News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: A federal court has ordered an individual and 5 companies to stop engaging in a technical-support fraud scheme that is alleged to have defrauded hundreds of elderly and vulnerable U.S. victims, the Department of Justice announced today. The temporary restraining order issued by the court follows the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department today announced the unsealing of a superseding indictment charging six individuals with participating in a conspiracy to launder millions of dollars of drug proceeds on behalf of foreign cartels. This superseding indictment is the result of a nearly four-year investigation into the relationship between foreign drug trafficking organizations and Asian money laundering networks in the United States, China, and elsewhere.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: A federal court in Texas sentenced two former dietary supplement company executives to prison and ordered two companies to pay a combined $10.7 million in criminal forfeiture for their roles in fraudulently selling popular workout supplements, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice is reminding members of the public to be vigilant against fraudsters who are using the COVID-19 pandemic to exploit American consumers and organizations and to cheat disaster relief programs. In particular, the department is warning the public about scams perpetrated through ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced awards totaling more than $29 million to support adult and juvenile justice initiatives designed to reduce crime and recidivism associated with mental illness and co-occurring disorders.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: A Birmingham, Alabama, tax return preparer pleaded guilty to aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama Prim F. Escalona.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: A Birmingham, Michigan, resident pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the IRS and to steal from an organization receiving federal funds, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: A Rocky Mount, North Carolina, tax return preparer pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the United States, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the enforcement action listed below: M&T Bank, Buffalo, New York Flood insurance violations civil money penalty, dated Oct. 14, 2020 Enforcement actions can be searched for here.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Introduced by Herman Martir , President of Emerging Leaders International, and Commissioner, President’s Advisory Council on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Thank you, Herman, for the kind introduction, and for your leadership on the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. And a special thanks also to Secretary Elaine Chao. I’m pleased to co-chair the White House Initiative on AAPI with you and am grateful for your thoughtful steerage.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: In support of the National Strategy for Critical and Emerging Technologies, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross said the Department is fully behind the President’s strategy and has already implemented a number of export controls on emerging technologies. Earlier this month, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) in Commerce imposed controls on six more emerging technologies, bringing the total to 37.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA, GA – Windsor Over Peachtree – based in Atlanta, Georgia – has paid $1,153 in back wages to an employee after the condominium company wrongly denied emergency paid sick leave to the employee, who was unable to work while caring for a child when the family’s day care facility closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, KY – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky entered a consent order and judgment against the Kentucky Bankers Association (KBA), Participating Employer Committee ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA, GA – Windsor Over Peachtree – based in Atlanta, Georgia – has paid $1,153 in back wages to an employee after the condominium company wrongly denied emergency paid sick leave to the employee, who was unable to work while caring for a child when the family’s day care facility closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, KY – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky entered a consent order and judgment against the Kentucky Bankers Association (KBA), Participating Employer Committee ...
By DOE Gazette | Oct 15, 2020
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 15, 2020
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Oct. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Oct. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 15, 2020
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 15, 2020
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Oct. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
