News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Five U.S. individuals were charged today and yesterday for their roles in three separate elder fraud schemes. The schemes collectively defrauded tens of thousands of Americans, many of whom were elderly, out at least a hundred million dollars. Four defendants were charged in the Eastern District of New York, the other was charged in Southern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions today welcomed the confirmation of Brian Allen Benczkowski as the Department of Justice’s Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: A Reisterstown, Maryland man pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court in Baltimore, Maryland, for traveling from the United States to the Philippines and engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor and to producing child pornography with the intent to transport the child pornography to the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein today announced the establishment of a new Task Force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud. The Task Force, which is formed pursuant to Presidential Executive Order, will provide guidance for the investigation and prosecution of cases involving fraud on the government, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury in Riverside, California, returned a five-count indictment against Eric Scott Kindley, 50, a private prisoner transport officer, for crimes related to his sexual assaults of two different females in his custody during two different transports, and for brandishing his firearm during one of the sexual assaults.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the initiation of new antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations to determine whether steel racks from China are being dumped in the United States and to determine if producers in China are receiving unfair subsidies.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: FREMONT, NC – The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has revoked the farm labor contractor certificate of registration for Jasiel Rodriguez-Nunez and has debarred the contractor and his business partner, unregistered farm labor contractor Aricel Lopez-Morales, from applying for H-2A ...
By Labor Gazette | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: MEMPHIS, TN – An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has found the Shelby County Board of Education violated the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) when the school district terminated an employee for exercising her right to take time off for a qualifying illness. The school board has paid the employee $112,826 in back wages and medical expenses.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: KISSIMMEE, FL – PPM Outdoor LLC, a lawn care company based in Kissimmee, Florida, has paid $55,345 to 40 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found the employer violated overtime, minimum wage, and recordkeeping requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: GUAYNABO, PR – U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) representatives are in St. Croix and St. Thomas this summer to investigate wage issues and provide compliance assistance related to recovery efforts following Hurricanes Maria and Irma.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ – After a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation revealed overtime and recordkeeping violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Teharu Sushi restaurant will pay $158,860 in back wages and liquidated damages to 94 employees working at three of its Arizona locations. WHD also assessed $20,940 in civil money penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: GUAYNABO, PR – Following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Alabama-based construction contractor KW Construction Work Inc. has paid $14,857 to 13 Texas-based employees stranded in the U.S. Virgin Islands without pay or transportation after performing hurricane recovery work. The Corpus Christi office of the Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) learned of the situation and alerted WHD.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: MIAMI BEACH, FL – Miami Beach Medical Transport LLC – a South Florida medical transportation service company – has paid $222,059 in back wages to 53 employees after the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) found the employer violated overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By DOE Gazette | Jul 11, 2018
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on July 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jul 11, 2018
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on July 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jul 11, 2018
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on July 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jul 11, 2018
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on July 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jul 11, 2018
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on July 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jul 11, 2018
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on July 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jul 11, 2018
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on July 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
