WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024: Three individuals were sentenced yesterday for their roles in founding and operating an illegal pyramid scheme. Alex Dee, 50, of Fate, Texas, was sentenced to 36 months in prison and ordered to pay $1,845,600 in forfeiture; Brian Kaplan, 53, of Fort Collins, Colorado, was sentenced to 22 months in prison and ordered to pay $2,838,700 in forfeiture; and Jerrold Mauer, 58, of North Bellmore,  more PR

PORTLAND, Maine, Dec. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine issued the following news release on Dec. 18, 2024: U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee today announced the filing of lawsuits against three individuals alleging they fraudulently applied for and received CARES Act pandemic relief funds: * Jazmyn Paduani (Manchester, New Hampshire) is alleged to have fraudulently applied for, received, and received forgiveness for a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. * Devi more PR

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Colorado Field Office issued the following news release: * * * COLORADO HIGHLIGHTS Potato stocks in Colorado on December 1, 2024, totaled 14.90 million hundredweight, down 3 percent from last year. Disappearance of the crop to date was 6.35 million hundredweight. Potatoes in storage accounted for 70 percent of the 2024 production, compared with 73 percent a year earlier. * * * UNI more PR

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service - Colorado Field Office issued the following news release: * * * COLORADO HIGHLIGHTS Potato stocks in Colorado on December 1, 2024, totaled 14.90 million hundredweight, down 3 percent from last year. Disappearance of the crop to date was 6.35 million hundredweight. Potatoes in storage accounted for 70 percent of the 2024 production, compared with 73 percent a year earlier. * * * UNIT more PR

PETERSON AFB, Colorado, Dec. 18 -- The North American Aerospace Defense Command issued the following news release: COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) detected and tracked four Russian military aircraft operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Dec. 17, 2024. The Russian aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace. This Russian activity in the Alaska ADIZ occurs regularl more PR