News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A former member of the Virginia General Assembly pleaded guilty today to his role in a conspiracy that resulted in the fraudulent award of over $80 million in government contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: Faces 18 Years in Prison. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Sacramento, Calif., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to the sex trafficking of six victims. Ronald Ean Taylor, 45, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner to six counts of the sex trafficking of an adult. By pleading guilty today...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on March 15, 2019, Fredrick Brown, age 37, of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, was convicted on sex and drug trafficking charges after a four-day jury trial held before United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - On March 19, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania, announced a resident of Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy and aggravated identity theft, following a joint investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Harrisburg and the Pennsylvania State Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: A Shelby Township resident will spend 14 months in prison for tax evasion and pay restitution and a $20,000 fine, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Middle River, Maryland, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen motor vehicles, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: Capitol Reef National Park operates the 71-site camp Fruita Campground and the Group Campsite within the Fruita Rural Historic District. The Group Campsite is a secluded site located near the Fruita Campground among the historic orchards and near the Fremont River. Both sites are reservable through www.recreation.gov.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: On March 18, Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen delivered the 2019 State of Homeland Security Address, hosted by the Auburn University McCray Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security and George Washington University.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen released the details of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Budget request to Congress for DHS and its component agencies and offices. The DHS request includes $51.7 billion in discretionary funding and an additional $19.4 billion ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 18, 2019 – Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $91 million to build or improve community facilities and essential services for nearly 300,000 rural residents in 12 states.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: After an 11-day trial, a federal jury found Satish Kartan, 45, and his wife, Sharmistha Barai, 40, guilty on March 14 of conspiracy to obtain forced labor and two counts of obtaining forced labor. In addition, Kartan was found guilty of fraud in foreign labor contracting. Assistant Attorney General Eric ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s office of the Eastern District of Virginia today announced a settlement with Lawn Doctor of Stafford-Culpepper (doing business as Beck I LLC). The settlement resolves claims that the business and its owners violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) by suspending and terminating a U.S. Army Reserve soldier following his return from active duty military service.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice today filed a Statement of Interest in U.S. District Court in New Jersey supporting a lawsuit by the Ramapough Mountain Indians (Ramapough) that the Township of Mahwah (Township) violated the tribe’s rights under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Person’s Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) by interfering with religious assembly on property the tribe owns in the Township.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that the United States filed suit under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act against the city of New York and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection for their longstanding failure to cover the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: A real estate broker, who failed to file federal income tax returns for nearly 20 years and attempted to evade more than half a million dollars in income taxes, was convicted today by a jury in Las Vegas, Nevada, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman and U.S. Attorney ...
By Fed Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: The Federal Reserve today announced the members of its Fraud Definitions Work Group , the latest initiative to advance the Federal Reserve's strategy for improving the U.S. payment system. Over the next year, these 22 payments industry leaders and subject matter specialists will work collaboratively ...
By Labor Gazette | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, NM – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Alliance Fire Protection Inc. – based in Albuquerque, New Mexico – has paid $157,923 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages to 14 employees for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA) overtime and recordkeeping requirements.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, NM – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Alliance Fire Protection Inc. – based in Albuquerque, New Mexico – has paid $157,923 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages to 14 employees for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA) overtime and recordkeeping requirements.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 18, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on March 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 18, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
