News from November 2021
By State Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman met today with representatives of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Uruguayan civil society to discuss assistance to Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Montevideo, Uruguay. Deputy Secretary ...
By State Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: This week, the United States and the international community recognize the one-year anniversary of the ceasefire declaration that ended 44 days of intense fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces in the South Caucasus. We extend our deepest condolences to the families of those killed and injured ...
By State Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: Special Envoy Jeffrey Feltman is currently in Ethiopia to underscore the United States’ grave concern with the escalation of the conflict and the risk of intercommunal violence, and to encourage all parties to engage in a dialogue on a cessation of hostilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: The Justice Department has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against Professional Compounding Centers of America Inc. (PCCA), a Houston-based company that sells active pharmaceutical ingredients and other products and services to compounding pharmacies. The complaint alleges that PCCA reported ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: The Justice Department announced today recent actions taken against two foreign nationals charged with deploying Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware to attack businesses and government entities in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: Arthrex Inc., a Florida-based medical device company, has agreed to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks that caused the submission of false claims to the Medicare program. According to the settlement, Arthrex Inc., which specializes in orthopedic products, has ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: Herdade Lokua, 23, and Jospin Mujangi, 31, of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), were arrested on Nov. 3 outside of Seattle, Washington, and were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy, money laundering, smuggling and Lacey Act violations for trafficking elephant ivory and white rhinoceros horn from DRC to Seattle.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: Two individuals pleaded guilty today in the Southern District of Texas for their participation in a scheme to fraudulently obtain and launder millions of dollars in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
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By DOL Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: COLUMBIA, SC – Employers who expect their workers to use personal vehicles on behalf of the business must provide mileage reimbursement or they may be in violation of federal law, the operator of two sandwich shops in Clemson and Anderson has learned.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: BYRON, IL – An inspection at a Byron rehabilitation and post-acute care facility found the healthcare facility did not comply with federal respiratory protection requirements in the facility’s quarantine area and failed to protect workers from coronavirus hazards.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: TEMPLE, TX – While the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has given a Temple furniture design and manufacturing company several opportunities to stop exposing its workers to amputation hazards, an investigation into a recent serious injury found little has changed.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO ‒ Occupational exposure to hazardous substances, such as asbestos , formaldehyde and cadmium , can lead to cancer and other long-term serious health diagnoses years after exposure, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: DETROIT – The U.S. Department of Labor’s offices in Detroit and Grand Rapids and the State of Michigan, Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, Wage and Hour Division have signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding to provide opportunities for the agencies to conduct joint investigations and joint outreach as well as share training materials and other information as appropriate.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - John Palmer, of Lore City, Ohio, was sentenced today to 63 months of incarceration for drug and firearms charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By State Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
Release: Special Envoy Jeffrey Feltman is currently in Ethiopia to underscore the United States’ grave concern with the escalation of the conflict and the risk of intercommunal violence, and to encourage all parties to engage in a dialogue on a cessation of hostilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: A man who possessed two firearms and admitted to buying over a pound of methamphetamine was sentenced on November 5, 2021, to more than seven years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A man has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for illegally possessing a loaded handgun on a Chicago street.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo today announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $314 million in American Rescue Plan State Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation grants to 34 states and the District of Columbia.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: MARINETTE, WI - Recent federal safety inspections of a northern Wisconsin foundry determined workplace safety failures caused two workers to suffer severe injuries. In May, a worker lost two fingers to amputation and in July, an overhead hot metal carrier struck and injured another worker.
