News published on Federal Newswire in May 2015

By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015

News Release: The United States announced today the filing of a consent order that resolves allegations that Fort Norfolk Retirement Community Inc. (Fort Norfolk) violated the Fair Housing Act by instituting policies that discriminated against residents with disabilities at Harbor’s Edge, a continuing care retirement community in Norfolk, Virginia.

By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015

News Release: Earlier today, Madhi Hashi, 25, of Somalia, Ali Yasin Ahmed, 30, of Sweden, and Mohamed Yusuf, 32, of Sweden, pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, al-Shabaab.

By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015

News Release: Today, the Justice Department announced that, under a settlement agreement with the United States, the state of Tennessee is launching a training program available to all law enforcement personnel in Tennessee on effective interactions with people who have intellectual or developmental disabilities. ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015

News Release: The Justice Department announced today an agreement with Chaves County, New Mexico, to improve access to civic life for persons with disabilities. The agreement was reached under Project Civic Access (PCA), the department’s wide-ranging initiative to ensure that cities, towns and counties throughout ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015

News Release: The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with the city and county of Honolulu to resolve air violations at its closed Kapaa Landfill in Kailua, Oahu, by requiring the city and county of Honolulu to pay a civil penalty of $875,000 and build a ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015

News Release: A Phenix City, Alabama, resident was arrested today after being indicted on April 28 by a federal grand jury sitting in the Middle District of Alabama on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. of the Middle District of Alabama.

By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015

News Release: An owner of a Miami home health care company was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for his leading role in a $13 million Medicare fraud scheme that involved paying kickbacks and bribes to patient recruiters, Medicare beneficiaries and others in South Florida doctors’ offices and medical clinics.

By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015

News Release: Garfield M. Taylor, 56, of Rockville, Maryland, was sentenced today to 13 years in prison and ordered to pay over $28.6 million in restitution for operating a Ponzi scheme that resulted in investors losing money they invested with Taylor and companies he controlled.

By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015

News Release: Today, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi approved the joint motion for unitary status filed by the Department of Justice and the Wayne County School District in Mississippi. At the department and school district’s request, the court dismissed this longstanding ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015

News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has moved to intervene in Aleeha Dudley v. Miami University, et al., 14-cv-038 (S.D. Ohio), a private lawsuit alleging disability discrimination by Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. In the United States’ motion to intervene and complaint, the United States ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015

News Release: A Temple Hills, Maryland, resident who operated a company that provided security guards to private businesses and apartment complexes pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to failing to file employment tax returns and pay over approximately $600,000 in employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Larry J. Wszalek of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015

News Release: The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S Attorney Carlie Christensen of the District of Utah announced today the filing of a complaint in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City against Veteran’s Trading Company (VTC), a business with headquarters in Park City, Utah. The complaint alleges ...

By Fed Newswire | May 12, 2015

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the enforcement action listed below: The Freedom Bank of Virginia, Fairfax, Virginia Order of assessment of civil money penalty dated May 11, 2015 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.

By Commerce News Now | May 12, 2015

News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered remarks on the importance of the public and private sectors working together to improve America’s supply chains at the Global Supply Chain Summit 2015. The event, organized by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, gathered public and private sector leaders to discuss connecting businesses to global markets and opportunities to enhance supply chain processes and innovation.

By Labor Gazette | May 12, 2015

News Release: PEORIA, Ill. — Workers stamping metal automotive parts at a Peoria manufacturer were at risk of lacerations and amputations and in danger of being struck-by robotic welding equipment because their employer ignored machine safety rules.

By Labor Gazette | May 12, 2015

News Release: NEW ALBANY, Ohio — When a 23-year-old diver descended to the bottom of a New Albany pond in November 2014, he thought his air supply would last during underwater work. He drowned when his air supply depleted while SCUBA diving.

By Labor Gazette | May 12, 2015

News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. — Emergency exits blocked by piles of store inventory appears to be a recurring hazard at Forever 21. The fashion retailer's employees at Westfarms Mall in Farmington were among the chain's workers put at risk of not being able to exit the store swiftly because of fire or another emergency, U.S. Department of Labor inspectors determined after receiving a complaint.

By Labor Gazette | May 12, 2015

News Release: BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio — A rubber-hose manufacturer in Ohio continues to put workers at risk of amputations and serious injuries by ignoring safety rules for industrial machines , U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors found after an October 2104 inspection.

By Labor Gazette | May 12, 2015

News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Inspectors from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration were headed back to their Providence office on Jan. 22, 2015, after completing one site inspection when they saw a dangerous situation in clear view at another site in North Smithfield.

By DOE Gazette | May 12, 2015

The US Energy Department published a three page notice on May 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.