News from December 2012
By USDA Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: 2012 Census of Agriculture Arriving in Mailboxes across America WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 2012 – It's not every day that a walk to your mailbox leads to an opportunity to help shape farm programs, boost rural services and grow your farm future. But for producers across the country, that opportunity will ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that it has entered into a comprehensive memorandum of agreement with the Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County, Tenn., to resolve findings of serious and systemic failures in the juvenile court that violate children’s due process and equal protection rights. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A defendant who tried to escape fraud charges against him by exerting pressure on a U.S. Attorney’s spouse and candidate for office pleaded guilty today to obstruction of justice for perpetrating the scheme, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Following a three-week trial, a federal jury in San Francisco today convicted an executive of the largest Taiwan liquid crystal display (LCD) producer for his participation in a worldwide conspiracy to fix the prices of thin-film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels sold worldwide, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: April J. Rampton, 41, formerly of Heber City, Utah, was convicted yesterday in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City of nine counts of filing false claims for income tax refunds, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Rampton, who was indicted on Sept. 14, 2011, was released following the verdict. She is scheduled to be sentenced before U.S. District Judge Dee Benson on Feb. 27, 2013. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on six similar counts.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The owner and manager of a Brooklyn, N.Y., health care clinic pleaded guilty today in federal court for her role in a $71 million Medicare fraud and money laundering scheme, announced Lanny A. Breuer, Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice Criminal Division; Loretta E. Lynch, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: A dual United States and Costa Rican citizen charged in connection with the operation of a series of fraudulent business opportunities was arrested today in Chicago following his indictment by a federal grand jury in Miami on Nov. 29, 2011, the Justice Department and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement with Penguin Group (USA) Inc.–one of the largest book publishers in the United States–and will continue to litigate against Apple Inc. and Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC, which does business as Macmillan, for conspiring to raise e-book prices to consumers.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A New Jersey woman was sentenced today to serve 30 years in prison for producing child pornography through the sexual exploitation of a five-year-old girl on more than one occasion and streaming footage of a sexual assault over the Internet, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Paul J. Fishman.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Five foreign nationals were sentenced to prison for their respective roles in trafficking the identities of Puerto Rican U.S. citizens and corresponding identity documents, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Rosa E. Rodríguez-Vélez ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Detroit-area resident Ankit Patel pleaded guilty today for his role in a $13.8 million home health care fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Barbara L. McQuade; ...
By Fed Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the following enforcement action: BSA Financial Services, Inc. (PDF), Saint Augustine, Florida Written Agreement dated December 4, 2012 For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: Federal judge orders payment following US Department of Labor lawsuit against San Francisco grocer SAN FRANCISCO — Casa Guadalupe, a local San Francisco grocery store chain, has been ordered to pay $110,071 in overtime back wages and liquidated damages to 25 current and former employees of its three ...
By Labor Gazette | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has filed a petition against SeaWorld of Florida LLC to comply with administrative subpoenas that require SeaWorld to provide three managers to be interviewed during OSHA's follow-up abatement inspection. SeaWorld ...
By Labor Gazette | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement on the death of Sen. Daniel Inouye: "I want to express my deepest and most heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of my former congressional colleague, Sen. Daniel Inouye. Words cannot express how saddened I was to learn of his passing.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: Company agrees to pay back wages to nearly 2,000 female job applicants and offer jobs to at least 700 class members LOS ANGELES — Clougherty Packing Co., a federal contractor and subsidiary of Hormel Food Corp., has settled allegations of systemic hiring discrimination against female job applicants following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 18, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 18, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Dec 18, 2012
The US Agriculture Department published a two page proposed rule on Dec. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 18, 2012
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
