News from February 2011
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Desiree Brown, the former treasurer of a private mortgage lending company, Taylor, Bean & Whitaker (TBW), pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit bank, wire and securities fraud for her role in a more than $1.9 billion fraud scheme that contributed to the failures of Colonial Bank and TBW.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Horizon Lines LLC has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $45 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices in the coastal water freight transportation industry, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Zachary Adam Chesser, 21, of Fairfax County, Va., was sentenced today to 25 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for communicating threats against the writers of the South Park television show, soliciting violent jihadists to desensitize law enforcement, and attempting to provide material support to Al-Shabaab, a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Ruben Reyes, a South Florida resident, pleaded guilty today to one count of filing a false tax return, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The United States has sued a Chicago tax return preparer seeking to bar her from preparing any more federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The civil injunction suit alleges that Rita Augustus and her businesses, Windy City Insurance Agency Inc. and Windy City Tax Service, claim bogus tax deductions and credits on customer tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ugochukwu Enwerem, aka Joseph Smith, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Charlotte, N.C., to 108 months in prison for his role in an advance-fee fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and Daniel S. Cortez, Deputy Chief Inspector of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Four individuals have been sentenced this week in Atlanta by U.S. District Judge William S. Duffey Jr., for their involvement in a counterfeit DVD and CD ring, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates for the Northern District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois, a division of Health Care Service Corporation, has agreed to pay the United States and the state of Illinois $25 million to settle False Claims Act allegations, the Justice Department announced today. The settlement resolves claims by the United States that ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 24, 2011
News Release: WESTBURY, N.Y. — The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $780,000 in back wages and liquidated damages for 40 employees of Martino's Pizzeria Inc., doing business as Mama's Pizzeria and Restaurant, in Copiague, N.Y., resolving a lawsuit filed against the company for violations of the Fair Labor Standards ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 24, 2011
News Release: HOUSTON — The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $1.8 million in back wages for nearly 400 workers and collected $200,000 in civil money penalties from Houston-based grocery stores Hong Land Corp., Hong Kong Group Inc., Pacific Ocean Enterprise Inc. and B&B Corner Corp., all doing business as Hong Kong Market, and store owners Hai Du Duong and Ha Duong.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 24, 2011
News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Feb. 19, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 391,000, a decrease of 22,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 413,000. The 4-week moving average was 402,000, a decrease of 16,500 from the previous week's revised average of 418,500.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 24, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has announced an $11,267,940 National Emergency Grant to assist with clean-up and recovery efforts following heavy storms that caused high winds and excessive precipitation throughout California from mid-December 2010 through early January 2011.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 24, 2011
News Release: Funds also will allow state to upgrade existing benefit payment system WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $744,000 grant to provide partial premium payments for health insurance coverage to about 150 jobless workers in New Hampshire. Funds also will be used to upgrade the state's existing benefit payment system.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 24, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 24, 2011
The US State Department published a five page proposed rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 24, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 24, 2011
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 24, 2011
The US State Department published a one page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 24, 2011
The US State Department published a two page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 24, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
