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Secretary Mayorkas Remarks at the Munich Security Conference Intelligence Luncheon
News Release: Today, Secretary Mayorkas delivered remarks at the Munich Security Conference Intelligence Luncheon.
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Agency discusses Availability of the Protocol for the Ethylbenzene IRIS Assessment on Feb. 17
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Commerce
Commerce Department discusses Marine Mammals; File No. 27099 on Feb. 17
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Interior
Secretary Haaland Highlights Value of Pacific Nation Engagement in Australia Visit
News Release: Canberra, Australia - This week, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visited Australia to highlight the importance of Indigenous Knowledge, collaborative conservation and international partnerships to inform the global effort to fight the climate crisis and preserve our land and marine environments ...
Justice
Former Lynn Man Arrested 10 Years After Being Charged for Child Pornography Offense
A man from the Philippines who previously resided in Lynn has been arrested in the Dominican Republic 10 years after being indicted for possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
Justice
Former Private Prisoner Transport Officer Indicted for Sexual Assault and Use of a Firearm in Furtherance of His Sexual Assault
A federal indictment was unsealed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, charging a former private prisoner transport officer with sexually assaulting a female pretrial detainee during a prisoner transport and using a firearm in furtherance of his sexual assault.
Justice
Stockton Man Indicted for Using a Firearm to Rob Fire Wings Restaurant
A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Douglas Sharron Piggee Jr., 51, of Stockton, charging him with Hobbs Act Robbery, brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and being a felon in possession of ammunition, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
Justice
Texas Man Pleads Guilty to 90 Federal Hate Crimes and Firearms Violations for August 2019 Mass Shooting at Walmart in El Paso, Texas
Defendant Admitted to Targeting Perceived Hispanic Immigrants, Killing 23 People and Injuring 22 Others
Justice
Former sailor sentenced to federal prison for distributing child pornography and bestiality videos
Former U.S. Navy sailor William Vincent has been sentenced to federal prison for distributing child pornography and a video of himself engaging in a sex act with a dog.
Justice
Former Alabama Department of Corrections Lieutenant Charged with Federal Civil Rights Crimes for Using Excessive Force on Inmates and with Obstruction Offenses
A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging a former Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) lieutenant with use of excessive force and two obstruction offenses.
Justice
Four More from Methamphetamine Wiretap Investigation Plead Guilty in Federal Court
Four men who were caught in a federal wiretap investigation into methamphetamine trafficking between California and Iowa pled guilty last week in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
Justice
International Law Enforcement Agencies Issue Joint Warning about Global Financial Sextortion Crisis
The FBI and our international law enforcement partners are issuing a joint warning about a global financial sextortion crisis. Our agencies have seen an explosion in incidents of minor boys around the world being coerced into sending explicit images online and extorted for money—a crime called financial sextortion.
Labor
Jacksonville trampoline park pays $43K in civil penalties for violating child labor laws after US Department of Labor investigation
U.S. Department of Labor investigators found the Jacksonville indoor adventure park allowed 55 minor-aged employees, 14 and 15 years old, to work after 7 p.m. on a school night, a violation of the child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Labor
US Labor Department recovers $305K for 80 workers after employer failed to pay correct wage rates on federal contract at Kingsport Army site
The department’s Wage and Hour Division found the employer failed to pay the proper half-time rates to non-exempt employees who worked more than 40 hours in a workweek
Labor
Court orders Aliquippa home care provider to pay $285K in back wages, damages to 23 workers after Department of Labor investigation, litigation
As the nation today recognizes the selfless and dedicated work of professional caregivers on National Caregivers Day, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that a federal court has entered a default judgment against an Aliquippa home health provider and its owner, after an investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division found the employer denied 23 home health aides overtime wages.
Labor
US Department of Labor recovers $139K in back wages for 28 drivers after Florida motor carrier misapplied exemption, denied overtime
Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found that the employer – which provides clean-up or dirt delivery to residential or construction sites in Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton counties – failed to pay the correct overtime to employees after misapplying a motor carrier exemption.
Labor
Judge affirms Department of Labor findings that Georgia nursery favored 29 foreign workers over US workers; provided unsafe housing
An administrative law judge has entered a consent order following a U.S. Department of Labor investigation that determined a wholesale plant nursery in Miami gave foreign visa workers preferential treatment over U.S. workers, and housed workers in unsafe and unhealthy conditions in Greensboro, Georgi
Labor
Slim Chickens’ franchisee failed to correct illegal child labor practices in Avon, months after knowing of same violations at Streetsboro location
Despite being warned in September 2021 that the hours worked by 14- and 15-year-old employees at its Slim Chickens’ franchise in Streetsboro violated federal law, the owner continued the illegal practices for several months at a second location in Avon, the U.S. Department of Labor has found.
Labor
Department of Labor recovers $380K in back wages, damages for 126 workers after 2 North Carolina home care employers fail to pay proper overtime
Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found Gentle Shepherd Care – which provides home healthcare services in the Charlotte area – failed to combine hours when employees worked at multiple locations during the same workweek
Labor
Lancaster meat processing plant endangered minors by allowing them to perform hazardous tasks, work more than the law permits
A Lancaster meat processing plant allowed eight minor-aged employees to work outside of federally allowed hours and engage in hazardous work, a federal investigation has found.
Labor
Ohio restaurant owner forced servers to return wages, keep only tips plus $10 per week, US Department of Labor investigation finds
The operator of Wauseon restaurant forced servers – who worked an average of 60 hours a week – to cash paychecks and then pay their wages back to him in cash, allowing the workers to keep just the tips they earned plus $20 in each two-week pay period, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found.
Labor
US Department of Labor sues Michigan healthcare facility over alleged retaliation against workers amid wage investigation
The opening of a federal investigation into the pay practices of a Haslett assisted living facility in the fall of 2021 prompted its owner to threaten employees with termination if they spoke with investigators and trick them into admitting whether or not they had cooperated with the investigation, a U.S. Department of Labor lawsuit filed on Feb. 3, 2023, alleges.
Labor
Marble Slab Creamery franchisee in Panama City Beach kept workers’ tips illegally, investigation recovers $169K in back wages, damages for 144 workers
U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found the operator of the Panama City Beach ice cream shop kept all credit card and cash tips the customers left for workers, a wage violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Labor
US Department of Labor finds Austin landscape supplier allowed minor-aged employee to do prohibited work, leading to serious injury
A federal investigation has found an Austin landscape supply company, where a 17-year-old employee suffered serious injuries in a forklift incident in June 2021, allowed them to work in hazardous and prohibited occupations in violation of federal child labor law.
Labor
Department of Labor recovers $38K in back wages for 55 workers after Goldsboro non-profit failed to meet standards to allow subminimum wages
The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $38,891 in back wages for 55 adult employees with developmental disabilities after finding their Goldsboro non-profit employer had not renewed their federal certification to pay them subminimum wages but continued to do so.