News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2018
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Two men from California, Erasmo Ramirez-Romero and Jorge Ramirez, appeared yesterday afternoon before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater, and pleaded guilty to their roles in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2018
News Release: Jemez Springs - The Valles Caldera National Preserve has published for public review the Environmental Assessment for the proposed construction of a new garage and maintenance facility in the Preserve. The new facility would feature two large garage bays for the Preserve’s all-electric shuttle vans...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2018
News Release: AMARILLO - U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater sentenced Jose Santillan, 25, of Amarillo, Texas, earlier this week to 212 months’ in federal prison. Santillan was convicted in December 2017, following a three-day trial, on one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: Producer Referendum Set WASHINGTON, March 30, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today published in the Federal Register a final decision to establish a Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) for California. The proposed FMMO would incorporate the entire state of California. The final decision ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: On Mar. 23, 2018, the United States filed a civil forfeiture complaint seeking the possession of 63 pit bull-type dogs that were allegedly involved in a dog fighting venture in violation of the federal Animal Welfare Act. Pursuant to a federal warrant, the animals were seized on Mar. 19, 2018, in Eastman, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: A Mountain House, California man pleaded guilty today in Sacramento for trafficking in counterfeit sports apparel. Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Special Agent in Charge Sean Ragan of the FBI’s Sacramento Field Office and Sheriff Scott Jones of the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: An Eastern Kentucky man pleaded guilty today for his role in assisting a former Social Security disability lawyer escape from federal custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: The owner of an Orlando, Florida-area pharmacy, who was also a licensed pharmacist, was sentenced today for his role in a kickback scheme involving pain and scar creams that resulted in the payment of approximately $4.3 million in false and fraudulent claims to TRICARE. TRICARE provides coverage for active duty military members and their families, as well as retired veterans.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: Mohamed Elshinawy, 32, of Edgewood, Maryland, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison, to be followed by 15 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization; providing and attempting ...
By Labor Gazette | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: HONOLULU, HI – After a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation, the owners of four Ichiriki Japanese Nabe Restaurants on Oahu will pay $60,721 in overtime owed to 62 employees to resolve pay violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: LUMBERTON, NC – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, a U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina has ordered Del Sol Partnership 2 Inc. and its owner, Pablo Salgado, to pay $144,884 in back wages and liquidated damages to 15 employees for violating the overtime, minimum wage, and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, NJ – After a U.S. Department of Labor investigation, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey has sentenced Paul Moe, Sr., a member of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and general foreman for a Port Elizabeth terminal operator, to 24 months in prison for fraudulently ...
By Labor Gazette | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: KENNETT SQUARE, PA – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against Blown Away Dry Bar and Salon and its owners, Jennifer and Rand Singer, for allegedly terminating a hairstylist whose husband reported hazards to the Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
By DOT News Wire | Mar 30, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Mar 30, 2018
The US Agriculture Department published a four page proposed rule on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Mar 30, 2018
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 30, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 30, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Mar 30, 2018
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Mar 30, 2018
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
