News from December 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Thomas Deware, 56, of Belmont, was sentenced on Monday to 72 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today delivered the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on Balkans policy recommendations for the next administration...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Tom Carper (D-DE) released the following statements on the House of Representatives' passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (WRDA 2020). The legislation passed the House by voice vote. The U.S. Senate will now consider the legislation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Ludrick Joseph, of Miami, Florida, was sentenced today to 60 months of incarceration for downloading taxpayer transcripts by unlawfully accessing Internal Revenue Service (IRS) computers, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By State Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
Release: Department of State. Public Notice. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Request for Statements of Interest: DRL FY20 Burma - Investigating and Documenting Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Burma. I. Requested Objectives for Statements of Interest. The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO, IL - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Consulate General of Mexico in Chicago have signed a two-year alliance to promote workplace safety and health training and educational opportunities for Consulate and Mexican nationals working in Illinois.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: In compliance with an order of a United States District Court, effective December 7, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is: * Accepting first-time requests for consideration of deferred action under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) based on the terms of the DACA policy ...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: Today the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are releasing supplemental guidance for implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP). The supplemental guidance represents the culmination of a broad and thorough programmatic review that began in early 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: A project manager employed by a major retailer was sentenced to 24 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for fraudulently seeking more than $8 million in forgivable loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: A criminal complaint unsealed Friday in federal court in Pittsburgh charges Desmond Fodje Bobga for his alleged involvement in a puppy fraud scheme perpetrated against American consumers. Fodje Bobga, 27, is a citizen of Cameroon who is in Romania on a visa to attend a university there. He is charged ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: Correction (12/7/2020): Per the Memorandum of Understanding it was U.S. Bank’s policy to perform annual escrow analyses for borrowers in bankruptcy.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit alleging that a property manager in Chicopee, Massachusetts, violated the Fair Housing Act by subjecting female tenants to sexual harassment. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, alleges that Salazar dos Santos, who manages residential rental properties in Chicopee, Massachusetts, has subjected tenants to sexual harassment on multiple occasions since at least 2008.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced a settlement in which DISH Network LLC (DISH) will pay $126 million in civil penalties to the United States for placing millions of telemarketing calls in violation of the Federal Trade Commission's Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR). This settlement represents the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit alleging that the Town of Wolcott, Connecticut, has discriminated against persons with disabilities in violation of the Fair Housing Act.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the annual indexing of the reserve requirement exemption amount and the low reserve tranche. The annual indexation and publication of these amounts are required by statute but will not affect depository institutions' reserve requirements, which will remain zero.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: PASADENA, TX – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Men’s T Clinic – operator of a testosterone replacement center in Pasadena, Texas – has paid back wages of $3,432 to an employee to whom it wrongly denied emergency paid sick leave and terminated despite a doctor’s order for the employee to quarantine with coronavirus symptoms.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: LAKELAND, FL – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Universal Painting Corp. – a painting company based in Lakeland, Florida – has paid $55,439 in back wages to 71 employees to resolve overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: ZACHARY, LA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), A&B Concrete Coring Inc. – doing business as A&B Concrete Coring Co. – has paid $33,492 in back wages to six employees for violating the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). WHD ...
By Labor Gazette | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: TAYLOR, TX – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Burrows Millworks Inc. – a cabinet manufacturer based in Taylor, Texas – has paid an employee $3,736 in back wages for wrongly denying leave under the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (EFMLEA) provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA).
By Labor Gazette | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: MARKSVILLE, LA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Shirley’s Crawfish Pad LLC and Crawfish Processing LLC – both owned by Shirley Bernard and co-located in Marksville, Louisiana – have paid $42,900 in back wages to 55 employees to resolve violations of the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (EPSLA) provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA).
