News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Defrauded Three Banks of at Least $1.6 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a $235,000 arson and insurance fraud conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Independence, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for receiving and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: Union Treatment Center (“UTC"), a medical and physical therapy provider with clinics in Austin, Killeen, San Antonio, and Corpus Christi, will pay $3 million to settle civil health care fraud allegations, announced U.S. Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. Under the settlement, UTC will also waive claims...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: Attorney General Sessions today issued the attached memo to all Department of Justice components and 94 United States Attorney’s Offices prohibiting them from entering into any agreement on behalf of the United States in settlement of federal claims or charges that directs or provides for a settlement payment to non-governmental, third parties that were not directly harmed by the conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: The United States has intervened in a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles and the CRA/LA (formerly the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles) alleging that they falsely certified compliance with federal accessibility laws in connection with claims submitted to the U.S. Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions today issued the following statement on the nomination of Chris Wray to be FBI Director: Chris Wray is an extraordinary person, possessing all the gifts necessary to be a great Director of the FBI. I congratulate President Trump for choosing a leader of proven skill, independence, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: On June 6, 2017, a federal jury in Camden, New Jersey, convicted defendants Michael Wood, 53, and Mary Wood, 45, of Mullica Hill, New Jersey, on charges arising from a scheme to smuggle a young Kenyan woman into the United States and harbor and exploit her for domestic labor in their New Jersey home. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: "Chris is super smart, a great lawyer and highly experienced. He will serve the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation well. I worked with Chris for a number of years and always had complete confidence in him. He simply doesn't make mistakes. We are lucky he decided to reenter public ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand today issued the following statements on the nomination of Chris Wray to be FBI Director: “Chris Wray is widely respected for professionalism, independence, integrity and patriotism,” said Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: After being convicted at trial, a Lafayette, California, man was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for his role in a conspiracy to rig bids at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced. Thomas Joyce was charged on Dec. 3, 2014, in an ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: Today, Mohamad Jamal Khweis, 27, of Alexandria, Virginia, was convicted by a federal jury for providing material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced that it had approved an extended transition period of up to five years for Deutsche Bank AG, SVB Financial Group, and UBS Group AG to conform investments in certain "illiquid funds" to the requirements of section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly known as the Volcker rule.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday permanently barred Richard Henderson and Philip Cooper, former employees of Regions Bank, from the banking industry after both pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering, and conspiracy to commit bank bribery and wire fraud affecting a financial institution.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced its approval of the applications under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Toronto, Canada, and CIBC Holdco Inc., New York, New York, to acquire PrivateBancorp, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire its wholly owned subsidiary, The PrivateBank and Trust Company, both of Chicago, Illinois.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced its approval of the application under section 10(e) of the Home Owners' Loan Act by TIAA Board of Overseers, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America, and TCT Holdings, Inc., all of New York, New York, to acquire EverBank Financial Corp and thereby indirectly acquire EverBank, both of Jacksonville, Florida.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross has named U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Associate Solicitor Joseph Matal to perform the functions and duties of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO. The position is effective June 7, 2017, and follows the resignation of Michelle K. Lee. Matal will serve in this role during the nomination and confirmation process for a new director.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: DAWSON, Pa. – A Southwestern Pennsylvania farm and landscaping company has paid nearly $22,000 in back wages and penalties after the U.S. Department of Labor found the operator failed to recruit and hire U.S. workers before hiring workers under the H-2A visa program, in violation of section 218 of the ...
By Labor Gazette | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta today announced the withdrawal of the U.S. Department of Labor’s 2015 and 2016 informal guidance on joint employment and independent contractors. Removal of the administrator interpretations does not change the legal responsibilities of employers ...
By DOE Gazette | Jun 7, 2017
The US Energy Department published a five page notice on June 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
