WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corp.) issued the following news: * * * Complicated physical location demands extensive coordination with NJ TRANSIT, PATH, and other stakeholders * * * KEARNY, N.J. - Amtrak has achieved a major milestone for the Sawtooth Bridges Replacement Project, selecting a Skanska, Walsh & Herzog Joint Venture to conduct pre-construction activities along with future contract opportunities for the project's full construction scope. This importa  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. Elon Property Management LLC (Elon), a property management company based in Lakewood, New Jersey, violated federal law by retaliating against an employee for utilizing disability leave and maintaining a policy that screened out and discriminated against a class of employees with disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: In recent weeks, a number of drones have been sighted over New Jersey, prompting concern and thousands of telephone calls to report them. Some of those drones have even been sighted over Picatinny Arsenal and Naval Weapons Station Earle, both in New Jersey. A spokesperson from the Joint Staff acknowledged that there had been sightings of drones over two military installations in New Jersey, but said such sighting  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 18, 2024: A federal court in New Jersey last month held in contempt Abraham Taylor, a resident of Florida and formerly of New Jersey, for continuing to prepare returns after the court permanently barred him and his business -- Chentay Consulting Services LP, doing business as CCS Tax Services -- from preparing federal income tax returns for others. According to the court's contempt order, Taylor con  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2024: * * * Defendant Rostislav Panev in Custody Pending Extradition from Israel to the United States * * * Note: A copy of the superseding criminal complaint can be found here (https://www.justice.gov/media/1381806/dl). * * * A superseding criminal complaint filed in the District of New Jersey was unsealed today charging a dual Russian and Israeli national for being a developer of the LockB  more

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, Dec. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky issued the following news release: Sixteen separate cardiology practices and associated physicians, located across 12 states, have agreed to pay amounts totaling $17,761,564 to resolve allegations that they each violated the False Claims Act by overbilling Medicare for diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals. Diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals are radioisotopes bound to biological molecules that target s  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Dec. 20 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) today announced that Jose "Joey" Torres, the former mayor of Paterson, New Jersey, pleaded guilty in connection with his 2022 campaign to retake the mayor's seat, which violated a 2017 judicial order banning him from running for or holding public office. Torres, 66, of   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Dec. 20 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs today announced that the State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners ("Board") has revoked the license of a North Jersey physical therapist who admitted to engaging in sexual relations with one patient and allegedly made inappropriate remarks to another. Danny O. Steffens, who practiced in at le  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: The U.S. Attorney's Office announced today the resolution of False Claims Act violations against 16 separate cardiology practices and associated physicians, located across 12 states, and their agreement to pay a total of $17,761,564 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by overbilling Medicare for diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals. The U.S. Attorney's Off  more