News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: North Carolina Tax Return Preparer Sentenced to Prison For Tax and Bankruptcy Fraud.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today announced that #SubEnvironment will be holding a hearing on Thursday, December 7, 2017 featuring Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected 12 crosscutting research projects to receive $8.6 million in federal funding. The projects will develop innovative technologies that will enhance the efficiency of fossil energy power systems.
By State Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed nine measures, including the Taylor Force Act and two measures targeting Iran’s dangerous proxy, Hamas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Ernest Young, 50, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of bank robbery, was sentenced to 151 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Randy K. Lovett, 34, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to a 77-month term of imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on a bank robbery charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Randy K. Lovett, 34, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to a 77-month term of imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on a bank robbery charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Chelsea man, dubbed the “Spelling Bee Bandit," pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to four bank robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TYLER CONNER, age 27, of Dallas, and AARON SHEEHAN, age 31, of New Orleans, were sentenced today after having previously pled guilty to one count of conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: The owner and the manager of a purported durable medical equipment (DME) company in the Bronx, New York, were charged in an indictment unsealed today for their roles in an allegedly fraudulent scheme that involved submitting over $3.5 million in claims to private insurers, which included government-sponsored managed care organizations.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: The Department of Justice today sent the attached letters to 29 jurisdictions that may have laws, policies, or practices that violate 8 U.S.C. 1373, a federal statute that promotes information sharing related to immigration enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in the District of New Mexico returned an 11-count indictment against a former procurement officer employed at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), a nuclear research and development facility of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), for orchestrating a scheme to obtain a $2.3 million contract through fraudulent means. Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: A Honduran national was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison today for his role in a 2011 murder in Richmond, Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: The U.S. Department of Justice today filed a lawsuit against the Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport (HACB), doing business as Park City Communities. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, alleges that HACB discriminated against persons with disabilities in violation of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Fair Housing Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: A member of the Wildboys gang was sentenced today to 20 years in prison in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, after being found guilty by a federal jury for his role in the attempted murder of a rival gang member.
By Fed Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced its approval of the application under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 by South State Corporation, Columbia, South Carolina, to acquire Park Sterling Corporation ("PSC") and thereby indirectly acquire PSC's subsidiary bank, Park Sterling Bank, both of Charlotte, North Carolina.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, TN – MetalTek International Inc. – a foundry and machinist shop in Chattanooga – has agreed to pay a total of $335,680 in back pay and liquidated damages to 68 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation found the company violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by not allowing its workers to put on and remove protective equipment while on the clock.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: FORT WALTON BEACH, FL – A recent U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation of Alabama-based government contractor InfoPro Corp., found an unintentional software glitch caused employee health and welfare benefits to be underpaid from July 1, 2015, to Sept. 30, 2016. Division investigators determined that InfoPro owed $126,329 in health and welfare benefits to 84 employees covered by the Service Contract Act (SCA).
By Labor Gazette | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: MEMPHIS, TN – The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee issued a judgment and permanent injunction against Mulrooney Enterprises to pay $140,000 in back wages and liquidated damages for violating the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: ROANOKE, VA – As a result of a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia entered a consent judgment ordering six Roanoke area restaurants and their owners to pay $1.5 million in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated ...
