News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced James Christopher Gann, 36, of Asheville, to 391 months in prison and five years of supervised release on drug trafficking conspiracy and witness intimidation charges, announced R. Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An illegal alien found in Western Pennsylvania has been sentenced in federal court to eight months incarceration on his conviction of illegal re-entry after deportation, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Frank Lynn Kisto, 60, of Chandler, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for assaulting a woman on the Gila River Indian Community. Kisto had previously pleaded guilty to domestic assault by a habitual offender.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 20, 2018 – Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that USDA is accepting applications for grants to fund broadband infrastructure projects in unserved rural communities.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., March 20, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement regarding National Agriculture Day and President Donald J. Trump’s Proclamation recognizing the importance of America’s farmers, ranchers, foresters, and producers: “For the past 45 years, National ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Vishnubhai Chaudhari, 50, and Leelabahen Chaudhari, 44, of Kimball, Nebraska, and Indian nationals unlawfully residing in the United States, were sentenced yesterday in federal court in Omaha after previously pleading guilty on Dec. 18, 2017, to alien harboring for financial gain and conspiracy to harbor ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with Learning Care Group (LCG), the second largest for-profit child care provider in North America, headquartered in Novi, Michigan. LCG owns and operates over 900 child care centers nation-wide operating under seven brand ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Eight alleged members or associates of the Aryan Circle (AC) have been indicted and arrested for their alleged roles in the 2016 murder of an alleged fellow AC gang member in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury sitting in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania returned a superseding indictment today adding charges in a pending criminal case against a Philadelphia-area political consultant, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: An Atlanta, Georgia, woman was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for filing a false tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Byung J. Pak for the Northern District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Erick Jamal Hendricks, 37, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was convicted today by a jury in Akron, Ohio, of attempting and conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Alireza Jalali, 39, of Iran, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for his participation in a conspiracy to defraud the United States. Jalali pleaded guilty on Nov. 29, 2017, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, U.S. Attorney Gregory G. Brooker for the District of Minnesota, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Vladimir Nevidomy, 31, of Hallandale Beach, Florida, pleaded guilty on Mar. 19, to conspiring to illegally export military-grade night vision and thermal vision devices and ammunition primers to Russia.
By Fed Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced its approval of the application under section 10(e) of the Home Owners' Loan Act by The Charles Schwab Corporation, San Francisco, California, to acquire Charles Schwab Trust Bank, Henderson, Nevada.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the affirmative preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) investigations of imports of stainless steel flanges from China and India.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of carbon and alloy steel wire rod from Italy and Turkey and AD investigations of carbon and alloy steel wire rod from Korea, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: RINGOES, NJ - After a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation, Mavrode Farms LLC—a Ringoes, New Jersey, wholesale florist supplier—has paid $76,374 to 13 employees to resolve violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Division also assessed civil money penalties totaling $2,633 for the violations.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: LYON STATION, PA – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against a Berks County battery manufacturer after an investigation found overtime and recordkeeping violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). An investigation by ...
By Labor Gazette | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: HONOLULU, HI – Neptune Construction Group Inc., a Florida-based construction company, has agreed to pay 38 employees working at various Hawaii locations $173,320 after a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation found Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime pay violations.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: FOLEY, AL – After a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama has ordered Riviera Stoneworks Inc., Hood’s Discount Home Center of Foley Inc., and Michael J. Hood, the operator of both companies, to pay $28,307 in back wages and liquidated damages to 28 employees for violating the overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
