WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut charging fraud against of Florida. The complaint alleges from at least 2021 through at least 2022, Staryk, individually and d/b/a Magestic World Wide Finance or Magestic World Wide Solutions, and others, engaged in a deceptive scheme  more PR

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 PR

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 PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JIMMY LASSUS, 40, of Wethersfield, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to distribution of fentanyl and oxycodone. According to court documents and statements made in court, in the early morning of October 6, 2023 more PR

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 PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: Middletown, CT A FEMA Disaster Recovery Center will open in Southbury, New Haven County on Wednesday, October 2. The DRC, a temporary facility established in partnership between the state of Connecticut and FEMA, will help survivors affected by the August 18-19 severe storm, flooding, landslides, and mudslides apply for FEMA assistance, upload documents needed  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: Middletown, CT FEMA's Disaster Survivor Assistance (DSA) teams continue to canvas Connecticut communities affected by the severe storm, flooding, landslides, and mudslides on August 18-19, 2024. DSA teams are assisting residents in Fairfield, Litchfield, and New Haven Counties navigate the federal assistance process by helping them register, complete, or update more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 3:23-cv-00125; D. Conn., filed Feb. 1, 2023) involving Ameritrust Corp., et al. and Seong Yeol Lee: * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that on September 27, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut entered judgment against the estate of defendant Seong Yeol Lee in a microcap fraud case filed by the SEC in 2023. The judgment orders disgorgement of $3 more PR

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 PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A Connecticut man has been arrested for civil disorder during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His alleged actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. James Roe Cleary, 56, of Waterford, Connecticut, is charged in a criminal complaint  more PR