WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2023: * * * EPA announces start of new cleanup projects at 22 Superfund sites, along with support for 100 other ongoing cleanups, thanks to President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the second wave of approximately $1 billion in funding from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to start new cleanup projects at  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2023: A federal grand jury in Las Vegas returned an indictment today charging a Nevada woman with assisting in the preparation of false income tax returns. According to the indictment, from 2015 through 2020, Jessica Avras, of Las Vegas, owned and operated a tax preparation business. Avras allegedly prepared and filed materially false federal income tax returns for clients that fraudulently reduce  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 2:23-cv-00191; D. Nev. filed Feb. 6, 2023) involving GexCrypto and Emiliano S. Ryn: * * * SEC Charges Las Vegas Resident in Crypto Fraud Targeting Filipino Community in California * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Las Vegas, Nevada resident Emiliano S. Ryn and his company GexCrypto Corp. with defrauding members of the Filipino community in a scheme involving crypto ass  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The Veterans Affairs Inspector General issued the following oversight report (No. 22-00707-44) on Jan. 25, 2023, entitled "Physician's Falsification of VA Video Connect Blood Pressures at the North Las Vegas VA Medical Center in Nevada." Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection to assess concerns regarding a primary care provider (provider) potentially falsifying blood pressure readings (blood   more