BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 27 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Joshua S. Levy, issued the following news release on July 26, 2023: Yogibo, a New Hampshire-based furniture seller, has agreed to pay $217,832 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by failing to pay customs duties on imports from China. Customs laws require importers to pay duties on the price paid for imported goods, including the cost of quality control testing, product design  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * In June 2023, New Hampshire (1.8 percent), South Dakota (1.8 percent), Maryland (2.0 percent), Arkansas (2.6 percent), Massachusetts (2.6 percent), Oklahoma (2.7 percent), Mississippi (3.1 percent), Ohio (3.4 percent), and Pennsylvania (3.8 percent) had record low unemployment rates. (All state unemployment data begin in 1976.) * * * Chart: State  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: A Vermont man was sentenced in federal court in Concord for unlawfully possessing quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine in New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Damien Rousseau, Jr., 31, formerly of Vershire, Vermont was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Landya B. McCafferty to 60 months in prison and three ye  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, Jane E. Young, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: A Goffstown man was sentenced in federal court for drug trafficking in New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Zachary Janas, 40, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Joesph N. Laplante to 55 months in prison and three years of supervised release. On April 17, 2023, Janas plead guilty to distribution of and unlawful posse  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, Jane E. Young, issued the following news release on July 26, 2023: A Manchester man has been charged in connection with the distribution of fentanyl and crack cocaine, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Walter Velez, 41, was arrested and charged with distribution of controlled substances in connection with the sale of fentanyl to a confidential informant. Velez made an initial appearance in federal cour  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 26 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, Jane E. Young, issued the following news release: A Vermont man was sentenced in federal court in Concord for unlawfully possessing quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine in New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Damien Rousseau, Jr., 31, formerly of Vershire, Vermont was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Landya B. McCafferty to 60 months in prison and three years of supervised   more