Attorney General Alleges All Credit Lenders’ Loans Trap Borrowers in Cycle of Debt Chicago—(ENEWSFP)—March 19, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed suit today against a Chicago area short-term lender for designing and selling a new emerging short-term loan intended to thwart important protections in Illinois law against predatory lending and[Read More…]
Law and Order
Marubeni Corporation Agrees to Plead Guilty to Foreign Bribery Charges and to Pay an $88 Million Fine
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 19, 2014. Marubeni Corporation, a Japanese trading company involved in the handling of products and provision of services in a broad range of sectors around the world, including power generation, entered a plea of guilty today for its participation in a scheme to pay bribes to high-ranking government[Read More…]
Tonawanda Coke and Manager Sentenced for Violating the Clean Air Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 19, 2014. Tonawanda Coke Corporation was sentenced in federal court in Buffalo, N.Y., Wednesday to pay a $12.5 million penalty and $12.2 million in community service payments for criminal violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Justice Department and[Read More…]
North America’s Largest Acid Manufacturer and Its Subsidiaries Agree to Slash Emissions and Reduce Air Pollution
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 19, 2014. LSB Industries Inc. (LSB), the largest merchant manufacturer of concentrated nitric acid in North America, and four of its subsidiaries have agreed to reduce harmful emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) by meeting emission limits that are among the lowest for the industry in the nation at[Read More…]
Justice Department Announces Criminal Charge Against Toyota Motor Corporation and Deferred Prosecution Agreement with $1.2 Billion Financial Penalty
Toyota Motor Corporation Admits to Misleading Consumers and U.S. Regulator About Safety Issues Related to Unintended Acceleration in Its Cars Independent Monitor to Be Appointed to Oversee Toyota’s Public Statements and Reporting of Safety Issues Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 19, 2014. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx,[Read More…]
Detroit Tax Preparer Convicted for Filing False Tax Returns, Failing to Report Half a Million Dollars in His Own Income
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 18, 2014. The Justice Department, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) announced that Matthew Bender, of Detroit, was convicted today of obstructing the IRS and nine counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false federal income tax returns[Read More…]
Straw Owner of Clinic Sentenced in Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 18, 2014. A Florida man who had been the straw owner of a physical therapy rehabilitation facility has been sentenced to serve 30 months in prison for his role in a $28.3 million Medicare fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division,[Read More…]
Member of FARC Terrorist Organization Pleads Guilty to Hostage-Taking Charges in 2003 Capture of U.S. Citizens
Hostages Were Held in Colombia for More Than Five Years Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 18, 2014. Alexander Beltran Herrera, 37, a commander of the FARC terrorist organization, pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to hostage-taking charges stemming from the 2003 kidnappings of three U.S. citizens[Read More…]
Black Firefighters and City of New York Settle 7-year Lawsuit on Racially Discriminatory Hiring Practices
New York—(ENEWSPF)—March 18, 2014. Members of the Vulcan Society of Black Firefighters and their attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights and Levy Ratner, P.C. announced today that a settlement agreement was reached with the City of New York and the U.S. Department of Justice in the class action lawsuit[Read More…]
Weight-Loss Infomercial Pitch-Man Kevin Trudeau Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Criminal Contempt
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—March 17, 2014. Author and television pitch-man KEVIN TRUDEAU was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for criminal contempt for violating a 2004 federal court order that prohibited him from making deceptive television infomercials that misrepresented the contents of his weight loss cure book. Trudeau was convicted by[Read More…]
