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Federal Tipoffs Involving Virginia Newsletter for 2023-12-08 ( 13 items )  
DLA: Employees Encouraged to Revisit Safety, Security Measures When Returning to the Office (10)
FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: * * * Editor's note: This is part of a series of articles aiming to help Defense Logistics Agency employees return to the office in January. The articles will address several areas, providing tips and information to ease the transition. * * * Returning to the McNamara Headquarters Complex more regularly means employees have several office-environment issues to consider, incl more PR

Dulles CBP Officers Seize $68k in Unreported Currency From Nigeria-Bound Family (10)
STERLING, Virginia, Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2023: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized $68,000 in unreported currency from a Nigeria-bound family at Washington Dulles International Airport today. There is no limit to how much currency or other monetary instruments travelers may bring to or take out of the United States. However, federal law [31 USC 5316] requires travelers to r more PR

NCUA: Lending, Assets, Insured Shares, Delinquencies Rise in Q3 (10)
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Dec. 8 (TNSres) -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2023: * * * NCUA Releases Credit Union System Performance Data for the Third Quarter of 2023 * * * According to the latest financial performance data released today by the National Credit Union Administration, total loans outstanding in federally insured credit unions increased $132 billion, or 9.1 percent, over the year ending in the third quarter of 2023, to $1.59  more PR

Photo Story: December 2023 Construction Operations for $28.08M Barracks Project at Fort McCoy, Part I (10)
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Army Installation Management Command issued the following news release: By Scott Sturkol The construction area for a new construction project to build a new $28.08 million barracks building is shown Dec. 1, 2023, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The contractor for the project, BlindermanPower (Construction), received the notice to proceed with construction on Sept. 26, 2023, and has 780 calendar days to complete the project. The project requires building a four-sto more PR

Secretary of the Navy Del Toro Delivers Remarks at the National Capital Council, Navy League of the U.S. Annual Meeting (10)
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Navy's Chief of Naval Operations issued the following remarks on Dec. 7, 2023, by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro at the National Capital Council of the Navy League of the U.S. annual meeting: * * * Good evening, everyone! It is wonderful to be here with you at the Army Navy Country Club for this year's annual meeting of the National Capital Council of the Navy League of the United States. I would like to thank Commander Tom Callender, President o more PR

Senate confirms Rear Adm. Darin Via as next Navy Surgeon General (10)
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: FALLS CHURCH, Virginia - Rear Adm. Darin Via received U.S. Senate confirmation to become the Navy's 40th Surgeon General. "I am humbled and honored to lead a team of more than 40,000 highly-trained military and civilian health care professionals who provide enduring expeditionary medical support to Sailors and Marines on, below, an more PR

TRICARE Open Season ends Dec. 12: review your coverage for 2024 (10)
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: FALLS CHURCH, Virginia - Have you reviewed your TRICARE coverage for 2024? Now is the time. Why now? Because TRICARE Open Season ends Tuesday, Dec. 12. Open season may be your only chance to enroll in TRICARE coverage or change your health plan for 2024. "If you miss the Dec. 12 deadline, you'll have to wait until next year's TRICA more PR

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia: 16-Year-Old Virginian Charged as an Adult for October 21, 2023, Murder of 24-Year-Old D.C. Resident (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2023: Ashton Inabinet, 16, of Alexandria, Virginia, was arrested yesterday on Second Degree Murder While Armed charges stemming from the homicide of 24-year-old Diamonte Lewis on October 21, 2023, in front of Nellies Bar at 9th and U Streets NW, U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves announced. Inabinet, who was a student at West Potomac High School in Alexandria, Virginia, more PR

U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia: Pavion Company to Pay $1.75 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations of Small Business Contracting Fraud (10)
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Dec. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release: A company located in Chantilly has agreed to pay $1.75 million to settle civil fraud allegations that it and its subsidiaries improperly obtained government contracts that were set-aside for small businesses. The United States alleged that the Pavion Company (Pavion) ceased to qualify as a small business concern after its predecessor company was acquired in 2 more PR

U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia: Wheeling Man Sentenced for Federal Fentanyl Charge (10)
WHEELING, West Virginia, Dec. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Rashun Rafael Suncar, also known as "Blackie," age 37, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced to 92 months for distribution of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, Suncar sold pills counterfeit pills containing fentanyl near the Elks Playground in East Wheeling. Investigators searched Suncar's residence and found add more PR

U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia: Wheeling Woman Sentenced to Five Years for Cocaine Trafficking (10)
WHEELING, West Virginia, Dec. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2023: Rebecca Mae Blake, age 41, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to five years in federal prison for cocaine distribution. According to court documents and statements made in court, Blake sold crack cocaine from her home on Fulton Street in Wheeling. Blake pled guilty to the charge earlier this year in connection to a larger  more PR

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Michigan Man Sentenced to More Than 10 Years in Prison for Federal Drug Crimes (10)
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, Will Thompson, issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2023: Darrell Lamar Holcomb, also known as "Smiley," 32, of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, was sentenced today to 10 years and one month in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and 400 grams or more of fentanyl and aiding and abetting the distribution of more PR

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Pocahontas County Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime (10)
BECKLEY, West Virginia, Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, Will Thompson, issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2023: Jose Dominguez, 42, of Snowshoe, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on August 29, 2022, law enforcement officers conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle driven by Dominguez in Beckley. During the traffic stop, a police K-9 alerted to th more PR