News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury indicted George David and Linda Nguyen with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and substantive mail fraud, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation, Special Agent in Charge John Bennett.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2019
News Release: Oyster Bay, NY -- At approximately 8:45 on the morning of Dec. 24, 2018, a fire started in Sagamore Hill’s Visitor Center and spread through the main part of the building, causing extensive damage to the park’s primary contact station, Eastern National bookstore and office, employee office and breakroom...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2019
News Release: Due to heavy rain activity on Saturday, Feb. 2, park officials have closed all dirt roads in the park. The south entrance, off of I-10 is open but is reduced to one lane in certain areas. Oversize vehicles and RVs are recommended to use an alternate route to enter the park. The Keys Ranch Tour has been cancelled for Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2019
News Release: From January 30 to Feb. 1, 2019 in Bogotá, Colombia, Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, along with Justice Department staff and U.S. Ambassador Kevin Whitaker, met with President Iván Duque Márquez, Colombian Attorney General Néstor Humberto Martínez Neira, Cabinet members, the Congressional ...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2019
News Release: LOWELL, MA- Lowell National Historical Park is reopened with winter programs, events, and attractions back up and running. The Lowell National Historical Park (NHP) Quarter Launch & Coin Exchange will take place on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 10 a.m. at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium (50 East Merrimack...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2019
News Release: 2019 marks the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. This amazing transportation development shortened a cross country trip from months to mere days. Transcontinental Railroad: The Railroads that Tamed the West, explores this undertaking initiated by Abraham Lincoln soon...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2019
News Release: Saguaro National Park News Release 19-10.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: As Super Bowl 53 approaches, 25 elements of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with nearly 600 personnel, have been working to support State, local, and private sector security officials ensure a safe and secure event. At the same time, the Department, through Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), is on the ground in Atlanta working to combat criminal organizations’ attempts to exploit the event.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that the agriculture leaders of Canada and Mexico will speak at USDA’s 95th Agricultural Outlook Forum, held Feb. 21-22, 2019, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Va.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: The Justice Department today reached a settlement agreement with Honda Aircraft Company LLC (Honda Aircraft), a wholly owned subsidiary of American Honda Motor Co. Inc., and subsidiary of Honda Motor Co. Ltd., that manufactures and sells business jet aircrafts. The settlement resolves a claim that Honda ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: A New Jersey man was sentenced to 18 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release today for tax evasion in connection with over $1.2 million in income related to the proceeds from the sale of a purportedly original Caravaggio painting.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: Marlene Seo was sentenced today in Denver to one year and one day in prison for making and subscribing a false corporate income tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney Richard E. Zuckerman, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: A federal jury found Logan Roy McCauley, 25, of Hamilton, Virginia, guilty today of producing child pornography.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta today issued the following statement regarding the January 2019 Employment Situation report: "January's Job Report demonstrated the strength of the American economy, with 304,000 jobs added as private sector job creation continued to surge despite the partial government shutdown. Significant growth in the mining, construction, and transportation and warehousing sectors led the report.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta issued the following statement regarding African American History Month: "African American History Month affords us an opportunity to reflect upon the many important contributions African Americans have made to our communities, our economy, and ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES, CA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has sentenced Sergio Amador – a member of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), Local 13 – to 12 months and one day in prison and ordered him to make $201,000 in restitution for defrauding the union’s Welfare Plan.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ – Sierra Verde Plumbing LLC – based in Phoenix, Arizona – will pay $29,753 in total back wages and liquidated damages to six employees after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) found the employer violated overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Additionally, WHD assessed the employer $5,184 in civil penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ – Sierra Verde Plumbing LLC – based in Phoenix, Arizona – will pay $29,753 in total back wages and liquidated damages to six employees after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) found the employer violated overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Additionally, WHD assessed the employer $5,184 in civil penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta issued the following statement regarding African American History Month: "African American History Month affords us an opportunity to reflect upon the many important contributions African Americans have made to our communities, our economy, and ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta today issued the following statement regarding the January 2019 Employment Situation report: "January's Job Report demonstrated the strength of the American economy, with 304,000 jobs added as private sector job creation continued to surge despite the partial government shutdown. Significant growth in the mining, construction, and transportation and warehousing sectors led the report.
