News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Marianne Matchette, 52 years old, formerly of Roanoke, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Theresa L. Springmann after pleading guilty to Mail Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: (Washington, D.C., March 25, 2019) - To help Iowan residents, farmers, and ranchers affected by the devastation caused by recent flooding, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA ) to aid people in their recovery efforts. USDA staff in the regional, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the United States Attorney’s Offices for the Western, Middle, and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania today announced a settlement agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) to resolve a federal civil rights investigation into complaints about PDE’s statewide system of alternative education programs, known as Alternative Education for Disruptive Youth (AEDY).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: After a three-day trial, a federal jury in Concord, New Hampshire, found Steven Tucker, 33, of Manchester, New Hampshire, guilty on March 22 of one count of sex trafficking of a minor and of using interstate facilities to promote a prostitution business enterprise and maintaining a drug-involved premise. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: Duke University has agreed to pay the government $112.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting applications and progress reports that contained falsified research on federal grants to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and to the Environmental Protection ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: The United States filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against Wheeling Hospital Inc., R & V Associates Ltd. (R & V), and Ronald Violi in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, the Department of Justice announced today. The government alleges that Wheeling Hospital, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: Chi Ping Patrick Ho, aka “Patrick C.P. Ho” and “He Zhiping,” was sentenced today to serve 36 months in prison for his role in a multi-year, multimillion-dollar scheme to bribe top officials of Chad and Uganda in exchange for business advantages for CEFC China Energy Company Limited (“CEFC China”) Assistant ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: Irish authorities extradited a dual national citizen of the United States and Ireland to the United States to face federal charges that he allegedly advertised and distributed child pornography on the dark web. The extradition and federal charges were announced by Assistant Attorney General Brian A. ...
By Fed Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, and the state regulators, collectively the agencies, recognize the serious impact of flooding in the Midwest on the ...
By Commerce News Now | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: Last week, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross met with Brazil’s Minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes on the occasion of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s first official visit to the United States. As an outcome of their meeting, Secretary Ross and Minister Guedes announced the new members of the U.S.-Brazil ...
By Labor Gazette | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: HINESVILLE, GA – The Liberty County Board of Commissioners will pay $209,106 in back wages to 131 employees for violations of the overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) found in a U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, NM - Following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Santa Fe Picacho Hotel Management Corporation - doing business as Heritage Hotels & Resorts and Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town in Albuquerque - has paid $39,545 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages to 69 employees for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) overtime requirements.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI – Following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), the Department of Labor has filed suit against Madeira Restaurant Inc. and The Waterfront Restaurant and Lounge Inc. – operators of two East Providence, Rhode Island, restaurants – and their owner ...
By Labor Gazette | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: ACWORTH, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Corley Contractors Inc. – based in Dallas, Georgia – for exposing employees to excavation hazards while installing water and sewer lines at a worksite in Acworth, Georgia. The company faces $106,078 in penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA, GA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is partnering with the U.S. Federal Highway Administration, State of Georgia, and local government organizations and employers to sponsor safety stand-down events during National Highway Work Zone Awareness Week, April 8-12, 2019. The events will focus on the dangers facing workers on road improvement and repair projects.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA, GA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is partnering with the U.S. Federal Highway Administration, State of Georgia, and local government organizations and employers to sponsor safety stand-down events during National Highway Work Zone Awareness Week, April 8-12, 2019. The events will focus on the dangers facing workers on road improvement and repair projects.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, NM - Following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Santa Fe Picacho Hotel Management Corporation - doing business as Heritage Hotels & Resorts and Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town in Albuquerque - has paid $39,545 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages to 69 employees for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) overtime requirements.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI – Following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), the Department of Labor has filed suit against Madeira Restaurant Inc. and The Waterfront Restaurant and Lounge Inc. – operators of two East Providence, Rhode Island, restaurants – and their owner ...
By Labor Gazette | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: ACWORTH, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Corley Contractors Inc. – based in Dallas, Georgia – for exposing employees to excavation hazards while installing water and sewer lines at a worksite in Acworth, Georgia. The company faces $106,078 in penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: HINESVILLE, GA – The Liberty County Board of Commissioners will pay $209,106 in back wages to 131 employees for violations of the overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) found in a U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation.
