News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: Peter Robert Bobal, 42, of Hallandale Beach, was sentenced, on Feb. 15, 2019, to a total of 240 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom, after having been previously convicted by a trial jury of enticing a 14-year-old to engage in sexual activity and committing a felony involving a minor while being required to register as a sex offender (Case No. 18-Cr-60072).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: Peter Robert Bobal, 42, of Hallandale Beach, was sentenced, on Feb. 15, 2019, to a total of 240 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom, after having been previously convicted by a trial jury of enticing a 14-year-old to engage in sexual activity and committing a felony involving a minor while being required to register as a sex offender (Case No. 18-Cr-60072).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: In Pecos today, a federal judge sentenced two former Presidio County officials-67-year-old Carlos Eduardo Nieto and 57-year-old Lorenzo Padilla Hernandez-to 30 months and 24 months imprisonment, respectively, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and FBI Special Agent in Charge Emmerson Buie, Jr., El Paso Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: Oregon FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense Against Job Scams.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Franklin man was sentenced today to over eight years in prison for being a felon in possession of firearms and possessing firearms in furtherance of drug-trafficking crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: TULSA, Okla. -A Tulsa doctor has agreed to pay the government $84,666.42 for allegedly accepting illegal kickback payments from OK Compounding, LLC, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Cara Dubaskas, age 26, of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, received a time served sentence of seven months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release on Feb. 15, 2019, by United States District Judge Malachy E. Mannion, for conspiring to distribute heroin, crack cocaine, and fentanyl.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the White House refused to release an investigation report on whether imported autos represent a threat to national security...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: A Brooklyn, New York, resident pleaded guilty on Friday to 42 counts of an indictment charging him with 18 counts of wire fraud, 22 counts of aggravated identity theft, one count of conspiring to commit aggravated identity theft, and one count of aiding and assisting the filing of a false tax return, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice’s U.S. Trustee Program (USTP) has entered into a multi-district settlement agreement with global consulting firm McKinsey & Company, Inc. (McKinsey), resolving disputes over the adequacy of McKinsey’s disclosures of connections in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. Under the Bankruptcy ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: The United States has intervened in a False Claims Act case alleging that Arriva Medical LLC (Arriva) and its parent Alere Inc. (Alere) submitted or caused false claims to the Medicare program for medically unnecessary glucometers and paid kickbacks to Medicare beneficiaries in the form of free glucometers ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: A Gaithersburg, Maryland, woman had her initial appearance today on an indictment charging her with ten counts of aiding or assisting in the preparation of false or fraudulent tax returns, one count of mail fraud, and one count of aggravated identity theft, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: Attorney General William P. Barr issued the following statement: "Jeffrey Rosen is a distinguished lawyer who has served at the highest levels of government and the private sector," said Attorney General William P. Barr. "As an attorney, he has more than 35 years’ experience litigating complex matters ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: HONOLULU, HI – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Edwin De Luz Trucking & Gravel LLC – a trucking company based in Waimea, Hawaii – has paid $59,888 in back wages and liquidated damages to 12 employees for violating overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: EDGEWOOD, md – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland has entered a consent judgment ordering hotel owner and manager Akhilbhai Patel to pay $78,575 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: PALMETTO, FL – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Utopia Fresh South LLC – operating as Taylor & Fulton Packing LLC in Palmetto, Florida – has paid $87,920 in back wages to 109 employees for violating overtime and recordkeeping requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: KENNETT SQUARE, PA - After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has entered a consent judgment ordering Blown Away Dry Bar and Salon – based in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania – to pay a $40,000 settlement to a fired hair stylist. The legal action resolves a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA, GA – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Eye Productions Inc. for failing to protect employees from hazards while filming a television show in Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia. Proposed penalties total $9,472.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA, GA – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Eye Productions Inc. for failing to protect employees from hazards while filming a television show in Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia. Proposed penalties total $9,472.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: KENNETT SQUARE, PA - After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has entered a consent judgment ordering Blown Away Dry Bar and Salon – based in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania – to pay a $40,000 settlement to a fired hair stylist. The legal action resolves a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor.
