News from July 2018
By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
Release: Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom. Statement on Counterterrorism as a False Pretext for Religious Freedom Repression. As representatives of the international community, we condemn the justification of violations of religious freedom, targeting of religious groups, and repression of peaceful political...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: MOOSE, WY-Grand Teton National Park Superintendent David Vela presented three volunteers with President’s Lifetime Achievement Awards. The award recognizes individuals who contribute more than 4,000 hours of volunteer service in their lifetime. The three awards, which recognize Roger Butterbaugh, Gaylia...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: Justin and Jessica Crandall to Serve Decades in Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury in New Orleans, Louisiana, returned a six-count human trafficking and hate crime indictment relating to the abuse of D.P., a 22-year-old woman with disabilities, in Amite, Louisiana. Raylaine Knope, 42, Terry J. Knope, II, 45, Jody Lambert, 23, and Taylor Knope, 20...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: Former New York State Deputy Secretary of State Illegally Transferred Funds to Adult Daughter.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced participants, including Vice President Mike Pence, attending the DHS National Cybersecurity Summit on July 31 in New York City. Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: Federal and State Officials House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway (R-TX): “Our president stood up to a bully and now he’s standing up for rural America. This is the right fight to have, but in the meantime, our producers have got to live, while this fight’s going on.” Rep. Robert Aderholt ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: “The Trump administration’s action to stand by our agricultural producers is a clear message that China cannot bully farmers to coerce the United States to cave in.” USDA: President Trump Stands by American Farmers By Secretary Sonny Perdue USA Today July 25, 2018 In the Olympics, if opposing athletes ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the IRS’s assertion of transferee liability against the former shareholders of a closely held corporation who participated in a so-called “Midco” transaction, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Travis A. Greaves of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that 3M Company (3M), headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, has agreed to pay $9.1 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly sold the dual-ended Combat Arms Earplugs, Version 2 (CAEv2) to the United States military without disclosing defects that hampered ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that Sorensen Gross Construction Company (Sorensen) and its corporate vice president, Khalil Saab, have agreed to pay $2.481 million to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims for payment under a construction contract funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with the City of Jacksonville, Florida (the “City”) to resolve allegations that the City’s promotional practices for positions in the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department (JFRD) violated Title VII of the Civil Rights ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: A former police officer with the Village of Biscayne Park pleaded guilty today in federal court in Miami to conspiracy to deprive a person of his civil rights and deprivation of civil rights under color of law. Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division; ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Coral Springs, Florida, tire retailer was sentenced today in the Southern District of Florida for conspiracy to defraud the Government, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department today filed a denaturalization lawsuit against the former leader of a drug organization responsible for conspiring to distribute more than 40 kilograms of cocaine and 1,600 kilograms of marijuana, conduct he allegedly concealed during his naturalization proceedings. The civil complaint was filed in federal court in the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury in New Orleans, Louisiana, returned a six-count human trafficking and hate crime indictment relating to the abuse of D.P., a 22-year-old woman with disabilities, in Amite, Louisiana. Raylaine Knope, 42, Terry J. Knope, II, 45, Jody Lambert, 23, and Taylor Knope, 20, are charged with ...
By Fed Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday issued a consent order against Community Trust Bank, Inc. of Pikeville, Kentucky, for unfair and deceptive practices, requiring the bank to pay approximately $4.75 million in restitution to approximately 11,000 consumers and make certain consumer compliance enhancements.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday launched the Consumer Compliance Supervision Bulletin--a new publication that will provide bankers and others interested in consumer protection with high-level summaries of pertinent supervisory issues. The Bulletin complements other Federal Reserve System outreach programs for banking organizations, such as the Consumer Compliance Outlook publication and its companion webinar series, Outlook Live.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Chicago Shore Corporation and Security Chicago Corporation, both of Chicago, Illinois Written Agreement dated Oct. 28, 2016 Terminated July 24, 2018 Additional enforcement actions can be searched for here.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: MEMPHIS, TN – An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has found Memphis-based public charter school KIPP: Memphis Collegiate High School violated the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) when the school district terminated an employee after denying her right to take time off for a condition that qualified for protected leave. The school district has paid the employee $39,886 in lost wages.
