News from April 2011
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two former humanitarian aid workers were each sentenced today to 142 months in prison for defrauding the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) of approximately $1.9 million that was intended to assist impoverished people and towns in Liberia.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Cynthia Peters was sentenced to 27 months in prison based on her plea of guilty to one count of willfully aiding and assisting in the preparation and filing of a false income tax return, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. The court also ordered Peters ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) announced $6.9 million in awards to 23 projects in the Engaging Men in Preventing Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking Grant Program (Engaging Men Grant Program). This is the first time in the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division issued the following statement today after announcing the closing of its investigation into the proposed acquisition of AirTran Airways by Southwest Airlines Company: After a thorough investigation, the division determined that the merger is ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON — A Chicago grand jury returned an indictment today against two former executives of Paris-based Société Air France (Air France), for participating in a conspiracy to fix and coordinate surcharges on air cargo shipments to and from the United States and elsewhere and air cargo service rates ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Thomas Robert Turner, a resident of Prince George’s County, Md., pleaded guilty to corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the due administration of the Internal Revenue laws, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 12, 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Lufkin, Texas, woman was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Marcia Crone to 180 months in prison for her role in a double homicide that took place in Nacogdoches, Texas, in August 2007, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales for the Eastern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – An Oakland, Calif., woman was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for her role in a scam to bill Medicare for more than $1.2 million in claims for expensive, high-end power wheelchairs and other durable medical equipment (DME) that were not medically necessary, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with Restwend LLC, the corporate owner of several Wendy’s restaurants in Maine, to resolve allegations that at least one of its restaurants engaged in employment discrimination by refusing to hire individuals believed to be non-U.S. citizens.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 26, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the following enforcement actions: Community Bankers Trust Corporation, Glen Allen, Virginia, and Essex Bank, Tappahannock, Virginia (36 KB PDF) Written Agreement dated April 21, 2011 First Southern Bancorp (15 KB PDF), Statesboro, Georgia Written Agreement dated April 20, 2011 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions
By Fed Newswire | Apr 26, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced its approval of the application and notice under sections 3 and 4 of the Bank Holding Company Act by M&T Bank Corporation, Buffalo, New York, to acquire Wilmington Trust Corporation, and thereby indirectly acquire its subsidiary bank, Wilmington Trust Company, ...
By Commerce News Now | Apr 26, 2011
News Release: “Innovation is at the heart of U.S. job creation, competitiveness and global strength, and today, in celebrating the 11th anniversary of World Intellectual Property Day, we are reminded of how critical intellectual property rights are to driving innovation and unleashing the ingenuity of the American people.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today will announce, from Anaheim, Calif., a national outreach initiative by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration to educate workers and their employers about the hazards of working outdoors in the heat and steps needed to prevent heat-related illnesses.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 26, 2011
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Alliance Excavating Inc. of Grove City and the defunct company's owner, James Sowers, for allegedly failing to administer and terminate the Alliance Excavating Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust, in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
By Fed News Journal | Apr 26, 2011
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on April 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Apr 26, 2011
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Apr 26, 2011
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Apr 26, 2011
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Apr 26, 2011
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 26, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on April 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
