PENNSYLVANIA–(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2016. A federal jury sitting in Philadelphia found Congressman Chaka Fattah Sr., 59, guilty of all charges against him. Fattah and three of his four associates were found guilty of taking part in a racketeering conspiracy involving several schemes that were intended to further their political and financial[Read More…]
Federal and International
United States Settles with Trader Joe’s to Reduce Ozone-Depleting and Greenhouse Gas Emissions at Stores Nationwide
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2016. The national grocery store chain Trader Joe’s Company has agreed to reduce emissions of potent greenhouse gases from refrigeration equipment at 453 of its stores under a proposed settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to resolve alleged violations of[Read More…]
Operators of Phony Doctor Certification Program and Misleading Health and Lifestyle Websites Settle FTC Charges
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2016. SmartClick Media LLC, also doing business as Doctor Trusted, and its owner Robert Vozdecky, also known as Bill Anderson, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their “Doctor Trusted” certification program misled consumers with bogus claims that the products sold on websites with its[Read More…]
Justice Department Settles Immigration-Related Discrimination Claims Against 121 Residency Programs and American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2016. The Justice Department announced today that it has reached agreements with 121 podiatry residency programs and the American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine (AACPM) to resolve claims that they discriminated against work-authorized non-U.S. citizens in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The department’s[Read More…]
Justice Department Finds that Nevada Discriminates Against Inmates with HIV and Inmates with Other Disabilities
NEVADA–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2016. The Justice Department issued a letter of findings today concluding that the Nevada Department of Corrections’ (NDOC) policies and practices for housing and employing inmates with disabilities violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Following a comprehensive ADA compliance review, the department found that NDOC’s discriminatory practices[Read More…]
Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking and Interstate Prostitution
FLOIDA–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2016. The Justice Department announced today that Abdullah Hamidullah, 42, of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court of the Middle District of Florida to one count of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; two counts of enticing a person to travel in interstate[Read More…]
ISIL-Linked Hacker Pleads Guilty to Providing Material Support
VIRGINIA–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2016. Ardit Ferizi, aka Th3Dir3ctorY, 20, a citizen of Kosovo, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkemaof the Eastern District of Virginia to providing material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, and accessing a protected[Read More…]
Chinese National Charged for Stealing Source Code from Former Employer with Intent to Benefit Chinese Government
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 14, 2016. Xu Jiaqiang, 30, was charged in a six-count superseding indictment with economic espionage and theft of trade secrets, in connection with Xu’s theft of proprietary source code from his former employer, with the intent to benefit the National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People’s[Read More…]
CEO of International Metallurgical Company Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Export Specialty Metals to Iran
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 14, 2016. Erdal Kuyumcu, 44, the CEO of Global Metallurgy LLC, a company based in Woodside, New York, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, in connection with the export of specialty metals from the United States to Iran. The[Read More…]
East St. Louis Man Sentenced For Bank Robbery
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- An East St. Louis man, Deondre Jones, 45, convicted of bank robbery, was sentenced to 56 months in federal prison on June 7, 2016, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today. Following release from imprisonment, Jones will serve three years[Read More…]
