WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: * * * FTC says Monument shared consumers' health data with third-party advertising platforms without consent * * * The Federal Trade Commission has taken action against an alcohol addiction treatment service for allegedly disclosing users' personal health data to third-party advertising platforms, including Meta and Google, for advertising without consumer consent, after promising to kee more PR

NEW YORK, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on April 10, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Boston-Cambridge-Newton - March 2024": * * * Prices in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), rose 1.5 percent for the two months ending in March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Regional Commis more PR

NEW YORK, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on April 10, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, New York-Newark-Jersey City - March 2024": * * * Area prices up 0.4 percent over the past month; up 3.4 percent over the year * * * Prices in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.4 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau more PR

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following statement on April 11, 2024, by Ian McGinley, director of the division of enforcement, at the New York City Bar Association Futures and Derivatives Committee conference: * * * It is an honor to deliver today's keynote address, particularly to so many sophisticated members of the derivatives bar. I always appreciate this audience--I can drop "contango" and "backwardation" into speeches without any explanation  more PR

NEW YORK, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Division issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Frank A. Tarentino III, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA"); and Darren B. McCormack, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations ("HSI"), announced today  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following media advisory: On Wednesday, April 10, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Cindy Marten, in conjunction with the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz (Institute), will host a "Jazz Informance"--a combination of performance with educational information. The event will feature gifted music students from Baltimore, New York, and Washington, DC public high schools. The students will be accompanied by internationally acclaimed more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-109) on April 9, 2024: * * * Re: Short Term Network Change Certification Received Verizon New York Inc. (Verizon), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that short term public notice of network change(s) has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required by section 51.329(a)(2) of the rules of th more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Federal Maritime Commission issued the following notice of appearance (Docket No. 23-02): * * * 20230930-DK-BUTTERFLY-1, Inc. f/k/a BED BATH & BEYOND INC. v. ORIENT OVERSEAS CONTAINER LINE LIMITED AND OOCL (EUROPE) LIMITED NOTICE OF APPEARANCE Please enter my appearance in this proceeding as counsel for Complainant 20230930DK-BUTTERFLY-1, Inc. f/k/a Bed Bath & Beyond Inc./1 I am an attorney admitted to practice and in good standing before the courts of the State of more PR

WEST POINT, New York, April 9 -- The U.S. Military Academy issued the following news: By Eric S. Bartelt, West Point Public Affairs Specialist The West Point Fire Department (WPFD) offered a glimpse of their fire station renovations with a community open house April 5 at Fire Station 1 across from the West Point Cemetery on Washington Road. The renovation of Fire Station 1 lasted for more than a year, which meant only the Stony Lonesome Fire Station was operational during that period of time  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The United States filed a complaint under the False Claims Act (FCA) against Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Regeneron), a New York-based pharmaceutical company. Regeneron manufactures and sells Eylea, an anti-vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat, among other conditions, neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration, a prevalent, usually age-rela more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Patrick Dai, 21, formerly a junior at Cornell University and originally from Pittsford, New York, pleaded guilty today to posting threats to kill or injure another person using interstate communications. "This defendant is being held accountable for vile, abhorrent, antisemitic threats of violence levied against members of the Cornell University Jewish community," said Assistant Attorney more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: The United States has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act (FCA) against Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Regeneron), a New York-based pharmaceutical company. The complaint alleges that Regeneron fraudulently manipulated Medicare reimbursement for its drug, Eylea, by knowingly submitting false average sales price (ASP) reports to Medicare. Medicare uses more PR

NEW YORK, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Merrick B. Garland, the Attorney General of the United States; John J. Durham, the Director of Joint Task Force Vulcan ("JTFV"); Anne Milgram, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA"); Katrina W. Berger, the Executive Associate Director of Homelan more PR

BUFFALO, New York, April 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Robert L. Williams, Jr., 42, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to transfer firearms purchased outside of state of residency, unlawful dealing in firearms, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug tra more PR

NEW YORK, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Jocelyn E. Strauber, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation ("DOI"), announced that DOMINIC COLUCCIO, the former President of the United Probation Officers Association (the "UPOA"), the union that represents all current and former New York City probation off more PR

NEW YORK, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that LIBIA AMANDA PALACIO MENA was sentenced to 14 years in prison for conspiring to import cocaine into the U.S. PALACIO MENA pled guilty on December 21, 2023, before U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman, who imposed today's sentence. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: "Libia A more PR

NEW YORK, April 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on April 12, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that SHAKEEB AHMED was sentenced today to three years in prison by U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero for hacking two separate decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges and stealing cryptocurrency worth over $12 million. AHMED previously pled guilty to compu more PR

NEW YORK, April 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CLIVER ANTONIO ALCALA CORDONES was sentenced to 260 months in prison for providing material support, including firearms, to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (the "FARC"). ALCALA CORDONES pled guilty on June 29, 2023, before U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, more PR

NEW YORK, April 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on April 12, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that UWEMEDIMO UMOREN was sentenced to three years in prison for his participation in an international wire fraud conspiracy based in Nigeria, involving the theft of millions of dollars from victims across the U.S., by U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero. UMOREN more PR

NEW YORK, April 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that CHINWENDU ALISIGWE was sentenced to five years in prison for his role in a wide-ranging bank fraud and money laundering conspiracy, which resulted in the misappropriation of approximately $4.5 million in victim funds. ALISIGWE was previously convicted by a jury followi more PR

NEW YORK, April 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; James Smith, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"); and Jocelyn E. Strauber, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation ("DOI"), announced today the unsealing of Complaints charg more PR

NEW YORK, April 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that DIONISIO FIGUEROA, a/k/a "Dionicio," a former employee of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ("SDNY") Magistrate Clerk's Office, and TELESFORO DEL VALLE, JR., a now-disbarred criminal defense attorney who practiced in SDNY and elsewhere for m more PR

NEW YORK, April 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Darren B. McCormack, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations ("HSI"); and Frank A. Tarentino III, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA"), announced today the filing of a more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following media advisory on April 9, 2024: On Monday, April 8, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona will travel to New York, NY, where he will participate in a roundtable to highlight student debt forgiveness and speak with borrowers who have been approved for relief through the four existing major student loan forgiveness programs: Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), Income-Drive Repayment (IDR), Saving On A Valuable more PR

NEW YORK, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: * * * New units feature a camera to match photo on the ID with the person presenting the ID * * * New technology that confirms the validity of a traveler's identification (ID) and confirms their flight information in real time is now in use at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security checkpoints at JFK International Airpo more PR

WEST POINT, New York, April 11 -- The Military Academy issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: The New York State Legislature has honored the U.S. Military Academy during the 72nd annual West Point Day in Albany, New York, on April 9. New York State Sen. James Skoufis invited West Point Senior Leaders and New York State Cadets to attend this year's observance. Lt. Gen. Steven Gilland led a delegation of officers, the Chaplain, the First Captain, and local cadets to accept the New more PR

NEW YORK, April 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Secret Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Secret Service, the New York City Police Department, and the New York State Unified Court System are working together to ensure the highest level of safety and security for the upcoming legal proceedings in New York City involving Former President Donald Trump. "The U.S. Secret Service is prepared to effectively carry out our protective mission here in New York. While ope more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Trade and Development Agency issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Next week, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency will host representatives from major Brazilian rail transit organizations and state governments who are leading the procurement of infrastructure to expand and modernize their rail operations to be safer, more efficient, and climate-friendly. The 10-member delegation will travel to Miami, FL, New York, NY, and Wash more PR

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, April 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release: Three gang members have been charged, in addition to one previously charged defendant, with abduction and murder in York County, Virginia. According to the indictment, in the early morning hours of May 6, 2023, Hezekiah Carney, 25, of Norfolk, Jamica Langley, 24, of Richmond, Donnisha Goodman, 26, of Portsmouth, and Acacia Jackson, 19, of New York, allege more PR