News from April 2012
By USDA Newswire | Apr 24, 2012
News Release: "The beef and dairy in the American food supply is safe and USDA remains confident in the health of U.S. cattle. The systems and safeguards in place to protect animal and human health worked as planned to identify this case quickly, and will ensure that it presents no risk to the food supply or to human ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2012
News Release: At the final hearing of Attorney General Eric Holder’s National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence in Detroit, officials from the Justice Department and the city of Detroit underscored efforts to keep kids safe and prevent youth violence. The task force is a key part of Attorney General Holder’s Defending Childhood Initiative to prevent and reduce children’s exposure to violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2012
News Release: The United States has intervened in a lawsuit against Japanese company, Toyo Ink Manufacturing Co. Ltd. and its U.S. subsidiaries: Toyo Ink International Corp., located in New York; Toyo Ink America LLC, located in Illinois; and Toyo Ink Manufacturing America LLC, located in New Jersey, the Justice Department announced today. Toyo Ink, which has operations worldwide, is a leading provider of printing inks.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Kurt Mix, a former engineer for BP plc, was arrested today on charges of intentionally destroying evidence requested by federal criminal authorities investigating the Apr. 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon disaster, announced Attorney General Eric Holder, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2012
News Release: Gary D. Osborn and his corporation, ApothéCure Inc., pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas to two misdemeanor criminal violations of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA). The pleas are in connection with ApothéCure’s interstate shipment of two lots of misbranded colchicine injectable solution that led to the deaths of three people in the Pacific Northwest.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2012
News Release: Ernst Pierre, a Port St. Lucie, Fla., tax preparer, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Pierre was charged with a scheme to file false federal income tax returns using stolen identity information.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice and the Department of the Interior announced today that Freeport-McMoRan Corporation and Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. (Freeport-McMoRan) have agreed to pay $6.8 million to settle federal and state natural resource damages claims related to the Morenci copper mine in southeastern Arizona.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Mevlid Jasarevic, 23, a citizen of Serbia, was indicted today by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia on charges of attempted murder and other violations in connection with his alleged machine gun attack on the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on Oct. 28, 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Four individuals have been charged in the Eastern District of Virginia for their alleged roles in an Internet piracy group that distributed via the Internet copies of movies showing only in theaters, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Neil H. MacBride and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2012
News Release: Kevin P. Mahoney of Attleboro, Mass., was sentenced today to 60 months in prison, following trial convictions on corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the administration of the Internal Revenue laws, filing false tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and criminal contempt of court, the Justice ...
By Fed Newswire | Apr 24, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the following enforcement actions: Community West Bancshares (PDF), Goleta, California Written Agreement dated April 23, 2012 Pacific International Bancorp (PDF), Seattle, Washington Written Agreement dated April 20, 2012 Truman Bank (PDF), ...
By Commerce News Now | Apr 24, 2012
News Release: Commerce Secretary John Bryson Remarks at Silicon Valley Leadership Group Business Climate Summit, San Jose, California Thank you, Bob [Brandt]. And thank you to Carl Guardino and everyone involved in the Leadership Group. And of course, thanks to our hosts here at IBM.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 24, 2012
News Release: Commerce Deputy Secretary Rebecca Blank Remarks at the Operation HOPE 20th Anniversary Bus Tour Ceremony, Los Angeles, California Thank you, Don [Graves]. And thanks to John [Hope Bryant] and Lance [Triggs] and everyone here at Operation Hope.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 24, 2012
News Release: CHICAGO – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a complaint in federal court seeking to restore a total of $63,582.14 in health care premiums and retirement plan contributions withheld from the paychecks of employees at several companies that are part of the JJD Industries group in Schiller Park, Ill.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 24, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 24, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 24, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 24, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on April 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 24, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 24, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
