News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: The United States filed a civil injunction suit to permanently bar Smart Ilesanmi Ajayi, individually and doing business as Harplet Marketing LLC, Topps Tax Services, and Smart Tax Services, as well as JoAnn Villarreal, from preparing federal income tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: Skyline Urology has agreed to pay the United States $1.85 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting improper claims to the Medicare program for evaluation and management services, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: A federal court in Orlando, Florida, entered a permanent injunction against Yves Demesmin, Unik Tax Refund LLC, and YvesDemesmin LLC, barring them from preparing federal tax returns for others and owning or operating a tax preparation business, the Justice Department today announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: A health care products business owner, who attempted to evade the payment of more than $450,000 in income taxes, was sentenced in federal court in Denver, Colorado, today by U.S. District Court Judge Raymond Moore to 36 months in prison, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: A Southern California pharmacy owner was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for her role in a Medicare fraud scheme involving more than $1.5 million in fraudulent claims for prescription drugs. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney ...
By Commerce News Now | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of cast iron soil pipe from China, finding that exporters have sold cast iron soil pipe at less than fair value in the United States at a rate of 235.93 percent. Commerce also determined that exporters from China received countervailable subsidies at rates ranging from 14.69 to 109.27 percent.

By Labor Gazette | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: ODESSA, TX – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has renewed an alliance with West Texas Safety Training Center to help protect the safety and health of oil and gas workers involved in service, transmission, exploration, and production throughout West Texas.

By Labor Gazette | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: NORTH PLATTE, NE - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Western Engineering Company Inc. after an employee suffered fatal injuries after being pulled into an unguarded slat/drag conveyor at the company's North Platte, Nebraska, asphalt plant. OSHA proposed penalties totaling $89,032.

By Labor Gazette | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta and Hubertus Heil, the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, signed a Joint Declaration of Intent underlining the value of cooperation in various areas of international labor policy and practice between ...

By Labor Gazette | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta and Hubertus Heil, the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, signed a Joint Declaration of Intent underlining the value of cooperation in various areas of international labor policy and practice between ...

By Labor Gazette | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: NORTH PLATTE, NE - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Western Engineering Company Inc. after an employee suffered fatal injuries after being pulled into an unguarded slat/drag conveyor at the company's North Platte, Nebraska, asphalt plant. OSHA proposed penalties totaling $89,032.

By Labor Gazette | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: ODESSA, TX – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has renewed an alliance with West Texas Safety Training Center to help protect the safety and health of oil and gas workers involved in service, transmission, exploration, and production throughout West Texas.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 25, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Feb 25, 2019
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 25, 2019
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 25, 2019
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 25, 2019
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 25, 2019
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 25, 2019
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 25, 2019
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.