News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that Ali Kourani, 35, was sentenced to 40 years in prison based on terrorism, sanctions, and immigration convictions arising from Kourani’s illicit work as an operative for the Islamic Jihad Organization, Hizballah’s external attack-planning component.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: In a settlement to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, Lehigh Cement Company LLC (Lehigh) and Lehigh White Cement Company, LLC (Lehigh White) have agreed to invest approximately $12 million in pollution control technology at their 11 portland cement manufacturing plants, announced the Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: The former President and Chief Executive Officer of Bumble Bee Foods LLC was convicted today in San Francisco, California, for his participation in an antitrust conspiracy to fix prices of canned tuna, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: A Shreveport, Louisiana, business owner pleaded guilty today to filing false tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph of the Western District of Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a complaint with a U.S. District Court in Norfolk, Virginia, seeking entry of a court order requiring Franchise Group Intermediate L 1 LLC, (Liberty) the national franchisor and owner of Liberty Tax Service stores, to refrain from specific acts, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: Following a seven-week jury trial in U.S. District Court earlier this year, a federal jury convicted five members of the Gangster Disciples of multiple counts relating to a racketeering conspiracy and a drug distribution conspiracy, which plagued the Clarksville, Tennessee, area with violence and murders ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, an indictment was unsealed against the CEO of an online payment processing company, and seven others, charging them with conspiring to make and conceal conduit and excessive campaign contributions, and related offenses, during the U.S. presidential election in 2016 and thereafter.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON—Four federal agencies in conjunction with the state bank regulators today issued a statement clarifying the legal status of hemp growth and production and the relevant requirements under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) for banks providing services to hemp-related businesses.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: Five Federal financial regulatory agencies today issued a joint statement on the use of alternative data in underwriting by banks, credit unions, and non-bank financial firms.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Bank of America, Charlotte, North Carolina Cease and Desist Order, dated May 20, 2015 (PDF) Terminated Nov. 22, 2019 Additional enforcement actions can be searched for here.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas has sentenced Rafael Enrique Rodriguez – manager and owner of 210 Workers LLC, and registered agent of Alta Vista Healthcare Group LLC in San Antonio, Texas – after his conviction on six counts of healthcare fraud, five counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft in June 2019.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Martin Davila – operating as Davila Construction – for exposing employees to fall hazards at three separate Missouri job sites in May, June, and August 2019. The residential roofing company faces $205,098 in proposed penalties.
By State News Post | Dec 3, 2019
The US State Department published a one page notice on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Dec 3, 2019
The US State Department published a two page notice on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 3, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a six page notice on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 3, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 3, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 3, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 3, 2019
The US Labor Department published a five page notice on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Dec 3, 2019
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
