News from February 2011
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The United States has asked a federal court to stop Cecil Collier, who operates under the trade name "Cairo Fast Tax," from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The government’s civil injunction complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Albany, Ga., alleges that Collier prepares tax returns for customers that falsely claim the earned income tax credit (EITC).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON -- A former resident of Cincinnati was sentenced to 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Sandra S. Beckwith for aiding and assisting in the preparation of false client tax returns and for filing a false individual income return, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Henry Clay Glaspell, of Arlington, Texas, pleaded guilty today to a hate crime charge stemming from the ethnically-motivated arson of a children’s playground at the Dar El-Eman Islamic Center in Arlington in July 2010, the Justice Department announced today. Glaspell, 34, pleaded guilty ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Brandon Piekarsky,19, and Derrick Donchak, 21, both of Shenandoah, Pa., were sentenced today to nine years in prison for the fatal beating of Luis Ramirez, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A superseding indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Nashville, Tenn., was unsealed today, charging s ix alleged members of the violent gang known as the Bloods with various racketeering and murder charges, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – John Bostick pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act’s asbestos work practice standards during the renovation of a 204-unit apartment building in Winnetka, Calif., in 2006.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – John Pugh, Wilbur Davenport, and Cole Brothers Circus Inc., entered plea agreements yesterday in U.S. District Court in Beaumont, Texas to resolve Endangered Species Act (ESA) violations related to the purchase and sale of two Asian elephants named “Tina” and “Jewel.” Pugh and Cole Brothers ...
By Fed Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve on Wednesday issued a Spanish version of the 2010 Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council's Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Examination Manual (PDF). The Federal Reserve, in conjunction with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance ...
By Fed Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday issued a final rule and requested public comment on a second rule under Regulation Z to revise the escrow account requirements for certain home mortgage loans. The revisions to the regulation, which implements the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), are being made pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today announced the appointment of members to the President’s Export Council Subcommittee on Export Administration (PECSEA), which will advise the Commerce Department on the administration’s export control reform initiative.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Remarks at the 2011 Columbus Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting, Columbus, Ohio Jack, thank you for the invitation to address your Chamber membership.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service, known as VETS, has proposed a rule establishing a uniform national threshold performance level to be applied to state grantees that provide employment services to veterans.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the Green Jobs Innovation Fund competition to support opportunities for workers to receive job training in green industry sectors and occupations. Through this competition, the department will award approximately $40 million to support five to ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: CINCINNATI – The third-party administrator to 56 employee benefit plans – most covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act – located throughout Ohio and several other states pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement of $1 million in assets from 12 retirement plans.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 23, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 23, 2011
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 23, 2011
The US State Department published a one page notice on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 23, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 23, 2011
The US State Department published a two page notice on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 23, 2011
The US State Department published a two page notice on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
