NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that the U.S. Attorney's Office has reached a settlement agreement with Lake Shore Lounge, Inc., doing business as Down the Hatch restaurant in Brookfield, to resolve allegations that the restaurant was not operating in compliance with the Ame  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration issued the following news release: * * * Funding made available through the American Rescue Plan Act * * * To help identify and address barriers workers face regarding access to state unemployment insurance benefits, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of nearly $16 million in equity grants to Connecticut, New Jersey and Oklahoma. Funded by the American Rescue Plan Act and administer  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered a total of $41,221 for 22 workers employed by a West Hartford moving and storage company and its subsidiary that provided bulk mail delivery service under a contract with the U.S. Postal Service. Investigators with the department's Wage and Hour Division determined that Woodland Moving and Warehouse Inc. and subsidiary ARL Transporta  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 15 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2023: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $18,914,000 from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address emerging contaminants, like Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in drinking water in Connecticut. This investment, which is allocated to states and territories, will be made available to communities as grants through EPA's Emerging Conta  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Michael S. Flynn was sentenced on Feb. 10 in Bridgeport, Connecticut to fifteen months' imprisonment and restitution of $1,062,155 for his participation in bid-rigging and fraud schemes targeting public and private entities in Connecticut. This is the seventh sentencing arising out of the investigation into the insulation contracting industry. According to a guilty plea entered on May 1, 2019, the defendan  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Feb. 17, 2023: An indictment was unsealed today in the District of Connecticut charging a Connecticut man and a foreign national with conspiracy, multiple counts of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and money laundering in connection with an alleged scheme to pay bribes to Brazilian officials to win contracts with Brazil's state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petroleo Brasile  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 3:23-cv-00125; D. Conn. filed Feb. 1, 2023) involving Ameritrust Corp. and Seong Yeol Lee, et al.: * * * SEC Obtains Court Order for Partial Asset Freeze and Other Temporary Relief in Fraud Action Against Microcap Public Company and CEO * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that on February 10, 2023, the court entered a temporary order granting certain emergency relief,  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. AB 733) entitled "Housatonic Railroad Co. Inc. - Discontinuance of Service - Dutchess and Putnam Counties, N.Y.": * * * Housatonic Railroad Company, Inc. (HRRC), has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 C.F.R. part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments and Discontinuances of Service to discontinue trackage rights over the rail line known as the Beacon Line   more