News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: A Delaware man was sentenced today to 180 months in prison for receipt of child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Charles M. Oberly III of the District of Delaware.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: Evgeny Buryakov, aka Zhenya, 41, was sentenced to 30 months in prison today for conspiring to act in the United States as an agent of the Russian Federation without providing prior notice to the Attorney General.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit today alleging that the Palm Beach, Florida, County School Board discriminated against a female employee on the basis of her sex and retaliated against her when she complained about discrimination. Anne Williams Dorsey was an Assistant Principal at Turning Points ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: A DeSoto, Texas, resident was indicted on 29 counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false income tax returns and three counts of willfully failing to file income tax returns, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney John R. Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: The United States has intervened in a lawsuit against Prime Healthcare Services Inc. (Prime); the company’s founder and chief executive officer, Dr. Prem Reddy; and 14 Prime hospitals in California that alleges Emergency Departments at Prime facilities improperly admitted patients to the hospitals and submitted false claims to Medicare, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: Romanian Citizen Agreed to Provide Military-Grade Weapons to be Used to Shoot Down American Aircraft in Colombia Virgil Flaviu Georgescu, 43, of Romania, was convicted by a federal jury today of conspiring to sell large quantities of military-grade weaponry to the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia ...
By Fed Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: American families overall reported continued mild improvement in their financial well-being in 2015 although many families were struggling financially and felt excluded from economic advancement, according to the Federal Reserve Board's latest Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households.
By Commerce News Now | May 25, 2016
News Release: In recognition of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews delivered welcoming remarks at the first-ever National Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Business Summit, hosted by the Department’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) and ...
By Labor Gazette | May 25, 2016
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge has ordered the owner of a Bay Area taxi and limousine service to pay a collective $175,000 in back wages and damages to dozens of drivers who the company misclassified as independent contractors and failed to pay minimum wage and overtime pay as federal law requires. ...
By Labor Gazette | May 25, 2016
News Release: NEW YORK – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $189,000 in unpaid wages and overtime for 28 carpenters and laborers who worked on the federally funded West 131st St. Cluster Project in Harlem between April 2009 and April 2010. This was the result of a joint enforcement effort with the office of ...
By Labor Gazette | May 25, 2016
News Release: CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio – Federal safety and health investigators found that employees of an Ohio gun shop may face life-long health damage because their employer continues to expose them to lead hazards and has failed to establish a respiratory protection program.
By Labor Gazette | May 25, 2016
News Release: TARRYTOWN, N.Y. – Responding to complaints, inspectors from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found access to emergency exits at two New Rochelle CVS stores blocked by merchandise, boxes and other objects. As a result, OSHA is citing the retailer for two repeated violations of workplace safety standards and proposing a total of $88,000 in fines.
By Labor Gazette | May 25, 2016
News Release: DALLAS – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has filed a lawsuit alleging that Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. has systematically discriminated against female, African American and white jobseekers at its Mount Pleasant processing facility.
By Labor Gazette | May 25, 2016
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that federal inspectors issued 90 citations and three orders during special impact inspections at 10 coal mines and three metal and nonmetal mines in April 2016.
By DOT News Wire | May 25, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 25, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 25, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 25, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 25, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | May 25, 2016
The US State Department published a two page notice on May 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
