust Company LLC, formerly known as American Stock Transfer & Trust Company LLC, for failing to assure that client securities and   more