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The U.S. DOJ filed an amended complaint and consent decree with George’s to resolve claims that they conspired with other poultry processors to suppress workers’ wages.
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A California construction-company owner who participated in a bid-rigging and bribery conspiracy involving contracts for California Department of Transportation projects was given a 78-month prison term and required to pay nearly $1 million.
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The owner of a construction company has been sentenced to 78 months in prison and ordered to pay nearly $1 million in restitution for defrauding the U.S. government.
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New York-based Danco Laboratories, LLC, which was accused of breaking the False Claims Act by failing to pay certain customs duties on imported pharmaceutical products that failed to identify their country of origin, has agreed to pay $765,000 to the U.S. Justice Department.
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Two businessmen, Vladislav Osipov and Richard Masters, face charges in the United States for their roles in a sanctions evasion and money laundering scheme involving a $90 million yacht owned by Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg.
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Tijuana resident Alexis Castillo Padilla has entered a guilty plea in federal court to charges related to a scheme aimed at defrauding interstate carriers and brokers within the trucking industry.
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BC Flynn Contracting Corp. and Axion Specialty Contracting LLC have entered guilty pleas in a federal court in Connecticut, admitting to their involvement in a conspiracy to rig bids on insulation contracts.
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Vanessa Roberts Avery, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced the sentencing of William Sacco, a former project manager for a Massachusetts-based mechanical contractor.
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A former employee of the Department of Energy's Strategic Petroleum Reserve has been found guilty in connection with a scheme to defraud the United States.
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Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that Don C. Richards, aged 53 from Milford, has admitted his involvement in a construction project fraud scheme.
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A Texas woman has reportedly been accused of fraud charges related to Cisco Systems Inc. and the U.S. government's Payroll Protection Program, a Feb. 10 U.S. Department of Justice news release said.
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In the wake of persistent price increases initially stemming from supply chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Antitrust Division and the FBI announced an initiative today to deter, detect and prosecute those who would exploit supply chain disruptions to engage in collusive conduct.
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Leonard C Boyle, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that William Sacco, a 49-year-old from Pelham, New Hampshire, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges.
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Justice Department’s Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched a joint public inquiry aimed at strengthening enforcement against illegal mergers.
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Speaking at a White House event focused on competition in agriculture, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack expressed their shared commitment to effectively enforcing federal competition laws that protect farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural producers and growers from unfair and anticompetitive practices, including the antitrust laws and the Packers and Stockyards Act.
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The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, at the request of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today in the U.S.
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The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, at the request of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Clarence L. Werner (Werner). Werner is the founder of Werner Enterprises Inc. (Werner Enterprises), one of the largest truckload carriers in the United States.
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The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division announced today that it is seeking additional public comments until Feb. 15, 2022, on whether and how the division should revise the 1995 Bank Merger Competitive Review Guidelines (Banking Guidelines).
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A federal grand jury in Bridgeport, Connecticut, has indicted a former manager from a major aerospace engineering company and five executives from outsourcing engineering suppliers.
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The U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut has unsealed a criminal complaint against Mahesh Patel, a former aerospace outsourcing executive.