News from April 2010
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – On April 7, 2010, defendant Stephen Schultzwas sentenced in connection with a series of Costa Rica-based business opportunity fraud ventures, the Justice Department and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced today. Schultz was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Paul C. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: Six Miami-area residents have been charged for their alleged role in a $13.6 million health care fraud scheme involving a Miami-area HIV infusion clinic, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: The former chief of staff for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Employment Standards Administration pleaded guilty today to falsely certifying his Fiscal Year 2003 Executive Branch Personnel Public Financial Disclosure Report, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON—The Department of Justice today announced highlights of its work during the past year to defend and enforce federal tax laws. The Tax Division has assisted the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in tracking down tax cheats who use offshore accounts, combating abusive tax shelters, stopping tax defiers and shutting down tax schemes and scams.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that U.S. District Judge Gray H. Miller sentenced Robert Luis Loya to three years in prison and five years of supervised release for violating the civil rights and the sexual abuse of females in his custody. Loya, a former guard at the Port Isabel Detention ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Michael Hunter, who until last week was an officer with the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obstruct justice and misprision of a felony, for failing to report a crime, in connection with the federal investigation of a police-involved shooting on the Danziger Bridge, the Justice Department today announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: A Michigan man was sentenced today in Detroit to 81 months in prison for his role in a wide-ranging conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS). U.S. District Court Judge Sean F. Cox also ordered Suresh Chand, of Warren, Mich., to pay $9,769,113 in restitution, jointly with co-defendants, and to serve three years of supervised release following his prison term.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among FCB Florida Bancorporation, Inc., Orlando, Florida, a registered bank holding company, First Commercial Bank of Florida, Orlando, Florida, a state chartered member bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and the State of Florida Office of Financial Regulation.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: Fort Lauderdale, Florida – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued former Fort Lauderdale construction company First State Development and its chief executive officer to restore losses owed to the company’s 401(k) plan.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: San Francisco – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a default judgment restoring more than $46,000, including interest, to participants of a 401(k) profit-sharing plan of now-defunct Power & Data Technology of San Jose, California. The judgment resolves a lawsuit against the company and its former president, Michael D. Williams of Gilroy, California, over losses that resulted from mismanagement and misuse of plan assets.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: San Francisco – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained default judgments appointing Saakvitne Law Corp. as an independent fiduciary for the 401(k) plans of a Sunnyvale, California-based software company and its San Mateo, California-based subsidiary. As fiduciary, Saakvitne will terminate both plans and distribute a total of nearly $556,500 in assets to eligible participants.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. – A whistleblower investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that New Jersey Transit violated the Federal Railroad Safety Act when it retaliated against an employee for reporting a work-related illness.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today outlined a series of steps to make its operations more transparent while expanding opportunities for public participation and collaboration.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration has appointed a team to investigate the April 5 explosion at the Upper Big Branch South Mine (Performance Coal Co.) in Whitesville, W.Va.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Labor today announced a competition for approximately $13.2 million in grant funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to create and implement a virtual service-delivery platform and promote career exploration in the healthcare sector.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $964,762 grant to assist around 210 workers affected by layoffs at the International Paper Co. in Albany, Ore.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has announced a $5,594,913 National Emergency Grant increment to the state of New York to continue to provide services to about 5,500 workers affected by layoffs in New York's financial industry.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2010
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2010
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2010
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
