News from February 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: A former Bank of America executive pleaded guilty today for his participation in a conspiracy and scheme to defraud related to bidding for contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and other municipal finance contracts, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: SelfRefind, a chain of addiction treatment clinics, PremierTox LLC, a clinical laboratory that performs urine testing and Drs. Bryan Wood and Robin Peavler, the owners of SelfRefind and PremierTox, have agreed to pay $15.75 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: A former Guatemalan Special Forces officer was sentenced today to serve 10 years in prison for covering up his involvement in a 1982 massacre at Dos Erres, Guatemala.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: Asem Elgawhary, the former principal vice president of Bechtel Corporation and general manager of the Power Generation Engineering and Services Company (PGESCo), was indicted by a grand jury in Maryland today on charges that he defrauded his former employers, laundered the proceeds of the fraudulent scheme and violated federal tax laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: Robert Patrick Hoffman II, 40, of Virginia Beach, Va., was sentenced today to serve 30 years in prison for attempting to commit espionage against the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: The Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced that two Latino men associated with the Compton 155 street gang were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Terry J. Hatter Jr. for their racially-motivated attack on African-American juveniles at a ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: In a video message released today, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that, due to the budget agreement approved by Congress last month, the Justice Department is able to lift the hiring freeze that has been in place for just over three years.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: The Justice Department announced the filing of a lawsuit today against the State of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC) alleging that the defendants are engaged in a pattern or practice of employment discrimination against African-Americans and Hispanics in violation of ...
By Commerce News Now | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, Feb. 10, 2014 CONTACT OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS 202-482-4883 “The American people owe a debt of gratitude to Pat Gallagher for his twenty years of service at the Department of Commerce. Pat embodies the best in public service: passionate, committed, innovative and results-oriented. ...
By Commerce News Now | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: “The American people owe a debt of gratitude to Pat Gallagher for his twenty years of service at the Department of Commerce. Pat embodies the best in public service: passionate, committed, innovative and results-oriented. While we at the Department will miss Pat very much, I am excited he has received ...
![VETS News Release: Construction industry pledges to hire more than 100,000 veterans in announcement with Joining Forces and US Labor Department [02/10/2014]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/6c/b2/11410075/webp_adobestock_296341019.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON — In an announcement today at A National Symposium: Veterans' Employment in Construction, hosted by the U.S. Department of Labor and Joining Forces, First Lady Michelle Obama and U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez celebrated a broad coalition of construction employers and associations that have collectively pledged to hire 100,000 veterans over the next five years.
![OSHA News Release: Suspension of 13 AT&T workers prompts lawsuit by US Labor Department [02/10/2014]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/49/ee/11410082/webp_adobestock_329938633.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: CLEVELAND — Workers suspended without pay for reporting workplace injuries has prompted a lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Labor.
![OSHA News Release: US Labor Department's OSHA cites Wakefield, Mass., contractor for exposing workers to cave-in hazards at Milton work site [02/10/2014]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/51/aa/11410098/webp_adobestock_308631683.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: BRAINTREE, Mass. — The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Wakefield excavation and utilities contractor Joseph P. Cardillo & Son Inc. for willful and serious violations of excavation safety standards at a Milton work site. Cardillo faces $144,400 in proposed fines following an inspection by OSHA's Braintree Area Office begun on Aug. 6, 2013, in response to an anonymous complaint.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 10, 2014
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Feb. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 10, 2014
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 10, 2014
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
