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Maryland Couple Indicted in $20M Insurance Fraud Scheme

A federal district court in Baltimore, Maryland, unsealed an indictment charging a Maryland couple with conspiracy to commit insurance fraud and related charges for money laundering, filing false tax returns and identity theft. The indictment charges that from 1996 to …

Questions on $16B Plan to Ease Back Bay Flooding at New Jersey Shore

A proposed $16 billion billion plan to address back bay flooding, one of the major sources of storm damage at the Jersey Shore, is raising concerns about where water would go during storms, whether barriers proposed as part of it …

New Hampshire Governor Asks for Second Disaster Declaration After More Storms

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu on Monday requested a federal disaster declaration for New Hampshire as a result of storms and flooding that happened July 29-Aug. 2, a week after he asked for one covering storms from mid-July. Sununu’s letter …

GI Partners Announces Recapitalization of Patriot Growth Insurance Services

GI Partners, a private investment firm, announced the recapitalization of Patriot Growth Insurance Services LLC, a national insurance agency. The move comes in partnership with Patriot Founder and CEO Matt Gardner. Summit Partners, which invested in Patriot in 2019, and …

People Moves: New Hires at Gilbert Insurance Agency, IAT Insurance Group

Gilbert Insurance Agency Hires Bernazani as Account Executive Gilbert Insurance Agency hired Carmelina Bernazani as an account executive for personal and commercial lines. Bernazani will work out of Gilbert’s Reading, Massachusetts, office. With Carmelina’s addition to the team, Gilbert Insurance …

Racial Discrimination Alleged at ABM Janitorial Services’ Maryland, Virginia Offices

The U.S. Department of Labor has filed an administrative complaint against ABM Janitorial Services after a compliance evaluation by the department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs alleged systematic racial discrimination against Black and a smaller number of white applicants …

Department of Labor Seeks to Reduce New England Landscaping Worker Deaths

In Connecticut, a tree branch contacted a live high-voltage power line as a worker in an aerial lift cut it, electrocuting him. In Massachusetts, a falling tree branch struck and killed a worker cutting down oak trees, while a falling …

Asbestos, Lead Paint, Mold Found at Senior Center in Massachusetts

Three western Massachusetts towns are looking for a new home for their senior center after an environmental assessment found asbestos, lead paint and mold in the 90-year-old building they had been using. The South County Senior Center in Deerfield, Massachusetts, …

Former Delaware Pastor Found Liable for Child Sexual Abuse

A woman who said her father, a former pastor of a Delaware church, sexually abused her as a child and trafficked her to other men, was awarded $1.5 million by a federal jury on Friday. Alicia Cohen, 41, said in …

Ex-Owner of Virginia Assisted Living Facility Pleads Guilty to Fraud

The former owner of a Richmond, Virginia, assisted living facility pleaded guilty to health care fraud after spending more than $800,000 meant for residents’ care on travel, gambling expenses and personal debts, federal prosecutors said. Mable Jones owned and operated …

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