News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: MOBILE, AL - Richard W. Moore, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, announces that Magdalena Vasquez Garcia (age 44, of Guatemala) has been sentenced to time served and one year of supervised release after pleading guilty to using a Social Security number issued to another individual...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - The admitted leader of a drug trafficking organization that distributed dozens of kilograms of fentanyl and cocaine in New England was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that a woman received a sentence related to her involvement in a July 2019 fatal drug overdose on the Menominee Indian Reservation. Elmira J. Corn (Age: 29), formerly of Neopit, which is on the Menominee Indian Reservation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Cesar Moscoso-Sagastume, age 39, of Esquipulas, Guatemala, was sentenced on June 11, 2020 to serve 57 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, for his role in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than a kilogram of heroin.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: “With today’s Executive Order, President Trump is again demonstrating leadership on a difficult issue facing our country. Now is the time to ensure all communities remain safe and that the justice system is fair and equitable for all Americans. The Department of Homeland Security is proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with our state and local law enforcement to protect American communities across our nation from all threats.” Secretary of Homeland SecurityExecutive Order,
By USDA Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., June 16, 2020) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that it has purchased more than $2.2 billion of meat, fruits, vegetables, specialty crops and dairy products in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 in its ongoing efforts to feed people in need and assist American farmers ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: USDA is expanding access to innovative online food purchase program (Washington, D.C., June 16, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced approval of requests from South Carolina and Utah to provide online purchasing of food to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that Bradken Inc. (Bradken) has paid $10,896,924 to resolve allegations that Bradken produced and sold substandard steel components for installation on U.S. Navy vessels. The United States alleged that a Bradken employee knowingly falsified test results to conceal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim of the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, presented the Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF) to the international competition law enforcement community at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Competition Committee’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: At a press conference held this morning at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Oakland, the Department of Justice announced that murder and attempted murder charges have been filed against Steven Carrillo, the alleged gunman in the May 29, 2020, drive-by shooting that resulted ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: The owner and operator of several information technology companies based in the Chicago area has been charged in a complaint with allegedly filing a bank loan application fraudulently seeking more than $400,000 in a forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: The Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS) remain committed to proceeding with Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) hearings as expeditiously as possible. The departments have been in ongoing discussions about the timing for the resumption of hearings in light of the continuing emergency ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers and U.S. Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of Seyed Sajjad Shahidian, 33, for his role in conducting financial transactions in violation of U.S. sanctions against Iran. Shahidian, who was indicted on Dec.18, 2018, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: Christopher Lischewski, former Chief Executive Officer and President of Bumble Bee Foods LLC, was sentenced to serve 40 months in jail and pay a $100,000 criminal fine for his leadership role in a three-year antitrust conspiracy to fix prices of canned tuna, the Department of Justice announced.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: DETROIT, MI – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan against ProCorp LLC – owner Timothy Schultz and operations manager Nichole Shaffer – seeking an injunction and more than $1.5 million in overtime back wages and liquidated damages for approximately 700 drivers employed by the company.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: PENNSAUKEN, NJ –The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Bravo Pak Inc. for failing to abate hazards at its Pennsauken, New Jersey, facility. The company owes $259,760 in penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada has approved a default judgment against the now-defunct company Kizzang LLC and its president Robert Alexander, that requires them to pay $99,807 to former employees and their beneficiaries for violations of the Employee Retirement ...
By Labor Gazette | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia delivered remarks at an event on June 15, 2020, featuring the launch of the final report of the Heritage Foundation’s National Coronavirus Recovery Commission.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia delivered remarks at an event on June 15, 2020, featuring the launch of the final report of the Heritage Foundation’s National Coronavirus Recovery Commission.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: DETROIT, MI – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan against ProCorp LLC – owner Timothy Schultz and operations manager Nichole Shaffer – seeking an injunction and more than $1.5 million in overtime back wages and liquidated damages for approximately 700 drivers employed by the company.
