SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2024: OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in defending a Biden Administration rule expanding healthcare access to deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) recipients - or Dreamers - by making them eligible for participation in the Affordable Care Act's insurance marketplace. According to the UC Berkeley La  more

DENVER, Colorado, Oct. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado issued the following news release: Precision Toxicology, doing business as Precision Diagnostics, has agreed to pay $27 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act and similar state statutes for billing Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health care programs for medically unnecessary urine drug tests, and for providing free items to physicians who agreed to refer expensive laboratory tes  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 3 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong announced today that Utah-based AR Industries will cease operations in a settlement with the State arising from the company's sale of illegal untraceable ghost gun parts. AR Industries must dissolve, surrender its internet domain, and deactivate all social media accounts. AR's principal must report annually whether she or any agents of AR have formed any b  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 3 -- The Connecticut State Auditors of Public Accounts issued the following audit report on Oct. 2, 2024, entitled entitled "Oversight of Connecticut's Assisted Living Facilities as of September 2023." Here are excerpts: * * * CONTENTS INTRODUCTION...3 Background...3 Follow Up...3 Highlighted Agency Accomplishments...4 AGENCY UPDATES...5 Department of Public Health Facility Licensing and Investigations Section (FLIS) Findings and Recommendations...5 The Stat  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JERMEL BATES, also known as "Mel Kitty" and "Kitty," 28, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking narcotics. Accordi  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ISRAEL MENDOZA, also known as "D-Nice" and "Israel Mandosa," 44, formerly of Reading, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute, heroin a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued the following news on Oct. 2, 2024: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is awarding $85.9 million in grants to states to support pipeline and underground natural gas storage (UNGS) inspection activities carried out by state inspectors covering more than 85 percent of the nation's 3.3-million-mile pipeline s  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States Office of Inspector General issued the following news release: The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) hosted a panel and reception at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College last week to commemorate the Bank's 90th anniversary.EXIM President and Chair Reta Jo Lewis opened the event delivering remarks that highlighted the work EXIM does to advance American exports while working steadfastly to supp  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following news release: * * * Nearly 40 Percent of Houses and Multifamily Buildings Facing High Flood Risk are in Low- to Moderate-Income Census Tracts * * * The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today released "Flood Risk and the Tristate Housing Market (https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/outreach-and-education/climate/flood-risk-and-the-tristate-housing-market)." The report finds that nearly one million   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Oct. 3 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release: Attorney General Ashley Moody's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit secured more than $700,000 in a multistate action against Precision Toxicology, LLC d/b/a Precision Diagnostics, Inc. The action comes after allegations that Precision knowingly submitted or caused to be submitted false claims to federal healthcare programs related to urine drug testing that was not medically necessary or tainted by  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Precision Toxicology, doing business as Precision Diagnostics, has agreed to pay $27 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act and similar state statutes for billing Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health care programs for medically unnecessary urine drug tests, and for providing free items to physicians who agreed to refer expensive laboratory testing business to Precision. Precisio  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland issued the following news release: Precision Toxicology, doing business as Precision Diagnostics, has agreed to pay $27 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act and similar state statutes for billing Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health care programs for medically unnecessary urine drug tests, and for providing free items to physicians who agreed to refer expensive laboratory   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ABILASH KURIEN was sentenced to 32 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman in connection with a massive scheme to defraud Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc. ("Polar"), a leading cargo airline, of more than $32 million dollars in revenue. KUR  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport on Aug. 29 hosted Naval Meteorology and Oceanographic Command (CNMOC) Technical Director Dr. Joseph Calantoni as part of its continuing efforts to support undersea forces through the creation of a new tactical oceanography center. Calantoni's visit to the warfare center was after Division Newport Technical Director Marie Bussiere announced on Aug. 27 at the S  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Sgt. Jack Zarifian, 19, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, killed during World War II, was accounted for May 10, 2024. In April 1945, Zarifian was assigned to Company G, 2nd Battalion, 253rd Infantry Regiment, 63rd Infantry Division. His unit was engaged in fierce fighting near the town of Buchhof, Germa  more