News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: A former contractor at the Military Sealift Command was sentenced to 87 months for his role in a bribery and fraud conspiracy through which he received nearly $3 million in bribes from approximately 1999 to approximately 2014. Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department today settled its suit against KleinBank, resolving allegations that the bank engaged in lending discrimination by “redlining” predominantly minority neighborhoods in and around the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. “Redlining” is a term describing the illegal practice ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice announced that Edward Gibson, 28, an officer at a Mississippi juvenile detention facility, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to beating a juvenile in his custody. His supervisor, Dianne Williams, 60, pleaded guilty on April 17 to helping cover up the assault, a plea ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: A Wilson, North Carolina tax return preparer was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for filing a false claim for refund with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that Jerry Chun Shing Lee, 53, of Hong Kong, was indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in the Eastern District of Virginia with one count of conspiracy to gather or deliver national defense information to aid a foreign government, and two counts of unlawfully retaining documents related to the national defense.
By Fed Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday welcomed the release of a global strategy for reducing wholesale payments fraud and reaffirms its commitment to work collaboratively with domestic and international stakeholders to promote the safety and resiliency of the wholesale payments ecosystem worldwide.
By Labor Gazette | May 8, 2018
News Release: HARTFORD, CT – An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has resulted in the payment of $125,348 in back wages to 14 employees of Gilliam Co. LLC who performed hangar renovation work in Massachusetts, at the U.S. Coast Guard Base in Bourne and at Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield.
By Labor Gazette | May 8, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ – After a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation, California-based discount retailer 99 Cents Only Stores LLC will pay $273,254 to 125 employees in 39 of its Arizona stores for wage and recordkeeping violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | May 8, 2018
News Release: ELIZABETH CITY, NC – After a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation, Huntsville, Alabama, aviation maintenance company Y-Tech Services Inc. will pay $95,000 in back wages to 12 employees for failure to pay prevailing wage rates required for work performed under a federal contract for the U.S. Coast Guard in Elizabeth City.
By Labor Gazette | May 8, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH, NC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has debarred the Lake Placid, Florida, company Vasquez Citrus & Hauling Inc. and Juan Vasquez, an H-2A farm labor contractor, from applying for H-2A certification for a period of three years for violations of the program’s provisions. WHD also issued the company a civil money penalty of $15,153.
By Labor Gazette | May 8, 2018
News Release: BENSALEM, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Strong Contractors Inc., based in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, for exposing employees to falls while working at Trinity Baptist Church. OSHA has proposed $110,971 in penalties.
By Labor Gazette | May 8, 2018
News Release: SHADY DALE, GA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Oldcastle Lawn & Garden Inc. after a workplace safety inspection found 36 violations that put employees at risk. The Shady Dale, Georgia, manufacturer of mulch and other products faces proposed penalties of $251,108.
By Labor Gazette | May 8, 2018
News Release: MONTPELIER, VT – After a U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration investigation, the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont has entered a consent judgment requiring the fiduciaries of the Sonnax Industries’ employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) to pay $2,225,000 to the ...
By DOT News Wire | May 8, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 8, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | May 8, 2018
The US Justice Department published a three page notice on May 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2018
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on May 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2018
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | May 8, 2018
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on May 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 8, 2018
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
