ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 18, 2024, entitled "County Employment and Wages in Alabama - First Quarter 2024": * * * Employment rose in 6 of the 7 largest counties in Alabama from March 2023 to March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Large counties are those with annual average employment levels of 75,000 or more in 2023.) Reg  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 18, 2024, entitled "County Employment and Wages in Georgia - First Quarter 2024": * * * Employment rose in 8 of the 11 largest counties in Georgia from March 2023 to March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Large counties are those with annual average employment levels of 75,000 or more in 2023.) Re  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: A federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted Ben Thomas III today with eight counts of wire fraud and four counts of money laundering for defrauding his former employer, San Francisco-based Williams Sonoma, Inc. (WSI), announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Acting Special Agent in   more

ALBANY, Georgia, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Atlanta Division issued the following news release: Two Southwest Georgia residents with criminal pasts pleaded guilty to federal charges resulting from an armed drug trafficking investigation conducted by local, state and federal level law enforcement agencies. Justin Harris Vinson, 42, of Warwick, Georgia, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of methamphetamine on Sept. 17 and co-defendant Sha  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia issued the following news release: Sanjay Patel, an attorney who formerly operated a Georgia-based real estate law firm, has pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining nearly $300,000 in Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to using his attorney escrow account to launder more than $250,000 from unrelated investor fraud schemes. "This office will remain steadfast i  more

ALBANY, Georgia, Sept. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia issued the following news release: Two Southwest Georgia residents with criminal pasts pleaded guilty to federal charges resulting from an armed drug trafficking investigation conducted by local, state and federal level law enforcement agencies. Justin Harris Vinson, 42, of Warwick, Georgia, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of methamphetamine on Sept. 17 and co-defendant Shana Rae Black,   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia issued the following news release: Micky Lee Wagner, also known as "Clifton Leigh Wagner Martin," "Mickey Lee Wagner," "Leigh Wagner," "Michy Wagner," "Lee Wagner," and "Dr. Leigh," has been sentenced to federal prison for operating a scheme to defraud factoring companies of more than $5 million while using stolen identities. "Wagner has an extensive history of devising schemes to take advantage   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release: Wesley Olan Landers, 55, of Cumming, Georgia, and Jeffrey Scott Wells, 54, of Canton, Georgia, have been charged by felony information with conspiracy to obstruct justice and to commit perjury in connection with a $123 million contract to provide behavioral health services to Tennessee Department of Corrections ("TDOC") inmates, announced Thomas J. Jaworski,   more