News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 38-year-old South Texas man has been sentenced for his involvement in a multi-state drug trafficking conspiracy that had been trafficking marijuana and cocaine since 2003, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Arnaldo Bermea, of Rio Grande City, pleaded guilty Aug. 1, 2017.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., July 24, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take several actions to assist farmers in response to trade damage from unjustified retaliation. President Trump directed Secretary Perdue to craft a short-term ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: A Concord, Virginia man was sentenced to prison today for tax and currency structuring charges, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Thomas T. Cullen for the Western District of Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and State of West Virginia announced a settlement with CSX Transportation Inc. to resolve its liability for state and federal water pollution violations related to a 2015 oil spill caused by a train derailment in Mount ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: Ali Saleh, 25, of Queens, New York, pleaded guilty today to two counts of attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization. The announcement was made by Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: In a criminal indictment unsealed in the Eastern District of Michigan today, Ibraheem Izzy Musaibli, 28, of Dearborn, Michigan, was charged with providing and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: Preston Q. Howard, 50, of Wright City, Missouri, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Court Judge J. Randal Hall to 24 months in prison for obstructing persons in the free exercise of religious beliefs, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 247(a)(2). The judge enhanced the sentence because Mr. Howard ...
By Fed Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: East West Bank, Pasadena, California Written Agreement dated November 9, 2015 (PDF) Terminated July 18, 2018 Additional enforcement actions can be searched for here.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the affirmative final determination in the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of imports of forged steel fittings from Taiwan.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: MARATHON, FL – FL Food Services LLC, operating as Porky's Bayside Restaurant and Marina, will pay $73,626 in back wages to 35 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found the employer violated overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: ADEL, GA – The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has revoked the certificate of registration for H-2A farm labor contractor Jesus Contreras for violating requirements of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA). Contreras provided 29 farmworkers to harvest and package mixed green vegetables at VPC Produce LLC/4 Way Farms LLC in Adel, Georgia.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: LENOIR CITY, TN – Proton Power Inc. has paid $143,336 in back wages to 82 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found that the biodiesel fuels company violated minimum wage and overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: ORLANDO, FL – An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has determined Orlando-based construction company GMH Construction Inc. violated child labor and recordkeeping requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). As a result, WHD issued the company $3,530 in civil money penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: OPELIKA, AL – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Packaging Corp. of America for exposing employees to unprotected machinery and amputation hazards. The cardboard box manufacturer, based in Opelika, Alabama, faces proposed penalties of $66,612.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: LAKEWOOD, NJ - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited GMG Brito Contractors LLC for exposing employees to fall and other safety hazards at a residential construction site in Lakewood, New Jersey. OSHA has proposed penalties totaling $127,436.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: CALVERT CITY, KY – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited five contractors for safety and health violations after three employees were fatally injured and two others critically injured following an explosion onboard a towboat in Calvert City, Kentucky. The five companies collectively received 55 of violations with proposed penalties totaling $795,254.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – As the Trump Administration mobilizes to address opioid abuse, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced more than $22 million in National Health Emergency (NHE) Dislocated Worker Demonstration Grant funding to six state grantees. The grants will be used to provide reemployment services for individuals impacted by the health and economic effects of widespread opioid use, addiction, and overdose.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 24, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on July 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 24, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 24, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on July 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
