News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: GREENVILLE - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard sentenced GREGORY ANTHONY CHRISTOS, 62, of Raleigh to 120 months imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release. The Court also ordered CHRISTOS to pay $3,760,890 in restitution to various individual and corporate victims, as well as the Internal Revenue Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Birmingham, Ala. - A federal jury today convicted a Birmingham-area doctor for producing and possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on Feb. 4, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reached a consent decision with MCCS Livestock Inc., doing business as Leflore County Livestock Auction (LeFlore), Wister, Okla., for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary Pompeo: A November 6, 2019, letter from the Chairmen of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Senate Finance Committee, as well as a Nov. 21, 2019, letter from the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee (together the “Senate Committees") requested...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Bobby Garman, age 38, of Talihina, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Distribution Of Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C), punishable...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: The president has released the details of the Department of Homeland Security’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Budget to Congress, which includes $49.8 billion to DHS in discretionary funding and an additional $5.1 billion for the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF). This Budget balances the need to strengthen our defenses ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Following the trial in New York v. Deutsche Telekom, Judge Victor Marrero of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has refused a request from a minority of state Attorneys General to block T-Mobile’s proposed acquisition of Sprint. In his opinion, Judge Marrero cited the Justice ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: An East Greenwich, Rhode Island, property developer was sentenced to eight years in prison today for operating a $10.3 million dollar Ponzi scheme and obstructing an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) investigation, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Tenet Healthcare Corporation and its affiliated hospital Desert Regional Medical Center (DRMC), a general medical and surgical hospital located in Palm Springs, California, have agreed to pay $1.41 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly charging Medicare for implanting unnecessary cardiac monitors, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice has released a final agenda for the Feb. 19, 2020, public workshop on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The public workshop, titled “Section 230 – Nurturing Innovation or Fostering Unaccountability?,” will discuss the evolution of Section 230 from its original purpose in granting limited immunity to Internet companies, its impact on the American people, and whether improvements to the law should be made.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that the following defendants were arrested and charged by Complaint on charges of conspiracy and violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) based on their attempt to transact in sanctioned Iranian oil: * Nicholas Hovan, 33, of New York, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: A Saratoga, California, businessman was sentenced to 36 months in prison today, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney David L. Anderson for the Northern District of California.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: The head of a Houston-based company that was the subsidiary of a Chinese company that developed stolen trade secrets was sentenced to 16 months in prison and ordered to forfeit more than $330,000 by U.S. District Judge Christopher R. Cooper of the District of Columbia.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, NM – The U.S. Department of Labor and the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to expand and improve the protection of New Mexico's workforce, strengthen enforcement of wage laws and level the playing field for responsible employers.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: HAYS, KS - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) will host an Agricultural Roundtable Event focusing on compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the H-2A Temporary Agricultural Employment of Foreign Workers Visa Program under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The event will take place Feb. 25, 2020, at the Kansas State University (KSU) Agricultural Research Center in Hays, Kansas.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: AUSTIN, TX – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Polvos I LLC – doing business as Polvo’s Mexican Restaurant in Austin, Texas – has paid $98,520 in back wages and liquidated damages to 19 employees to resolve overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: CUSHING, OK – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), AHS Cushing Hospital LLC – operating as Hillcrest Hospital Cushing in Cushing, Oklahoma – has paid $30,488 in back wages and liquidated damages to 12 employees to resolve violations of the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU, HI – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), AYD Services Inc. – a Saipan-based provider of environmental and waste collection services – has paid $30,077 in back wages and liquidated damages to 21 employees for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) overtime requirements. The employer also paid $17,976 in civil penalties as a repeat and willful violator of the FLSA’s wage standards.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: HAGATNA, GUAM – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is conducting a building, heavy, highway and residential construction survey in Guam to collect data to establish prevailing wage rates, as required under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia traveled to Orlando and Tampa, Florida. In Orlando, he participated in a roundtable discussion with government and business leaders at Enterprise Florida, Inc., and gave remarks at the International Franchise Association’s 60th Annual Convention. ...
