News from January 2017
By Interior Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Visitation in Yellowstone National Park exceeded previous records with a total of 4,257,177 million visits in 2016. This is a 3.89 percent increase from 4,097,710 visits in 2015 and a 21.17 percent increase over visits in 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - McKesson Corporation, one of the nation’s largest distributors of pharmaceutical drugs, agreed to pay a record $150 million civil penalty for alleged violations of the Controlled Substances (CSA). The settlement resolves allegations that McKesson failed to design and implement an effective system to detect and report “suspicious orders" for controlled substances distributed to its independent and small chain pharmacy customers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rolls-Royce plc, the United Kingdom-based manufacturer and distributor of power systems for the aerospace, defense, marine and energy sectors, has agreed to pay the U.S. nearly $170 million as part of an $800 million global resolution to investigations by the department, U.K. and Brazilian authorities into a long-running scheme to bribe government officials in exchange for government contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Elvin R. Mitchell, Jr., has been arraigned on conspiratorial bribery and money laundering charges for paying over $1 million to obtain City of Atlanta contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: Rolls-Royce plc Agrees to Pay $170 Million Criminal Penalty to Resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Case.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: Investigation Involved 12 Federal Districts and 9 DEA Field Divisions.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Today the Department of Homeland Security and the Secret Service filed an agreement that will, when approved by the Court, settle a decades-old class action lawsuit alleging race discrimination by the Secret Service in its promotion ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, at the request of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., against Mitchell Rales for violating the premerger notification and waiting period requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, at the request of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., against Ahmet Okumus for violating the premerger notification and waiting period requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department, along with federal partners, announced today a $7.2 billion settlement with Deutsche Bank resolving federal civil claims that Deutsche Bank misled investors in the packaging, securitization, marketing, sale and issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) between ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: Company Agrees to $800 Million Global Resolution with authorities in the United States, the United Kingdom and Brazil Rolls-Royce plc, the United Kingdom-based manufacturer and distributor of power systems for the aerospace, defense, marine and energy sectors, has agreed to pay the U.S. nearly $170 million ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department reached a settlement today to resolve the department’s claims that J.E.T. Holding Co. Inc. discriminated against U.S. citizens and certain work-authorized immigrants in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). J.E.T. is a company based in Saipan, Commonwealth of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: Noor Salman, 30, formerly of Fort Pierce, Florida, was charged by indictment with aiding and abetting Omar Mateen’s attempted provision and provision of material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, and obstruction of justice. If convicted on all counts, Salman faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: McKesson Corporation (McKesson), one of the nation’s largest distributors of pharmaceutical drugs, agreed to pay a record $150 million civil penalty for alleged violations of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), the Justice Department announced today. The nationwide settlement requires McKesson to suspend ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: A congressional staffer was sentenced to prison today for willfully failing to file an individual income tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente for the Eastern District of Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a major settlement today that requires NCR Corporation to complete one of the nation’s largest Superfund cleanup projects at Wisconsin’s Lower Fox River and Green Bay Site. An ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: Two members of the Cowboys street gang have pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and attempted murder in aid of racketeering for their roles in gang-related shootings in South Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: A Northern District of Illinois resident was sentenced to 60 months in prison today announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon for the Northern District of Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: The United States and the Navajo Nation have entered into a settlement agreement with two affiliated subsidiaries of Freeport-McMoRan, Inc, for the cleanup of 94 abandoned uranium mines on the Navajo Nation. Under the settlement, valued at over $600 million, Cyprus Amax Minerals Company and Western Nuclear, ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: BRAINTREE, Mass. – A Bellingham used auto parts business’ failure to follow required workplace safety standards allowed an employee to suffer fatal head injuries, an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.
