News from July 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: A federal court in East St. Louis, Illinois, permanently barred Ronald Manis, a certified public accountant, of Carbondale, Illinois, from engaging in certain conduct, the Justice Department announced today. This includes preparing or filing federal tax returns by improperly claiming deductions for commuting to and from work, unsubstantiated meals and entertainment expenses, or other non-deductible personal expenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: Sherri Davis and her son, Andre Davis, were charged in a superseding indictment with conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and with aiding and assisting in the preparation of false individual income tax returns, the Justice Department and IRS announced today. Sherri Davis was also charged with filing her own false individual income tax returns for tax years 2007 to 2009.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: Benjamin Franklin Pass, 61, and P&W Waste Oil Services Inc. (P&W), of Leland, North Carolina were sentenced today in federal court in Raleigh, North Carolina. Pass was sentenced to 42 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $21,373,143.38 for clean-up costs associated with the environmental contamination at his business and an additional $538,857 to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for federal income taxes he failed to pay between 2002 and 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: The United States has asked a federal court in Waco, Texas, to permanently bar several tax preparers individually and through the business Accounting System Services, doing business as A Kind Bookkeeping and Tax Service, from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: A jury found a Dothan, Alabama, woman guilty of conspiring to defraud the government through the filing of false tax returns, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Ronald A. Cimino of the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: Acting Assistant Attorney General Jocelyn Samuels for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis for the Southern District of Mississippi announced today that a federal grand jury has indicted John Louis Blalack, 20, of Brandon, Mississippi, Sarah Adelia Graves, ...
By Fed Newswire | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on Wednesday announced the finalization of a technical correction to the definition of "eligible guarantee" in the agencies' risk-based capital rules.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced she will lead a Business Development Mission to Japan and South Korea from October 19-23, 2014 focused on the health care and energy sectors. This will be Secretary Pritzker’s fourth trade mission since taking office in June 2013 and will promote ...
By Commerce News Now | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced she will lead a Business Development Mission to Japan and South Korea from October 19-23, 2014 focused on the health care and energy sectors. This will be Secretary Pritzker’s fourth trade mission since taking office in June 2013 and will promote ...
![OPA News Release: Formed Fiber Technologies provides false abatement documentation, continues to expose workers to serious hazards resulting in $816,500 fine [07/16/2014]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/6f/df/11410065/webp_adobestock_228780059.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: OSHA previously cited Ohio fabric manufacturing plant in October 2013 SIDNEY, Ohio — After providing false documentation and making false representations claiming that previously cited hazards related to hydraulic presses had been corrected, Formed Fiber Technologies LLC has been issued 14 safety citations, ...
![OSHA News Release: US Department of Labor's OSHA cites repeat violations at Miami Valley Polishing for exposing workers to excessive noise, respiratory hazards [07/16/2014]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/fc/b0/11410091/webp_adobestock_294508985.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: PIQUA, Ohio — Miami Valley Polishing has been cited for continuing to expose workers to excessive noise levels at its Piqua metal polishing plant following a January 2014 inspection. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration previously cited the company in 2013 for the same violation. OSHA has proposed fines of $50,820 for the two repeat and three serious violations cited.
![OSHA News Release: Midwest Farmers Cooperative cited by OSHA for serious violations after truck driver dies from exposure to ammonia vapor cloud [07/16/2014]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/0f/4f/11410093/webp_adobestock_301334866.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: TECUMSEH, Neb. — Following the death of a truck driver at Midwest Farmers Cooperative's grain handling facility in Tecumseh, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the company for 12 serious safety violations. The driver, who was not provided a respirator ...
![ETA News Release: Grant to provide re-employment assistance to workers affected by manufacturing industry layoffs in Wisconsin awarded by US Labor Department [07/16/2014]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/4e/df/11410061/webp_adobestock_221016184.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $471,629 National Emergency Grant to assist approximately 228 workers affected by layoffs at several of Oshkosh Defense's, a division of Oshkosh Corp., facilities located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $471,629 National Emergency Grant to assist approximately 228 workers affected by layoffs at several of Oshkosh Defense's, a division of Oshkosh Corp., facilities located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: Date of Action: July 16, 2014 Name(s) of Defendant(s): Richard J. Kwasny; Kwasny & Reilly, P.C.; Kwasny & Reilly 401(k) profit sharing plan Allegations: Based on an investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration, the Secretary of Labor filed a complaint ...
By Commerce News Now | Jul 16, 2014
The US Commerce Department published a one page proposed rule on July 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jul 16, 2014
The US Agriculture Department published a four page notice on July 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jul 16, 2014
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on July 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jul 16, 2014
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on July 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jul 16, 2014
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on July 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
