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PA Lab Must Pay $7.3M To NJ After Charging $1,000 For $3 For Drug Tests: Comptroller
A Pennsylvania-based lab has been ordered to pay $7.3 to the state of New Jersey after overcharging New Jersey’s Medicaid program for urine drug testing services, officials said. Atlantic Diagnostic Laboratories (ADL) in Bensalem violated Medicaid regulations when it charged Medicaid as much as $1,035 per drug test while charging other payers as little as $2.38 for the same test, New Jersey's State Comptroller's office (OSC) said citing an audit report. Medicaid paid ADL between $63.40 and $180.40 for these same services. ADL also improperly billed for tests that the physician or …
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Camden County Landlords Among 25 Facing Fines For Considering Tenants' Criminal Histories
Twenty-five landlords are facing fines after state officials said they violated state laws by considering potential tenants' criminal histories. According to NJ Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR), the notices of violation allege that the housing providers violated the law by, among other things, asking criminal history-related questions on housing applications that are prohibited by the law. The Notices of Violation announced Monday, Sept. 16 were served on housing providers located in 15 municipalities across Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, C…
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Holiday Traveler Packed Handgun, 30 Rounds In Carry-On: TSA Newark
A local man was seized when he tried to bring not only a loaded gun but also two magazines onto a flight at Newark Airport over the holiday weekend, authorities said. A TSA officer detected the 9mm handgun and the 30 rounds of ammo at they passed through a Terminal A security checkpoint X-ray machine in the Newark resident's carry-on bag on Saturday, May 25, the Transportation Security Administration's Lisa Farbstein said. Port Authority police were summoned and seized the gun, ammo and traveler, she said. In addition to criminal charges, he faces up to $15,000 in civil penalties, she said…
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Newark Airport TSA: Yet Another Traveler Says He Didn't Know He'd Packed A Gun
A Florida man was arrested after TSA agents at Newark Airport found a loaded pistol in his carry-on, authorities said. It was part of what threatens to be a record year with more than 5,000 guns intercepted at airports throughout the country so far compared with 6,542 for ALL of 2023. The traveler's .38-caliber revolver was spotted in the X-ray machine in Newark's Terminal C, the Transportation Security Administration's Lisa Farbstein said. Port Authority police seized the weapon and its owner, who "claimed that he did not realize that he was traveling with his loaded gun in his carry-on b…
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Handgun Seized From Traveler At Newark Airport Increases Record 2023 Total, TSA Says
TSA agents at Newark Airport nabbed a Pennsylvania traveler who they said tried to bring a loaded gun aboard a flight in his backpack. The discovery of the 9mm handgun at a security checkpoint X-ray machine in Terminal C on Saturday, Sept. 16 brought the total number of firearm seizures at Newark Liberty International Airport this year to 18, federal officials said. That's four more than were seized all of last year, they said. The agents summoned Port Authority police, who took the Canadensis (Monroe County), PA man into custody, the TSA's Lisa Farbstein said. "We are at a point whe…
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: Fort Lee Flier, Newark Airport Employee Caught With Loaded Guns: TSA
TSA agents picked off two guns in a week's time when they caught both a traveler from Fort Lee and a woman who works in a terminal retail shop packing heat. Both weapons were loaded, said Transportation Security Administration Spokesperson Lisa Farbstein. The man was caught with a .380-caliber handgun in his duffle bag as he tried to board a flight on Friday, Aug. 25, Farbstein said. The shop employee from Newark was caught with a 9mm pistol on her way to work (see photo inset above), she said. Both were taken into custody by Port Authority police, who also seized the weapons. The w…
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Back-To-Back Guns Seized At Newark Airport From Rockland, Brooklyn Travelers: TSA
One day it was a traveler from Rockland -- and before that, one from Brooklyn. Both were armed. The two passengers from New York were each stopped trying to bring loaded 9mm handguns onto flights at Newark Airport on back-to-back days, authorities said. Both now face hefty fines. The incidents at security checkpoints in Terminal B involved a Brooklyn traveler on Wednesday, May 3, and another from Garnerville on Thursday, Transportation Security Administration Spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said. The incidents weren't related, she said. "In each instance when a TSA officer spotted the guns in…
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Guess Why Southbound Traveler At Newark Airport Said There Was A Gun In His Bag
Another traveler gave what TSA officials say has become a familiar excuse after being arrested trying to bring a loaded gun onto a flight at Newark Liberty International Airport. "I forgot," said the airline customer from Georgia after a TSA agent at one of Newark Airport's checkpoint X-ray machines spotted a .38-caliber handgun in the man's carry-on bag. It was loaded with six bullets, Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said on Friday, April 28. Officers alerted Port Authority police, who arrested the Southern man -- and seized the gun, she said. Farbstein…
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TSA At Newark Airport Picks Off First Gun Of July 4th Weekend
The July Fourth weekend started off at Newark Airport's TSA security checkpoints with what wasn't exactly a bang but still drew a lot of attention. A TSA officer at a checkpoint X-ray monitor spotted a gun inside a traveler's carry-on bag, agency spokesperson Lisa Farbstein said. It was the 10th firearm picked off at a Newark Airport checkpoint this year, she said. The man told officials that he "forgot that he had his loaded gun with him," Farbstein said. Port Authority police were alerted and took him into custody, Farbstein said. “This is lining up to be what is likely the busiest tr…
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Jersey Shore Financial Advisors Fined $800K, Licenses Revoked: AG
A Monmouth County investment firm has been fined $800,000 for hiring an unregistered financial advisor, New Jersey authorities said. The advisor had been barred from the securities industry, according to Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin. The New Jersey Bureau of Securities took further action against the Atlantic Highlands investment firm by revoking its registrations, Plotkin said. Acting Bureau Chief Amy G. Kopleton found that Steven Gluckstein and his advisory firm, Seaview Global Advisors LLC, employed Anthony Calascione from approximately 2017 through 2021, and allowed him t…
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TSA: Out-Of-State Traveler Nabbed Trying To Tote Loaded Gun Onto Flight At LaGuardia
A loaded handgun was seized and an Oklahoma traveler arrested after TSA officers caught him trying to carry the weapon onto a flight at LaGuardia Airport, authorities said. A Transporation Security Administration officer spotted the .380-caliber Ruger LCP as the owner's belongings passed through the X-Ray machine at a security checkpoint, Transportation Security Administration Spokesperson Lisa Farbstein said. Port Authority police arrested the traveler and seized the pocket-carry gun, which was loaded with three rounds, Farbstein said. Travelers cannot carry guns onto planes under any ci…
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Number Of Guns Seized At US Airports 'Shot' Up Last Year, TSA Says
The second year of "the new normal" in a world with COVID saw a significant increase not only in the volume of travelers but also in the number of those trying to bring guns aboard planes nationwide, the TSA said Tuesday. With more people traveling last year, Transportation Security Administration officers stopped 5,972 firearms at airport security checkpoints across the country -- up 3,257 from the year before, said Lisa Farbstein, an agency spokesperson for the TSA. Here's the kicker: Last year's amount was also considerably more than the 4,432 detected in 2019 -- even before the pandemi…
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Traveler Caught With Gun At Newark Airport Checkpoint
TSA agents grabbed a Florida man as he tried to board a plane at Newark Airport with a gun and a box of ammo in his carry-on baggage, authorities said. The weapon was properly packed in a hard-sided case along with a box that held 35 bullets, the Transportation Security Administration said. But it wasn't supposed to be carried on, the TSA said. Had he declared the gun, the passenger would have been able to include the legally owned firearm with his checked baggage, the agency said. He apparently forgot. Agents held the man for Port Authority police who took him into custody. That makes …
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