Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 3, 2013. The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York announced today that they have tentatively agreed to a settlement with the Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD) which calls for SCPD to implement new[Read More…]
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Two Foreign Nationals Plead Guilty in Puerto Rican Identity Trafficking Conspiracy
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 3, 2013. A Dominican national and a Mexican national each pleaded guilty today in connection with their roles in trafficking the identities of Puerto Rican U.S. citizens and corresponding identity documents. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Rosa E. Rodríguez-Vélez[Read More…]
Justice Department Files Lawsuit Alleging Disability-Based Discrimination at Hartville, Ohio, Condominium Complex
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 3, 2013. The Justice Department filed a lawsuit late yesterday against the owners, builders and designers of a 54-unit condominium complex in Hartville, Ohio, for violations of the Fair Housing Act (FHA). The lawsuit alleges that the defendants violated the law when they designed and constructed the complex[Read More…]
Aldridge Electric Cited by US Labor Department’s OSHA After Heat-related Death of Worker in Chicago
Employee became ill on his first day on the job CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2013. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Aldridge Electric Inc. for one serious safety violation following the June 25 death of a 36-year-old worker who developed heat stroke at a job site[Read More…]
CVS’ Caremark Will Pay $4.25 Million for Allegedly Denying Medicaid Claims for Reimbursement of Prescription Drug Costs
Washington, DC—(ENEWPSF)—December 2, 2013. Caremark LLC, a pharmacy benefit management company (PBM), will pay the government and five states a total of $4.25 million to settle allegations that it knowingly failed to reimburse Medicaid for prescription drug costs paid on behalf of Medicaid beneficiaries, who also were eligible for drug[Read More…]
Health Care Clinic Owners Sentenced for Role in $8 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 2, 2013. Two health care clinic owners were sentenced today in connection with an $8 million health care fraud scheme involving the now-defunct home health care company Flores Home Health Care Inc. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A.[Read More…]
At FTC’s Request, Telemarketer Ordered to Pay $5.1 Million to Reimburse Victims of Car-Buying Scam
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2013. At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court has ordered a Canadian telemarketer and four companies he owns to pay more than $5.1 million to American and Canadian consumers who were duped into paying hundreds of dollars based on false claims that the defendants had[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for December 1, 2013
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other[Read More…]
Former KKK Leader Indicted for Cross Burning in Alabama; Second KKK Member Indicted for Perjury
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 29, 2013. Steven Joshua Dinkle, former Exalted Cyclops of a chapter of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in Ozark, Ala., was arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 27, in Mississippi for burning a cross at the entrance to a predominantly African-American neighborhood and for obstructing the investigation into the offense. [Read More…]
Former Suppliers of Beef to National School Lunch Program Settle Allegations of Improper Practices and Mistreating Cows
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 27, 2013. Several California companies and individuals that formerly supplied beef to the National School Lunch Program have agreed to settle allegations of inhumane handling of cattle, circumventing appropriate inspection of nonambulatory disabled (“downer”) cattle and false representations regarding their eligibility to process beef, the Justice Department announced[Read More…]
