Executive Director Pleads Guilty to Illegal Campaign Contributions

On October 1, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey announced that Thomas J. O’Leary was sentenced to 30 months in prison for illegally funneling campaign contributions to Joseph Vas who ran for Congress in 2006.  O’Leary, the former executive director of the South Amboy Housing Authority, ...

Foreclosure Rescue Scammers Receive Prison Time

On October 1, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced that four men, Anthony J. DeMarco III, Michael Richard Roberts, Sean Ryan McBride, and Eric Bascove, were all sentenced to prison time for a large foreclosure rescue scheme.  DeMarco of Conshohocken, PA received 25 years in prison ...

Two Doctors Sentenced for $205 Million Medicare Scheme

On October 1, 2012, the Department of Justice announced that two Miami-area doctors, Dr. Mark Willner and Dr. Alberto Ayala, were sentenced to 10 years in prison for participating in a $205 million Medicare fraud scheme.  The two doctors were directors at American Therapeutic Corporation (ATC), a mental health care company. In ...

Attorneys File Even More Charges against Madoff Employees

On October 1, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced that Daniel Bonventre, Annette Bongiorno, Joann Crupi, Jerome O’Hara, and George Perez received additional charges in a superseding indictment.  All of the defendants were long-time employees of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities ...

New England Experienced More Smog this Summer

In October 1, 2012, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced that New England residents experienced more smog and poor air quality this year compared to 2011.  According to data from April to September, New England experienced 29 days where ozone monitors recorded air quality above the health standard.  There were only ...

Take Safety Steps before this Heating Season

It’s early into the fall season, and temperatures are finally comfortable again.  However, it won’t be long until the big chill is here and we need to turn on heaters, furnaces, and those cozy fireplaces.  The U.S. Fire Administration under FEMA encourages homeowners and tenants in residential buildings to take appropriate ...

New Jersey District Resolves Civil Rights Violation

  The Department of Education has been involved in an ongoing case with the East Orange School District in New Jersey after the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) found the school was in violation of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.  The OCR announced they ...

Newman’s Own Issues Voluntary Limited Recall

On September 28, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration announced that Newman’s Own Organics is issuing a voluntary limited recall for its Peanut Butter Newman O’s Sandwich Crème Cookies.  The voluntary recall comes after Sunland, Inc. issued a large recall of peanut butter products, the same peanut butter used in ...

La Cosa Nostra Associate Sentenced to 33 Months

On October 1, 2012, the Department of Justice announced that Louis Barretta of Philadelphia was sentenced to 33 months in prison for involvements in the La Cosa Nostra family.  Barretta was sentenced for participation in loan sharking and illegal gambling.   Barretta is one of 14 members of the La Cosa Nostra family that ...

Park Owner Fined $1,339,000 for Water and Waste Violations

On October 1, 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced that they reached settlement for 4,300 Clean Water Act violations in 15 mobile home parks in PA and 900 Safe Drinking Water Act violations at 30 mobile home parks in the state. The complaints were filed against ...

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