News published on Federal Newswire in May 2015

By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015

News Release: Fifteen Chinese nationals have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on charges of conspiracy, counterfeiting foreign passports, mail fraud and wire fraud, U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton for the Western District of Pennsylvania announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015

News Release: A Louisiana man was charged in a two-count information with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit trademark counterfeiting using the “Silk Road” online marketplace, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite Jr. of the Eastern District of Louisiana.

By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015

News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that the following four banks reached a resolution under the department’s Swiss Bank Program: * Société Générale Private Banking (Lugano-Svizzera) * MediBank AG * LBBW (Schweiz) AG * Scobag Privatbank AG “Today’s agreements reflect the Tax Division’s continued ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015

News Release: A federal jury in the Eastern District of Washington returned a guilty verdict yesterday against a Spokane, Washington, man for selling industrial bleach as a miracle cure for numerous diseases and illnesses, including cancer, AIDS, malaria, hepatitis, lyme disease, asthma and the common cold, the Department ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015

News Release: Settlement Provides $9 Million in Compensation to African-American and Hispanic Borrowers The Justice Department and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) filed a consent order today to resolve allegations that Provident Funding Associates (Provident) engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015

News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that this June, 77,795 service members will begin receiving $60 million in compensation for having been charged excess interest on their student loans by Navient Corp., the student loan servicer formerly part of Sallie Mae. The payments are required by a settlement ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015

News Release: A former staff member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation was charged by indictment in the Eastern District of Virginia with defrauding at least three women of approximately $500,000, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015

News Release: The Department of Justice today filed a complaint and settlement agreement in the district court of the Middle District of Alabama to protect prisoners at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka, Alabama, from sexual victimization by correctional officers. The agreement filed is designed to resolve the Justice Department’s findings of sexual abuse and sexual harassment at Tutwiler.

By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015

News Release: Garden State Cardiovascular Specialists P.C. (Garden State), a cardiology practice which owns and operates several facilities in New Jersey under the name NJ MedCare/NJ Heart, has agreed to pay more than $3.6 million to resolve allegations that its facilities falsely billed federal health care programs for tests that were not medically necessary, announced today by U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman for the District of New Jersey.

By Fed Newswire | May 28, 2015

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the enforcement action listed below: Discover Financial Services (PDF), Riverwoods, Illinois Written Agreement dated May 26, 2015 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.

By Fed Newswire | May 28, 2015

News Release: On May 28, 2015, the Federal Reserve conducted a floating-rate offering of term deposits through its Term Deposit Facility. The operation offered seven-day term deposits with the rate set equal to the sum of the interest rate paid on excess reserves plus a fixed spread of 1 basis point.

By Labor Gazette | May 28, 2015

News Release: Magnetic Metals Corp. fined $53,900 for 15 federal violations Employer Name and Location: Magnetic Metals Corp., located at 1900 Hayes Avenue in Camden, New Jersey, manufactures soft magnetic materials for products including motors and transformers.

By Labor Gazette | May 28, 2015

News Release: AVENEL, N.J. — The life of a 46-year-old demolition worker, killed in a building collapse in November 2014 at a Staten Island auto dealership, could have been spared if his employer had not disregarded federal safety rules.

By Labor Gazette | May 28, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Labor Department's Employee Benefits Security Administration has published its study on the quality of benefit plan audits performed by certified public accountants. The report, "Assessing the Quality of Employee Benefit Plan Audits," reveals serious issues with the current system.

By Labor Gazette | May 28, 2015

The US Labor Department published a three page notice on May 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | May 28, 2015

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | May 28, 2015

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | May 28, 2015

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | May 28, 2015

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | May 28, 2015

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.