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Federal Tipoffs Involving Utah Newsletter for Sunday September 03, 2023 ( 6 items )  

49th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Conducts First Ever Depot-Level Repair on Holloman F-16s
HOLLOMAN AFB, New Mexico, Sept. 1 -- The U.S. Air Force Holloman Air Force Base (49th Air Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Nicholas Paczkowski, 49th Wing Public Affairs For the first time at Holloman, Airmen from the 49th Equipment Maintenance Squadron performed F-16 Viper depot-level repairs, and maintenance which included the overhaul, upgrading, rebuilding, retesting of weapon systems, parts, components, and other key parts of the aircraft. Depot-level repairs are typic  more

Hill AFB: Explosive Ordnance Disposal Practices Quick Response With University of Utah's AirMed
HILL AFB, Utah, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Hill Air Force Base (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By Donovan Potter, 75th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Technicians from the 775th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight received training from University of Utah's AirMed paramedics at the 775th EOD's proficiency range Aug. 17 at Hill Air Force Base. Wade Spivey, flight paramedic, and Gail Sawyer, flight nurse, led the familiarization training because they or members of their team woul  more

Immigration & Customs Enforcement: 15 Violent Criminals Arrested by ERO Salt Lake City During Nationwide Operation
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 2 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: On Sept. 1, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Salt Lake City announced the arrest of 15 noncitizens during a national operation that ran from Aug. 4-25. Officers focused enforcement efforts against priority removable fugitive noncitizens - specifically, those identified as having crimin  more

Justice Dept.: Former Utah Movie Producer Charged With Tax Evasion and Obstructing IRS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2023: A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an indictment, unsealed today, charging a Utah man with tax evasion, obstructing the IRS and forcibly retaking property that had been seized by the government to pay his outstanding tax debt. According to the indictment, Paul Kenneth Cromar owned a home in Cedar Hills, Utah, and operated Blue Moon Productions, LLC, a freelance film and media  more

NASA Completes Last OSIRIS-REx Test Before Asteroid Sample Delivery
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- NASA issued the following news release: A team led by NASA in Utah's West Desert is in the final stages of preparing for the arrival of the first U.S. asteroid sample - slated to land on Earth in September. A mockup of NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer) sample capsule was dropped Wednesday from an aircraft and landed at the drop zone at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range in t  more

Utah U.S. Attorney: Alleged Business Scammers Indicted After Nationwide Scheme to Defraud Investors, Including Elderly, of More Than $30M
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah, Trina A. Higgins, issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an indictment charging seven defendants, including the founder and former President of Noah's Event Venue in South Jordan, Utah, with 18 counts of wire fraud. According to court documents, from January 2015 through May 2019, William J. Bowser, 60, of Hendersonville, North Carolina; Christopher J. Ashby, 49, of Salt Lak  more