News published on Federal Newswire in April 2012

News from April 2012


News Release: A federal grand jury in Montgomery, Ala., returned an indictment on Mar. 28, 2012, charging Wanda Davis with filing false federal income tax returns, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. The indictment was unsealed today following Davis’s initial appearance.


News Release: A federal jury in Worcester, Mass., convicted William Scott Dion and Catherine Floyd, both of Sanbornville, N.H., and Charles Adams of Norwood, Mass., for conspiracies to defraud the United States through the promotion and use of multiple tax fraud schemes, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.


News Release: WASHINGTON – Two owners and two employees of a Miami home health care agency pleaded guilty for their participation in a $20 million Medicare fraud scheme involving false billings for home health care services, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services ...


News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York filed a lawsuit alleging that GFI Mortgage Bankers Inc., a mortgage banker with operations in seven states, violated federal fair lending laws by charging African-American and Hispanic borrowers higher interest rates and fees on home mortgage loans because of their race or national origin, not based on their creditworthiness.


Federal Reserve seeks comment on proposed rulemaking to establish requirements for determining whether a company is predominantly engaged in financial activities

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday requested comment on a proposed amendment to the Board's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) issued Feb. 11, 2011, to establish requirements for determining whether a company is "predominantly engaged in financial activities." Under Title 1 of the Dodd-Frank Wall ...


Federal Reserve Board issues consent cease and desist order, and assesses civil money penalty against Banco Espírito Santo S.A. and its U.S. affiliate, Espírito Santo e Comercial de Lisboa, Inc.

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday issued a consent cease and desist order and assessed a $975,000 civil money penalty against Banco Espírito Santo S.A. (BES), Lisbon, Portugal, and its affiliate in the United States, Espírito Santo e Comercial de Lisboa, Inc., Newark, New Jersey (ESCLINC). ESCLINC ...


News Release: Infrastructure trade mission connected U.S. businesses with opportunities in India U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson returned this weekend from a five-day trade mission to India, his first as Commerce Secretary. During the mission, Secretary Bryson, a delegation of 16 U.S. businesses, and representatives ...


US Labor Department announces proposed rules implementing amendments to Black Lung Benefits Act from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs has issued a proposed rule implementing amendments to the Black Lung Benefits Act that were enacted in Section 1556 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. The PPACA reinstates two provisions regarding coal miners' and survivors' entitlement to benefits that had been eliminated by 1981 amendments to the BLBA.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a four page notice on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a five page notice on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.