News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: The owners and operators of multiple Michigan adult foster care homes were sentenced today for federal tax crimes. Jeremiah Cheff was sentenced to 27 months in prison, and Nicolette Cheff was sentenced to two years of probation, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider for the Eastern District of Michigan.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: An associate of a former U.S. Border Patrol Agent (BPA) was sentenced to 48 months in prison followed by one year of supervised release for conspiring to accept money in return for helping to smuggle marijuana and other illegal drugs into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: An oilfield services company pleaded guilty and was sentenced today in federal court in Bismarck, North Dakota, on charges related to the death of an oilfield worker, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: A total of 41 individuals have been charged in nine indictments for their alleged involvement in a network of “pill mill” clinics and pharmacies. Those charged include medical providers, clinic owners and managers, pharmacists, pharmacy owners and managers as well as drug dealers and traffickers. Their ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: A Walled Lake, Michigan, businessperson, who owned a restaurant and an adult entertainment facility, pleaded guilty today to willful failure to pay over employment taxes and failure to file an individual income tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) special agent was convicted yesterday by a federal jury in New Orleans, Louisiana of perjury, obstruction of justice and falsifying government records.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury today returned a superseding indictment charging Rondell Henry, 28, of Germantown, Maryland, with federal charges of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, specifically, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), and interstate transportation ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: Fabjan Alameti, a New York City resident who was arrested at a Bozeman shooting range, today pleaded guilty to charges of making false statements involving international terrorism to the FBI, announced U.S. Attorney Kurte Alme for the District of Montana.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division today announced the elevation of Section Chief Kathy O’Neill to the new role of Senior Director of Investigations and Litigation. O’Neill, who most recently served as Chief of the Antitrust Division’s Transportation, ...
By Labor Gazette | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: PICAYUNE, MS – Maxem Health Urgent Care will pay $147,622 in wages to 16 employees after the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) found the operator of two Mississippi health care facilities violated the overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded nearly $1.5 million in grant funding to organizations in Illinois, Virginia, and Wisconsin to help recruit, train, and retain more women in quality pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs. The grants will help women pursue careers in manufacturing, infrastructure, cybersecurity, health care, and other industries.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor has announced the award of $4 million for a four-year cooperative agreement to operate a policy development center focused on youth with disabilities. The center will build on the work of the Department's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: ARLINGTON, VA The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) today announced that it will publish a Request for Information (RFI) in the Federal Register seeking data on economically and technologically feasible methods to protect miners' health from exposure to quartz. The ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 28, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 28, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 28, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 28, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 28, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 28, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Aug 28, 2019
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
