WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: The Federal Trade Commission has finalized its order against a group of Massachusetts- and New Hampshire-based clothing accessories companies, along with their owner, Thomas Bates, for falsely claiming that certain company products were manufactured in the United States. The FTC's order, first announced in June 2023, stops the company from making deceptive claims about products being "Made in USA" and require  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, Jane E. Young, issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2023: A Massachusetts man was sentenced today in federal court in Concord for his role as a drug runner in a conspiracy to distribute internationally sourced fentanyl operating out of Lawrence, Massachusetts., U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Ramon Jaquez Diaz, 52, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Paul Barbadoro to 36 months in pri  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, Jane E. Young, issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2023: A Merrimack man pleaded guilty today in federal court to charges in connection with his theft of funds from his previous employer, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Scott Dulac, 40, pleaded guilty to one count of federal wire fraud charges. U.S. District Court Judge Samantha Elliott scheduled sentencing for December 14, 2023. Defendant   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, Jane E. Young, issued the following news release: A previously removed Mexican national has been charged in connection with a human smuggling incident along the New Hampshire-Canada border, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Reynaldo Velasco-Velasco, 36, was charged by criminal complaint with illegal reentry of a removed alien in violation of 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1326 and unlawful transportation of certain ali  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, Jane E. Young, issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2023: A Bronx, New York, woman has been charged in connection with trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl combined with xylazine from New York to New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Katherine Sanchez Lugo, 33, was arrested today in Nashua on a criminal complaint of possessing with intent to distribute and distributing controlle  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, Jane E. Young, issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2023: A New Hampshire charity pleaded guilty today in federal court to export offenses, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. NuDay, a/k/a NuDay Syria, pleaded guilty to three counts of Failure to File Export Information. U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Laplante scheduled sentencing for December 28, 2023. NuDay was founded by Nadia Alawa as a n  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2023: The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced nearly $50 million to four organizations to expand middle mile high-speed Internet infrastructure in New Hampshire, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wyoming. Today's announcement is a critical milestone in Biden-Harris Administration'  more