Alleges Violation of Employment Rights of Sergeant in Army National Guard Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 7, 2015. The Department of Justice announced today it has filed a civil complaint against a South Jersey company for failing to re-employ a former employee when she returned from a National Guard deployment, a violation of[Read More…]
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Sixteen Hospitals to Pay $15.69 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Involving Medically Unnecessary Psychotherapy Services
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2015. The Justice Department announced today that 16 separate hospitals and their respective corporate parents have agreed to collectively pay $15.69 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that the providers sought and received reimbursement from Medicare for services that were not medically reasonable or necessary, the[Read More…]
Three California Men and Minnesota Corporation Indicted in Nationwide Prescription Drug Diversion Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 7, 2015. Three California men and a Minnesota company were charged in an indictment today in the Southern District of Ohio for their roles in a massive prescription drug diversion scheme. The indictment alleges that David Jess Miller, 50, of Santa Ana, California; Artur Stepanyan, 38, and Mihran[Read More…]
Cincinnati-Area Man Charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2015. A federal grand jury has brought an additional charge against Christopher Lee Cornell, 21, of Green Township, Ohio. In a superseding indictment returned in Cincinnati, he is now also charged with attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. The charge is in[Read More…]
Federal Court Issues Written Judgment Accepting Guilty Plea of Schlumberger Oilfield Holdings Ltd. for Violating U.S. Sanctions by Facilitating Trade with Iran and Sudan
Company Must Pay $232.7 Million Penalty Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2015. The U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia entered a formal judgment yesterday memorializing the sentence requiring Schlumberger Oilfield Holdings Ltd. (SOHL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Schlumberger Ltd, to pay a $232,708,356 penalty to the United States for conspiring to[Read More…]
Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Against Bullhead City Fire District in Arizona to Enforce Employment Rights of United States Army Reserves Member
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 5, 2015. The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced today that a settlement has been reached with the Bullhead City Fire District (BCFD) in Arizona, resolving claims that BCFD violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA), by discriminating against U.S. Army Reserves Member[Read More…]
Justice Department Reaches Settlements with Three Public Entities to Remove Barriers to Employment for People with Disabilities
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 5, 2015. The Justice Department announced today that it reached settlement agreements with the city of Parowan, Utah; the city of Española, New Mexico; and the village of Ruidoso, New Mexico. The agreements resolve investigations of each public entity under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act[Read More…]
U.S. Will Pay $13.2 Million for Cleanup Evaluation of 16 Abandoned Uranium Mines on the Navajo Nation
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2015. In a settlement agreement with the Navajo Nation, the U.S. will place $13.2 million into an environmental response trust to pay for the evaluations of 16 priority abandoned uranium mines located across Navajo lands. The investigation of these sites is a necessary step before final cleanup[Read More…]
Former Puerto Rico Police Officers Sentenced for Civil Rights and Obstruction of Justice Violations Related to Fatal Beating
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2015. Former Puerto Rico Police Officers Jimmy Rodriguez Vega and David Colon Martinez were sentenced today for civil rights and obstruction of justice violations related to the fatal beating of Jose Luis Irizarry Perez, 19, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta of the Civil Rights[Read More…]
BNP Paribas Sentenced for Conspiring to Violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the Trading with the Enemy Act
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2015. BNP Paribas S.A. (BNPP), a global financial institution headquartered in Paris, was sentenced today for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA) by processing billions of dollars of transactions through the U.S. financial system on[Read More…]
