News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Michael Sartin, age 54, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, was sentenced yesterday to 235 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release and ordered to pay a $10,000.00 fine for one count of Distribution of Methamphetamine. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Rodney Alls, a/k/a Session, 49, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of distribution of crack cocaine, was sentenced to serve 25 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By USDA Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, May 8, 2019 – Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $68 million to build or improve community facilities and essential services for nearly 715,000 rural residents in 13 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: A Fort Worth man today pleaded guilty to a federal terrorism charge, announced Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers and U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: A resident of Lima, Peru, pleaded guilty today to extortion for operating call centers that threatened Spanish-speaking victims in the United States, the Justice Department and U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: The alleged owners and operators of a website known as DeepDotWeb (DDW) have been indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for money laundering conspiracy, relating to millions of dollars in kickbacks they received for purchases of fentanyl, heroin, and other illegal contraband by individuals referred to Darknet marketplaces by DDW. The website has now been seized by court order.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: David M. Schwartz, 48, and Donna K. Gentry, 55, former correctional officers at the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections, were indicted today by a federal grand jury in Louisville on charges of violating the civil rights of an inmate, writing false reports, and obstructing justice for their roles ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: A South Florida patient recruiter was sentenced to 87 months in prison today for her role in a scheme involving approximately $1.6 million in Medicare claims for home health care services that were procured through the payment of kickbacks.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: A Nigerian man pleaded guilty today for his role in a durable medical equipment (DME) scheme that fraudulently billed more than $8 million dollars to Medicare for DME that was not medically necessary.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Six men were charged in an indictment unsealed today for their alleged participation in a five-year high-yield investment fraud scheme. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas and Inspector in Charge Delany DeLeon-Colón of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s Criminal Investigations Group in Washington, D.C., made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Matthew Dailey, 36, of Royal Oak, Michigan, was sentenced today to two years in prison for illegally importing kratom—a powerful psychoactive substance—and selling it unlawfully through unapproved claims that it could treat serious diseases and medical conditions, including opiate withdrawal symptoms, ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Two New York diagnostic testing facility owners pleaded guilty today for their roles in a more than $18.5 million health care fraud scheme.
By Labor Gazette | May 8, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), WSP USA Services Inc. - based in Winchester, Virginia, and doing business as WSP USA Inspection Services, Inc. - has paid $2,772,977 in back wages to 6,450 employees for violating the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA) and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | May 8, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, DE - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Skanska USA Building Inc. have established a strategic partnership to promote workplace safety during the expansion of the Christiana Care Health System Women's and Infant Tower Renovation Project in Newark, Delaware.
By Labor Gazette | May 8, 2019
News Release: GUAYNABO, PR – The U. S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is conducting a survey of all building, highway, residential, and heavy construction projects active in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico that occurred between July 1, 2017, and Dec. 31, 2018. The purpose to establish ...
By Labor Gazette | May 8, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KS ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Spirit Aerosystems Inc. – based in Wichita, Kansas – for exposing employees to carcinogen hazards. The company faces penalties of $193,218 for two repeated and four serious violations.
By Labor Gazette | May 8, 2019
News Release: GUAYNABO, PR – The U. S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is conducting a survey of all building, highway, residential, and heavy construction projects active in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico that occurred between July 1, 2017, and Dec. 31, 2018. The purpose to establish ...
By Labor Gazette | May 8, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), WSP USA Services Inc. - based in Winchester, Virginia, and doing business as WSP USA Inspection Services, Inc. - has paid $2,772,977 in back wages to 6,450 employees for violating the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA) and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | May 8, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, DE - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Skanska USA Building Inc. have established a strategic partnership to promote workplace safety during the expansion of the Christiana Care Health System Women's and Infant Tower Renovation Project in Newark, Delaware.
By Labor Gazette | May 8, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KS ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Spirit Aerosystems Inc. – based in Wichita, Kansas – for exposing employees to carcinogen hazards. The company faces penalties of $193,218 for two repeated and four serious violations.
