News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Tierun Bush, 56, of Jackson, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Tom S. Lee to one count of aggravated identity theft and one count of theft of government funds and property, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Plymouth man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to anonymously stalking three women by text message and social media, including one woman he stalked throughout the 14-months that they dated.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: Defendant used church events and trips as a guise to secretly record dozens of minor victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: Samantha Marie Elhassani, aka Samantha Sally, 32, formerly of Elkhart, Indiana, was charged on Aug. 22, in a two count indictment with conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated terrorist organization, and aiding and abetting individuals in providing material support to ISIS.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: Reality Winner, 26, of Augusta, Georgia, was sentenced today to five years and three months in prison for removing classified national defense material from a government facility and mailing it to a news outlet. Winner was arrested by the FBI at her home in Augusta, on June 3, 2017. The parties filed ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: A Florida man was arrested today and charged in U.S. District Court in Boston with conducting an extensive cyberstalking campaign that targeted his former schoolmate, a 30-year-old Massachusetts woman. The victim’s name is being withheld to protect her privacy.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: A West Warwick, Rhode Island tax preparer pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island to 44 counts of filing fraudulent tax returns for clients, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman and U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Andrew Lelling.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: Nebraska Railcar Cleaning Services LLC (NRCS), its president and owner, Steven Michael Braithwaite, and its vice president and co-owner, Adam Thomas Braithwaite, were charged in a 22-count indictment with conspiracy, violating worker safety standards resulting in worker deaths, violating the Resource ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: Reliant Rehabilitation Holdings Inc. (Reliant), a national provider of rehabilitation therapy and related services headquartered in Plano, Texas, has agreed to pay the United States $6.1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §3729, et seq., by paying kickbacks ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: A federal jury in Los Angeles, California found a Lancaster, California doctor guilty today of conspiracy for his role in a Medicare kickback conspiracy involving a Los Angeles-area home health agency. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. ...
By Fed Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON--Federal banking agencies today issued interim final rules to expand the number of insured depository institutions and U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks eligible for an 18-month on-site examination cycle.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Covenant Bancgroup, Inc., Leeds, Alabama Written Agreement dated Dec. 28, 2015 Terminated August 7, 2018 Additional enforcement actions can be searched for here.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: On Aug. 23, 2018, the Federal Reserve conducted a floating-rate offering of term deposits through its Term Deposit Facility. The operation offered seven-day term deposits with the rate set equal to the sum of the interest rate paid on excess reserves plus a fixed spread of 1 basis point.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Aug. 23, 2018, announced it will host Exploring Careers in Economics, a live event for high school and college students, beginning at 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 19, 2018. Organized to broaden awareness of careers in economics and to further develop a diverse pool of talent interested ...
By Commerce News Now | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: It is a pleasure to be here with all of you in North Dakota. You live up to your state’s motto — strength from the soil.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Ninety-two current and former employees of two Indiana lawn care companies – Super Cutz Lawn Care LLC and Precision Cut Lawn Service – have received $59,926 in back wages following two investigations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) that found employers ...
By Labor Gazette | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: MANSFIELD, OH – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited National Material Company LLC for failing to protect workers from tip-over hazards after an employee suffered fatal injuries at the steel supply plant in Mansfield, Ohio. OSHA cited the steel supplier for one willful violation, and proposed the maximum penalty allowed by law of $129,336.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Sixteen employees of The Journey restaurant – based in Indianapolis, Indiana – will receive $45,828 in back wages following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) that disclosed overtime and recordkeeping violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By DOT News Wire | Aug 23, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 23, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
