News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice has announced that an interagency working group convened by Attorney General William P. Barr released a report to Congress on efforts to stop the scourge of illegal robocalls affecting the American public. The report − composed pursuant to the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: Five members of the United Blood Nation (UBN or Bloods) street gang were sentenced in Charlotte, North Carolina, after standing trial on federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy and other charges. These defendants’ sentences are the culmination of a prosecution that charged ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department today announced the sentencing of Maurice Diggins, 36, of Biddeford, Maine, in federal court for his role in a series of racially motivated assaults against black men in Maine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: Beam Suntory Inc. (Beam), a Chicago-based company that produces and sells distilled beverages, has agreed to pay a criminal monetary penalty of $19,572,885 to resolve the department’s investigation into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The resolution arises in part out of Beam’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: The United States filed a civil complaint to stop a California company from manufacturing and distributing adulterated animal drugs, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury in Greensboro, North Carolina, returned an indictment today, charging a North Carolina couple with federal employment tax and individual income tax violations, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: A Washington man was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed today for fraudulently seeking over $1.1 million in COVID-19 relief guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: Today, the Department of Justice filed a petition in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts to enforce Bain & Company’s compliance with the department’s Civil Investigative Demand (CID). The department issued the CID to third-party Bain as part of its investigation of Visa, Inc.’s ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: Today, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross issued the following statement upon the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court of the United States: "Tonight’s confirmation of President Trump’s outstanding nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court further exemplifies this administration’s promise ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia issued the following statement on International Religious Freedom Day: “Today’s commemoration of International Religious Freedom Day reminds us that Americans can be deeply grateful to live in a nation where religious freedom is rooted in our founding ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) issued its fiscal year (FY) 2020 enforcement fact sheet highlighting the Agency’s recovery of over $3.1 billion in direct payments to plans, participants and beneficiaries in FY 2020.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) issued its fiscal year (FY) 2020 enforcement fact sheet highlighting the Agency’s recovery of over $3.1 billion in direct payments to plans, participants and beneficiaries in FY 2020.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia issued the following statement on International Religious Freedom Day: “Today’s commemoration of International Religious Freedom Day reminds us that Americans can be deeply grateful to live in a nation where religious freedom is rooted in our founding ...
By DOE Gazette | Oct 27, 2020
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Oct. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 27, 2020
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Oct 27, 2020
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Oct. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 27, 2020
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 27, 2020
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Oct. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 27, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 27, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Oct. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
