Four Former Employees of ConvergEx Have Now Been Charged in Connection with Securities Fraud Scheme Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 7, 2014. The former chief executive officer (CEO) and a former trader of ConvergEx Global Markets Limited (CGM Limited) — a former broker-dealer registered in Bermuda — were indicted late yesterday in federal[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
U.S. Forfeits Over $480 Million Stolen by Former Nigerian Dictator in Largest Forfeiture Ever Obtained Through a Kleptocracy Action
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 7, 2014. The Department of Justice has forfeited more than $480 million in corruption proceeds hidden in bank accounts around the world by former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha and his co-conspirators. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Assistant Director in Charge[Read More…]
Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Fifth Third Mortgage Company to Resolve Allegations of Discrimination Against Recipients of Disability Income
Settlement Provides Compensation to Victims Identified by the Department of Justice and Establishes Fair Procedures for Treating Borrowers Who Receive Disability Income Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 7, 2014. The Department of Justice filed a settlement today with Fifth Third Mortgage Company to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern or practice[Read More…]
Justice Department Settles Citizenship Status Discrimination Claim Against Travel Management Company
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 7, 2014. The Justice Department reached an agreement today with Travel Management Company, a private airplane charter company based in Elkhart, Indiana, resolving claims that the company engaged in citizenship status discrimination in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Under the INA, employers may not discriminate[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at the Signing of the Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act
Ft. Belvoir, Virginia–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2014 – 12:05 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Fort Belvoir! (Applause.) Everybody, have a seat. I think I’m going to take Sergeant Major McGruder on the road. (Laughter.) I’m just going to have him introduce me wherever I go. (Laughter.) He got me excited, and I’m[Read More…]
What the New York Times Did on Marijuana Was Big!
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—August 7, 2014. By: Ethan Nadelmann I’m a New York Times junkie. I got hooked in my early teens and have rarely gone a day without a fix. It is, apart from email, the first and principal thing I look at on my mobile. All of which is to[Read More…]
South Suburban College Business & Career Institute to Offer ‘The Global Food Safety Initiative: Safe Quality Food’ Hot Topic in Oak Forest
OAK FOREST, IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 7, 2014. The Business & Career Institute (BCI) of South Suburban College (SSC) will offer another course in their Hot Topics on the Go sequence geared to provide information for a variety of industry sectors about issues and solve problems associated with business growth. The next Hot[Read More…]
Follow the Money: Bruce Rauner’s 2 Million to Tea Party Groups Undermines his Moderate Pose
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2014. Illinois Republican candidate for governor Bruce Rauner has given more than $2 million to extreme right-wing causes and groups associated with the Tea Party and the billionaire Koch Brothers, new research shows. Personally and through his foundation, Rauner has contributed to groups that want to lower the[Read More…]
Retired Oregon Supreme Court Justice Urges ‘Yes’ Vote On Measure 91 Legalizing, Regulating and Taxing Marijuana for Adults Over 21
Hon. Judge R. William Riggs favors measure to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana for adults 21 and over OREGON—(ENEWSPF)—August 7, 2014. With decades on the bench in Oregon, including more than 8 years as a justice on the state Supreme Court, retired judge Riggs knows a good law when he[Read More…]
Chicago Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Forced Sex Trafficking of Four Victims, Including Two Minors
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago man was sentenced August 5 to 30 years in federal prison for forced sex-trafficking of two minor and two young adult women. The defendant, CARL BRANDON SMITH, forced his victims to engage in commercial sex acts, used physical violence, and threatened to kill them if they[Read More…]
