News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: Respironics Inc., based in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay $34.8 million to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations for paying kickbacks in the form of free call center services to durable medical equipment (DME) suppliers that bought its masks for patients with sleep apnea, the Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: The owner of multiple U.S.-based energy companies pleaded guilty yesterday to foreign bribery and fraud charges for his role in a scheme to corruptly secure energy contracts from Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: The CEO of Preferred Merchants LLC, a financial services company based in Napa, California, pleaded guilty yesterday to engaging in an elaborate obstruction of justice scheme to conceal millions of dollars—which were subject to a freeze order and seizure warrant—from the government using a series of offshore accounts, domestic and foreign nominee accounts, a shell company and related bank and brokerage accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: Carlos Garcia, 29, was sentenced to 48 months in prison for making false statements in connection to the March 8, 2012, assault of a gay African-American man in Corpus Christi, Texas, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced that the corporate owner and agent of Gentle Manor Estates have agreed to pay $130,000 to settle a Justice Department lawsuit alleging familial status discrimination. The settlement must still be approved by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: Operation Violence Reduction12 Nabs Most Dangerous Criminals Today, Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates and U.S. Marshals Service Deputy Director David Harlow announced that for the second consecutive year, the U.S. Marshals Service has conducted a high-impact national fugitive apprehension initiative ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: Eliu Elixander Lorenzana-Cordon and Waldemar Lorenzana-Cordon, leaders of a Guatemala-based international drug trafficking organization responsible for importing multi-ton quantities of cocaine into the United States, were convicted on international narcotics trafficking charges in the District of Columbia following a four-week trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: A federal judge yesterday ordered a Colorado company to recall powerful, small magnets that can cause fatal injuries when swallowed, the Justice Department announced. U.S. District Court Judge Christine M. Arguello of the District of Colorado had previously issued a preliminary injunction that prohibited ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced a new publication, Identifying and Preventing Gender Bias in Law Enforcement Response to Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence: A Roundtable Discussion. The report was released at the International Conference on Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, and Engaging Men & Boys and is published by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: The former CEO of TierOne Bank, a $3 billion publicly-traded commercial bank formerly headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced to 132 months in prison today for orchestrating a scheme to defraud TierOne’s shareholders and to mislead regulators by concealing more than $100 million in losses on ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: A Chinese national pleaded guilty today to participating in a years-long conspiracy to hack into the computer networks of major U.S. defense contractors, steal sensitive military and export-controlled data and send the stolen data to China.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: A resident of Montrose, California, was indicted today in a superseding indictment by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles on charges of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places and sex trafficking of a minor, Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Eileen M. Decker of the Central District of California announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced that Pascual Carlos Pietri, 53, of Port Richey, Florida, was sentenced to 37 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew of the Middle District of Florida for his role in a 2012 cross burning. He pleaded guilty on June 30, 2015, to one count of conspiring with others to threaten, intimidate and interfere with an interracial couple’s enjoyment of their housing rights.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: A Detroit-area doctor who prescribed medically unnecessary controlled substances and billed for office visits and diagnostic testing that never took place was sentenced to 45 months in prison today for his role in a $5.7 million Medicare fraud scheme.
By Fed Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: The Federal Reserve will begin its Survey of Finance Companies in March as part of the continuing effort to paint a comprehensive view of the range of companies in this sector of the U.S. financial system.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered remarks at the signing of the Memorandum of Intent (MOI) between the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Argentine Ministry of Production as part of President Obama’s trip to Argentina. President Obama traveled to Buenos Aires to meet with new ...
By Commerce News Now | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced today that she has selected Kiersten Todt to join the Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) team and serve as the Executive Director of the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity. This Commission, created by Presidential ...
By Labor Gazette | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – Many characterize union organizing campaigns as debates between management and labor over the impact of unionization on businesses and workers. Today, employers commonly engage third-party consultants in crafting and delivering anti-union messages to workers. Workers often do not know when employers engage consultants behind the scenes to influence their decisions.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy today announced the launch of “TalentWorks” – a free online tool that helps employers and human resources professionals ensure accessibility in their web-based job applications and other recruiting technologies for job seekers with disabilities.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a National Dislocated Worker Grant for up to $15 million to the Michigan Strategic Fund to assist with humanitarian and recovery efforts resulting from the contaminated water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Of the $15 million announced today, $7.5 ...
