News from January 2020
By Interior Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: Williamsburg, Va. - The Williamsburg Tunnel on the Colonial Parkway will be closed for maintenance from Monday, February 3 through Monday, March 2, 2020. Work will include saw-cutting and replacing damaged pavement, sealing roadway joints, sweeping and pressure washing the road surface, installing a...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - A local woman was sentenced Jan. 14, to 18 months’ imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release following a probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) and ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) related to wire fraud and impersonating an actual immigration attorney.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - Four Houston men have been arrested on federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas announced. U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today that ELTON JOHNSON, (“JOHNSON"), age 35, of New Orleans, was sentenced on Jan. 14, 2020 to 37 months imprisonment by the Honorable Jay C. Zainey for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1). Also, JOHNSON was ordered by the Court to serve three (3) years of supervised release and pay a $100.00 special assessment fee.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is publishing its first Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking, the Importation of Goods Produced with Forced Labor, and Child Sexual Exploitation.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Jan. 15, 2020) – U.S. Secretary Perdue issued the following statement after President Donald J. Trump signed the historic Phase One Trade Agreement between the United States and China: “This agreement is proof President Trump’s negotiating strategy is working. While it took China ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: A Florida couple pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to violating the Lacey Act for their role in trafficking protected wildlife, announced Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Bossert Clark of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: Five men, all associated with the front company “Business World” in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, and including Muhammad Kamran Wali (Kamran), 41, of Pakistan; Muhammad Ahsan Wali (Ahsan), 48, and Haji Wali Muhammad Sheikh (Haji), 82, both of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; Ashraf Khan Muhammad (Khan) of Hong ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: ResMed Corp., a manufacturer of durable medical equipment (DME) based in San Diego, California, has agreed to pay more than $37.5 million to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations for paying kickbacks to DME suppliers, sleep labs and other health care providers, the Department of Justice announced ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it will not challenge a proposal by the American Optometric Association (the Association) to expand its group purchasing organization’s (GPO) activities to include the purchase of optometric products for resale to consumers, namely corrective eyeglass lenses, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: Ahmadreza Mohammadi-Doostdar, 39, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen, and Majid Ghorbani, 60, an Iranian citizen and resident of California, have been sentenced to prison terms of 38 months and 30 months, respectively, for their criminal convictions relating to their conduct conducting surveillance of and collecting identifying information about American citizens and U.S. nationals who are members of the group Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: Two Peruvian men pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud for operating a large fraud and extortion scheme, the Department of Justice announced. Johnny Enso Hidalgo Marchan, 40, and Rodolfo Hermoza, 44, oversaw call centers in Peru that used government impersonation, lies, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice announced several significant developments in the implementation of the First Step Act (FSA) in a report published today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: A federal jury found a Texas rheumatologist guilty today for his role in a $325 million health care fraud scheme in which he falsely diagnosed patients with life-long diseases and treated them with toxic medications on the basis of that false diagnosis. Following a 25-day trial, Jorge Zamora-Quezada, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: A federal jury convicted a Texas attorney John O. Green and his client Thomas Selgas today for conspiring to defraud the United States, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division. The jury also convicted Selgas of tax evasion. Selgas’s wife, Michelle Selgas, was acquitted of conspiring to defraud the United States and tax evasion.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: From January 13th to the 14th, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross led a Presidential delegation to attend Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei’s inauguration and congratulate the Guatemalan people on a successful democratic transition of power. The delegation underscored the United States’ commitment ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: AUSTIN, TX – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Rami Transportation Inc. – based in San Marcos, Texas – has paid $173,426 in back wages to 66 employees to resolve overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: SEATTLE, WA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Tacos Chukis – a restaurant with four locations in Seattle, Washington – has paid $419,459 to 92 employees to resolve violations of overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: SANTA FE, NM – Representatives from the U.S. Department of Labor and other federal agencies will host two presentations in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020 The first presentation will review benefits available to current and former nuclear weapons workers and their families employed ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: WATERVILLE, OHIO – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Casey Bortles – a roofing contractor based in Holland, Ohio – for exposing employees to falls. OSHA proposed penalties totaling $242,534.
