News published on Federal Newswire in November 2014

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014

News Release: The Department Moves Court to Dismiss Civil Rights Case, Citing Reforms Today, the Justice Department announced that its civil rights lawsuit involving the Terrebonne Parish Juvenile Detention Center in Houma, Louisiana, has resulted in improved conditions for the youth confined in the facility, and ...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014

News Release: An Alabama woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of conspiracy to file false claims and one count of aggravated identity theft for her involvement in a stolen identity tax refund fraud (SIRF) scheme, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Larry J. Wszalek for the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014

News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that the Justice Department collected $24.7 billion in civil and criminal actions in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2014. The more than $24 billion in collections in FY 2014 represents nearly eight and a half times the appropriated $2.91 billion budget for the 94 U.S. Attorneys’ offices and the main litigating divisions of the Justice Department combined in that same period.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014

News Release: A Georgia woman pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for her involvement in a stolen identity tax refund fraud (SIRF) scheme, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Larry J. Wszalek for the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014

News Release: Washington Gas Energy Systems (WGESystems) has agreed to pay more than $2.5 million in fines and monetary penalties for conspiring to commit fraud on the United States by illegally obtaining contracts that were meant for small, disadvantaged businesses.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014

News Release: XS Platinum, Inc. and five of its officers and employess were indicted by a federal grand jury in Anchorage today for five felony violations, including conspiracy to violate the Clean Water Act and for submitting material false statements, announced Sam Hirsch, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the ...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014

News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder announced in a video today that the Justice Department collected $24.7 billion in civil and criminal actions in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2014. The more than $24 billion in collections in FY 2014 represents nearly eight and a half times the appropriated $2.91 billion budget for the 94 U.S. Attorneys’ offices and the main litigating divisions of the Justice Department combined in that same period.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014

News Release: A registered sex offender with prior convictions for the possession of child pornography and attempted sexual conduct with minors was sentenced to 35 years in prison today for traveling across state lines to engage in sex with a minor and various child pornography-related offenses.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014

News Release: A brokerage subsidiary of ConvergEx Group LLC was sentenced and ordered to pay a criminal penalty and restitution of $26 million for wire fraud and conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud in connection with a scheme to charge clients millions of dollars in unwarranted and hidden fees. Assistant ...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014

News Release: The United States filed civil complaints in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York today against individuals and entities alleged to be running two related multimillion-dollar mail fraud schemes. The United States also filed a motion seeking a temporary restraining order and a preliminary ...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014

News Release: A prominent Chicago businessman was sentenced today to serve six months in prison and six months home confinement, to be followed by one year supervised release and ordered to cooperate in paying taxes owed to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for willfully failing to file federal individual income tax returns, announced the Justice Department.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014

News Release: Michael Garcia, 38, a former detective with the Las Cruces Police Department (LCPD) in Las Cruces, New Mexico, was sentenced today for violating the civil rights of an LCPD student intern. Garcia was sentenced to nine years in prison followed by five years of supervised release. Garcia also was ordered to forfeit his law enforcement certification and comply with federal and state sex offender registration requirements.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014

News Release: On Nov. 19, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, a federal jury after deliberating 4.5 hours convicted the president and founder of Happy’s Pizza of conspiracy to defraud the United States and 32 counts of tax crimes, the Justice Department announced today.

By Fed Newswire | Nov 19, 2014

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on October 28-29, 2014.

By Fed Newswire | Nov 19, 2014

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the designation of the chairs and deputy chairs of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks for 2015.

By Commerce News Now | Nov 19, 2014

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered remarks to approximately 300 women entrepreneurs to kick off Women’s Entrepreneurship Day in Marrakesh, Morocco. Secretary Pritzker discussed America’s leadership in empowering entrepreneurs at home and abroad, addressed the importance of the Presidential ...

By Commerce News Now | Nov 19, 2014

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered remarks to approximately 300 women entrepreneurs to kick off Women’s Entrepreneurship Day in Marrakesh, Morocco. Secretary Pritzker discussed America’s leadership in empowering entrepreneurs at home and abroad, addressed the importance of the Presidential ...

By Labor Gazette | Nov 19, 2014

News Release: TAMPA, Fla. — A multiyear enforcement initiative conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division has uncovered widespread labor violations in the central Florida agricultural industry. The initiative focused on hand-harvested crops — including citrus, strawberries, tomatoes, blueberries ...

By Labor Gazette | Nov 19, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — Former employees of General Atomics in La Jolla, California, have been notified by the U.S. Department of Labor about a new class of employees added to the Special Exposure Cohort of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act. The EEOICPA provides compensation and medical benefits to workers who became ill as a result of working in the nuclear weapons industry. Survivors of qualified workers also may be entitled to benefits.

By Labor Gazette | Nov 19, 2014

News Release: NORFOLK, Va. — While welding the frame of a U.S. Navy vessel, a shipyard worker was just 1 foot away from three open manholes that exposed the employee to potential falls of up to 30 feet. These, and other alleged safety and health hazards, were cited against Colonna's Shipyard Inc., a ship repair facility in Norfolk, following a May 2014 inspection conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.