News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: Two Greek shipping companies, Avin International LTD, and Nicos I.V. Special Maritime Enterprises, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Beaumont, Texas, to charges stemming from several discharges of oil into the waters of Texas ports by the oil tanker M/T Nicos I.V., announced Assistant Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: A Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based physician’s assistant pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme to unlawfully distribute thousands of oxycodone pills.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Springfield Gardens, New York, resident pleaded guilty yesterday to an indictment charging him with nine counts of wire fraud, nine counts of aggravated identity theft, and 17 counts of aiding or assisting in the preparation and filing of false returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Richard P. Donoghue for the Eastern District of New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON – Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida, Katherine Fernandez Rundle, Miami-Dade State Attorney, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Monument, Colorado, man pled guilty today to one count of attempting to evade the payment of income taxes announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Jason R. Dunn for the District of Colorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: A Cedar Lake, Indiana Latin Kings gang member, was sentenced to 324 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit racketeering activity and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana for his role and participation ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: Christopher Holbrook, 32, a former U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer, was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, New Mexico, to 12 months and a day in prison followed by two years of supervised release for obstruction of justice, announced Eric Dreiband, Assistant Attorney General ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: A federal court in Chicago, Illinois, entered a permanent injunction against Leticia Rodriguez and Rodriguez Tax Services, barring them from preparing federal tax returns for others and owning a preparation business, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: Mississippi real estate investors Christopher Vaughan and Jon Gregg Goodhart Jr. pleaded guilty today for their roles in a conspiracy to rig bids at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Mississippi, the Department of Justice announced.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, OR – The U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon has entered a consent judgment against Gerald (“Jerry”) Brazie, Jr. and three Portland, Oregon-based companies he controls, requiring that their drivers be paid $3,087,100 in wages and liquidated damages for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The judgment also requires the delivery service to pay $112,900 in civil money penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ – The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has begun an education and enforcement initiative to ensure New Jersey's childcare industry complies with federal wage laws, as the Division addresses consistent violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, CA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued notices of safety violations to the U.S. Army Reserve 63 Regional Support Command at a Sacramento, California, maintenance facility.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: ST. AUGUSTINE, FL – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Derek Williams (operating as Elo Restoration Inc.) and Travis Slaughter (operating as Florida Roofing Experts Inc.) for exposing employees to fall hazards at a St. Augustine, Florida, worksite. Each company faces the maximum allowable penalty of $129,336.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE, TN – The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee has sentenced Bart Posey – of Springfield, Tennessee – to 168 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release, and ordered the defendant to pay $6,524,888 restitution after a U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) investigation discovered a multi-million dollar insurance fraud that affected more than 17,000 individuals nationwide.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: LOUISVILLE, KY – As a result of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky has sentenced David Perez - co-founder of a Louisville, Kentucky, medical clinic - to 27 months in prison, ...
By DOE Gazette | Nov 27, 2018
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Nov. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Nov 27, 2018
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Nov. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Nov 27, 2018
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Nov. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Nov 27, 2018
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Nov. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Nov 27, 2018
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Nov. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
