News from February 2019
By USDA Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on five produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: In Midland today, 39-year-old Odessa, TX, resident Noe Garcia Galan pleaded guilty to a federal firearms charge in connection with the murder of Sean Michael Lamb in 2014, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash; FBI Special Agent in Charge Emmerson Buie, Jr., El Paso Division; and, Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STEPHEN T. GIONFRIDDO, 68, of Middletown, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 46 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for embezzling more than $500,000 from his former employer, and stealing nearly $400,000 from his brother to pay back his employer.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ - In a research article published today in Biology Letters, a collaborative group of paleontologists from Virginia Tech, the Florida Museum of Natural History, and Petrified Forest National Park, led by Dr. Michelle Stocker, announced new discoveries that represent the oldest fossil...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: On Tuesday, Feb. 26, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen traveled to Napa, California to participate in meetings with tech companies and foreign partners focused on combating terrorist use of the internet. During her engagements, Secretary Nielsen announced that the Department of Homeland ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: The founder and principal operator of My Big Coin Pay Inc. (My Big Coin), a purported cryptocurrency and virtual payment services company headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, was charged in an indictment unsealed today for his alleged participation in a scheme to defraud investors by marketing and selling ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that Brentwood, Tennessee-based Vanguard Healthcare LLC, and related Vanguard companies (Vanguard) agreed to pay more than $18 million in allowed claims to resolve a lawsuit brought by the United States and the State of Tennessee against them for billing the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: An Orland Park, Illinois man pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to cause damage to internet-connected computers for his role in owning, administering, and supporting illegal booter services that launched millions of illegal DDoS attacks against victim computer systems in the United States ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: Two individuals were charged in an indictment filed today for their alleged roles in a multimillion-dollar scheme involving purported investments in a start-up financial technology company.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: A home health services company owner and a co-conspirator, both Miami, Florida residents, were sentenced to prison today for their roles in a $8.6 million health care fraud scheme. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo ...
By Fed Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced its approval of the application under section 10(e) of the Home Owners' Loan Act by WSFS Financial Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware, to acquire Beneficial Bancorp, Inc. and thereby indirectly acquire Beneficial Bank, both of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: SEATTLE, WA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Good Shepherd Adult Family Home – a residential care company based in Shoreline, Washington –will pay $222,426 in back wages and liquidated damages to 19 employees for violating overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Department also assessed $17,442 in civil penalties against the employer for the willful nature of the violations.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: HONOLULU, HI – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that an education and enforcement initiative by its Wage and Hour Division (WHD) focused on retail mall employers in Hawaii, recovered $698,120 in back wages and liquidated damages for 339 employees, and led WHD to assess $59,523 in civil penalties for child labor violations during Fiscal Year 2018.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES, CA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Janray Homes Inc. – a residential care company based in La Mirada, California – will pay $61,846 to 10 employees for violating overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Revel Systems Inc. – a software company based in San Francisco, California – has paid $791,935 in back wages to 333 employees for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ – The U.S. Department of Labor has secured a consent judgment against Austin Electric Services LLC and its president Toby Thomas that orders the Avondale, Arizona-based electrical contractor to pay $925,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 366 employees and $75,000 in civil money penalties for a number of Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violations.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: LUBBOCK, TX – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Lee Lewis Construction recently signed a partnership to help protect construction workers during construction of the Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences in Lubbock, Texas.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: EL PASO, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Bruce Foods Corporation – a Mexican food manufacturer based in El Paso, Texas – after an employee suffered an amputation. The company now faces $194,350 in fines.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: MADISONVILLE, KY – United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman announced the charging of an additional former supervisor and safety official from Armstrong Coal, in addition to the eight previous officials charged by a federal grand jury, for conspiracy to defraud an agency of the United States government by deceit, trickery, and dishonest means.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ – The U.S. Department of Labor has secured a consent judgment against Austin Electric Services LLC and its president Toby Thomas that orders the Avondale, Arizona-based electrical contractor to pay $925,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 366 employees and $75,000 in civil money penalties for a number of Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violations.
