WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living issued the following news: ACL has awarded a new cooperative agreement to the University of Southern California (USC) to operate ACL's National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA). USC will receive $1 million for the first year of this three-year project. With this funding, the NCEA will continue to serve as a national resource center dedicated to the prevention of elder maltreatment as captured  more

EDWARDS AFB, California, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force's Edwards Air Force Base issued the following news: By Nicolas Cholula and Mary Kozaitis, 412th Test Wing Edwards Air Force Base revisited a significant chapter of aviation history with the return of the B-2 Spirit on July 17, 35 years since its first flight from Air Force Plant 42, in Palmdale, California to Edwards. The Spirit of Pennsylvania, returned to the heart of the Aerospace Testing Universe, where many firsts for technological a  more

FRESNO, California, Aug. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2024: Fresno medical provider Young Sam Kim has agreed to pay the United States $850,000 to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by fraudulently billing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for health care services that were not in fact provided, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced today. Kim is an acupuncturist pract  more

FRESNO, California, Aug. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2024: Jose Luis Zambrano, 40, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today to 12 years and seven months in prison for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. Today's sentence will run consecutive to his state sentence. According to court documents, from October 20  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release: California Advisors LLC, Delaney Hunter, and William Gonzalez have agreed to pay the United States a combined $580,000 in damages and penalties to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act and the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act by receiving a loan under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), U.S. Attorney Phil  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2024: The City of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $38.2 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly failed to meet federal accessibility requirements when it sought and used U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grant funds for multifamily affordable housing, the Justice Department announced today. "Municipalities that receive   more

FRESNO, California, Aug. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2024: Antonio Beltran-Chaidez, 54, a Mexican national residing in Bakersfield, was sentenced today to three years and 10 months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute heroin, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, in January 2022, Antonio Beltran-Chaidez recruited his brother, Jose Beltran-Chaidez, 68,  more

RIVERSIDE, California, Aug. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2024: A Riverside County man was sentenced today to 188 months in federal prison for running a Ponzi scheme that lasted nearly 20 years and fraudulently obtained more than $24 million from at least 200 investors. Paul Horton Smith Sr., 61, of Moreno Valley, was sentenced by United States District Judge Jesus G. Bernal, who also ordered him to pay $1  more

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, California, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force Beale Air Force Base (9th Reconnaissance Wing) issued the following news: By 1st Lt. Claudia Hinchey, 9th Medical Group I am the third of four children born to immigrant parents that came to this country seeking a better life. Growing up, I understood that our nation was unique in the resources and opportunities it provided. Of course, childhood was not without its challenges. Despite showing academic prowess throughout my youth,   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2024: The Justice Department unsealed a criminal complaint charging Hungarian national Bence Horvath with violations of U.S. export controls targeting Russia, including by conspiring with others to illegally export U.S.-origin radio communications technology to Russian government end users without a license. Horvath is charged by complaint with one count of conspiring to violate the Export Contro  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2024: A Jamaican national was extradited to the United States and made his initial appearance today in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, following his role in a long-running scheme to defraud a California woman. Dwayne Anderson, 35, of Hannover, Jamaica, will face federal wire fraud charges. He was arrested, pursuant to the U.S. request for extradition, on July 11, by Jamaican authorities. He has remai  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: PUBLIC NOTICESACRAMENTO, Calif. The Bureau of Reclamation today announces continued public negotiation sessions with the San Luis and Delta-Mendota Water Authority for an Operations Agreement and Cost Share Agreement for the B.F. Sisk Dam and Reservoir Expansion Project, located on the west side of California's Central Valley near Los Banos.Reclamation and SLDMWA are partnering   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2024: Bence Horvath, 46, of Spain, was arrested in San Francisco, California on charges, unsealed today, that he conspired with others to illegally export U.S.-origin radio communications technology to Russian government end users without a license. The arrest and charges were announced today by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, Assistant Attorney General for Nationa  more