News from March 2012
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – United Kingdom citizen Ahmed Sarchil Kazzaz and his company, Leadstay Company, were charged in an indictment unsealed today in the Northern District of Alabama for their roles in a conspiracy to defraud the United States and pay kickbacks in exchange for receiving subcontracts for a Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Miami-area resident pleaded guilty today for his role in a fraud scheme that resulted in the submission of more than $200 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2012
News Release: Muaad Salem, Hanan Widdi, Najeh Widdi, Hazem Woodi, Daxesj Patel and Fahim Suleiman each entered guilty pleas before the Honorable James S. Gwin today to charges arising from a scheme to obtain false and fraudulent U.S. Treasury tax refund checks, the Justice Department, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGON – Following an eight-week trial, a federal jury in San Francisco today convicted the largest Taiwan liquid crystal display (LCD) producer, its Houston-based subsidiary and their two former top executives for their participation in a five-year conspiracy to fix the prices of thin-film transistor-liquid ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – An Afghan national with ties to the Taliban was convicted today by a jury in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia of conspiracy, distribution of heroin for importation into the United States and narco-terrorism, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Administrator Michele M. Leonhart of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
By Fed Newswire | Mar 13, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the following enforcement action: Central Bancorp, Inc. (PDF), Garland, Texas Written Agreement dated March 8, 2012 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.
By Fed Newswire | Mar 13, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve on Tuesday announced summary results of the latest round of bank stress tests, which show that the majority of the largest U.S. banks would continue to meet supervisory expectations for capital adequacy despite large projected losses in an extremely adverse hypothetical economic scenario.
By Fed Newswire | Mar 13, 2012
News Release: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in January suggests that the economy has been expanding moderately. Labor market conditions have improved further; the unemployment rate has declined notably in recent months but remains elevated. Household spending and business fixed investment ...
By Commerce News Now | Mar 13, 2012
News Release: The Commerce Department’s Census Bureau today released retail sales data (PDF) for February 2012. Retail and food services sales were $407.8 billion, up 1.1 percent from the previous month and up 6.5 percent from one year ago. This was consistent with private-sector forecasts. Excluding autos, retail and food services sales in February exceeded private sector expectations, coming in at $335.3 billion—up 0.9 percent from January and up 6.4 percent from February 2011.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 13, 2012
News Release: President Obama signed legislation today to enforce U.S. trade rights with China and level the playing field for American businesses and workers. U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary John Bryson and United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk issued the following statements in response to the signing ...
By Commerce News Now | Mar 13, 2012
News Release: President Obama signed legislation today to enforce U.S. trade rights with China and level the playing field for American businesses and workers. U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary John Bryson and United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk issued the following statements in response to the signing ...
By Labor Gazette | Mar 13, 2012
News Release: URBANDALE, Iowa – The U.S. Department of Labor is suing Silicon Plains Technologies Inc. and former CEO Greg McCormick to restore $36,631.88 in employee contributions and $1,943.79 in loan repayments from employees’ paychecks that were withheld but never forwarded to the company’s 401(k) plan, in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
By USDA Wire | Mar 13, 2012
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on March 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Mar 13, 2012
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on March 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 13, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Mar 13, 2012
The US State Department published a one page notice on March 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Mar 13, 2012
The US State Department published a one page notice on March 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 13, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Mar 13, 2012
The US State Department published a one page notice on March 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 13, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
