News published on Federal Newswire in December 2012

News from December 2012


News Release: The Justice Department secured $4.9 billion in settlements and judgments in civil cases involving fraud against the government in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2012, Tony West, Acting Associate Attorney General, and Stuart F. Delery, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, ...


News Release: A federal grand jury in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., returned an indictment charging Paul F. Wrubleski with corruptly impeding the due administration of the internal revenue laws and four counts of filing false claims for tax refunds, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.


News Release: WASHINGTON – Two Wisconsin men and a Missouri man were sentenced to prison for their role in a conspiracy to advertise, distribute and possess child pornography, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Anne M. Tompkins announced today.


News Release: Gillette Barton, a resident of Taylorsville, Utah, pleaded guilty Monday to presenting a false claim to the United States, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Barton appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Evelyn J. Furse in Salt Lake City.


News Release: William Kirk Montgomery, 23, from Puckett, Miss., and Jonathan K. Gaskamp, 20, from Brandon, Miss., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Jackson, Miss., to conspiracy and federal hate crime charges in connection with their roles in the assault of African-Americans in Jackson, the Justice Department ...


News Release: Gordon Chavez, 35, a probation officer with the New Mexico Corrections Department of Probation and Parole, was arrested today in Albuquerque, N.M., on charges related to the sexual assault of a probationer whom he supervised.


Federal Reserve Board issues an enforcement action with NASB Financial

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the following enforcement action: NASB Financial, Inc. (PDF), Grandview, Missouri Written Agreement dated Nov. 29, 2012 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.


US Labor Department sues Sabana Grande fruit and vegetable growers for not paying workers minimum wage

News Release: Suit seeks back wages, liquidated damages from Bananera Fabre, Finca La Platas SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against agricultural employers Jose V. Fabre Laboy, doing business as Bananera Fabre, and his son, Jose V. Fabre Santiago, doing business as Finca La ...


US Department of Labor announces publication of final tribal consultation policy

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today published in the Federal Register its finalized tribal consultation policy, which establishes a formal process through which the department will engage in consultation with federally recognized tribes on actions or policies that will have a significant ...


Decision in miner discrimination case upheld by federal appeals court

News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit has rejected an appeal by Cordero Mining LLC of Gillette, Wyo., in a worker discrimination case and affirmed a December 2011 decision by an administrative law judge of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission. In that decision, ...


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a seven page notice on Dec. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Dec. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Dec. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.