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Miami woman indicted in Maryland for pandemic unemployment fraud scheme
BALTIMORE, MD – A Miami woman has been indicted on 16 federal charges for her alleged role in a pandemic-related unemployment insurance fraud scheme that targeted state agencies, including the Maryland Department…
Biden Admin Is Quietly Laying The Groundwork To Officially End The Covid Pandemic
Biden Admin Is Quietly Laying The Groundwork To Officially End The Covid Pandemic Bronson Winslow on January 10, 2023 The Biden administration is preparing to end the COVID-19 emergency designation after previously…
Public School Enrollment Tanked in Cities like New York, Philadelphia during pandemic
Laurel Duggan on January 5, 2023 NEW YORK, NY – Enrollment in public schools in New York City and Philadelphia are dropping. According to Department of Education (DOE) data analyzed by The…
US Manufacturing Cratered In December At Fastest Rate Since Pandemic Began
US Manufacturing Cratered In December At Fastest Rate Since Pandemic Began John Hugh DeMastri on January 3, 2023 The S&P Global U.S. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell at the fastest rate…
New Jersey among states to resort to desperate measures to make up for pandemic learning loss
Alexa Schwerha on January 2, 2023 TRENTON, NJ – In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, state leaders are implementing new methods to improve students’ academic performance. The Nation’s Report Card revealed…
New York drug dealer pushed fentanyl and heroin throughout New Jersey during pandemic
NEWARK, NJ – A New York man admitted to pushing deadly fentanyl and heroin through New Jersey during the pandemic. This week, a jury found Juan Carlos Merced Moreno, aka “Samuel,” 45,…
Pandemic Learning Loss Could Cost Students $70,000 Each In Their Lifetimes
Pandemic Learning Loss Could Cost Students $70,000 Each In Their Lifetimes Alexa Schwerha on December 28, 2022 Students enrolled during the pandemic could earn up to $70,000 less in income throughout their…
Easterseals hosts first Holiday party since pandemic to spread cheer with community
Submitted by Tom Tauchert ASBURY PARK, NJ – After taking a three-year break during the pandemic, consumers from Easterseals NJ’s day habilitation programs will be participating in Tim McLoone’s Holiday Express party…
Jersey Dems continue to block investigation into Phil Murphy’s pandemic response
TRENTON, NJ – Democrats in the New Jersey Senate are once again blocking an investigation into how Governor Phil Murphy handled the state’s response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Businesses were shut…
Opposition to U.S. school vaccine mandates rose during pandemic -survey
(This Dec. 16 story has been corrected to fix Dr. Ratner’s first name, in paragraph 4) By Shawana Alleyne-Morris (Reuters) – Opposition to COVID-19 vaccine mandates that became increasingly political during the…
Pennsylvania Inmate Sentenced To 11 Months In Prison For Pandemic Unemployment Fraud
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jeovanny Shultz, age 28, an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Mercer, was sentenced by United…
U.S. fuelmakers more than recoup pandemic losses in 2022
By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) – U.S. oil refiner PBF Energy is closing out one of the best financial years in its history, a wild bounce back from the brink in April 2020…
Businesses Still Struggling Under Biden’s Economy As Pandemic Loans Come Due
Businesses Still Struggling Under Biden’s Economy As Pandemic Loans Come Due Bronson Winslow on December 14, 2022 Millions of businesses are worried about their finances after pandemic loan repayments began in October,…
Las Vegas Woman Pleads Guilty in $7.1 Million Wire Fraud Scheme to Defraud Federal Pandemic Programs
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Las Vegas woman pleaded guilty today to one count of wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, from June 2020 through…
The Richest Hospitals Received Billions In Pandemic Aid — While Poorer Providers Struggled
The Richest Hospitals Received Billions In Pandemic Aid — While Poorer Providers Struggled Bronson Winslow on December 11, 2022 Profitable and wealthy hospitals received a larger share of pandemic aid than they…
Two Memphis Business Owners Charged in Pandemic Relief Fraud
Memphis, TN – A federal grand jury has indicted two Memphis business owners with conspiring to defraud the Federal Paycheck Protection Program of over $786,000. United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced…
Hampton Man Pleads Guilty to Laundering $739,000 of Pandemic Benefits
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A Hampton man pleaded guilty today to laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars in disaster-related loan benefits made available in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic. According to court…
Is Phil Murphy covering up longterm learning loss in children after forcing pandemic shutdowns?
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey governor Phil Murphy and his administration are being accused of hiding from the fact that the governor’s prolonged draconian COVID-19 school shutdowns and remote learning during 2020…
Pandemic lockdowns linked to decline in U.S. twin births, study suggests
By Shawana Alleyne-Morris (Reuters) – Reduced access to infertility treatments early in the pandemic may have contributed to a drop in twin births, data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and…
U.S. lawmakers say some fintechs failed to prevent ‘obvious’ pandemic fraud
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) -Several fintech companies that facilitated high volumes of pandemic-related loans to businesses in 2020 had inadequate processes to detect fraud, according to a new report from the U.S.…
Waterbury Man Charged with Theft of Pandemic Unemployment Benefits
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that OLAJUWON HARRINGTON, also known as “OJ Harrington,” 30, of Waterbury, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging…
Seventeen New York City And State Public Employees Charged With Fraudulently Obtaining Pandemic Relief Loans
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Thomas M. Fattorusso, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal…
Pandemic leads to ‘silent crisis’ in education in Latam, Caribbean
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – The social and economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic persist in Latin America and the Caribbean, as a “silent crisis” in the education sector puts an entire generation at…
Philadelphia Woman Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison For Pandemic Unemployment Fraud
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Alexis Figueroa, age 32, of Philadelphia, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for conspiring to steal…
Zoom shares down 90% from peak as pandemic boom fades
(Reuters) – Shares of Zoom Video Communications Inc have tumbled about 90% from their pandemic peak in October 2020 as the former investor darling struggles to adjust to a post-COVID world. The…
Zoom shares down 90% from peak as pandemic boom fades
(Reuters) – Shares of Zoom Video Communications Inc have tumbled about 90% from their pandemic peak in October 2020 as the former investor darling struggles to adjust to a post-COVID world. The…
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