Company Agrees to Pay $1.44 Million Criminal Fine Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 27, 2013. Stanley Electric Co. Ltd., a Tokyo-based company, has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $1.44 million criminal fine for its participation in a conspiracy to fix prices of lamp ballasts installed in cars sold in the[Read More…]
Law and Order
Justice Department Reaches Agreement with Oklahoma Child Care Center to Ensure Equal Rights for Children with Disabilities
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 27, 2013. The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement with Camelot Child Development Center of Oklahoma City and Edmond, Okla., under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The settlement resolves allegations that Camelot violated the ADA by prohibiting a child with Down syndrome from[Read More…]
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. Agrees to Plead Guilty to Price Fixing on Automobile Parts Installed in U.S. Cars
Company Agrees to Pay $120 Million Criminal Fine Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 26, 2013. Osaka, Japan-based Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $120 million criminal fine for its role in two separate conspiracies to fix the prices of automotive components involving anti-vibration rubber[Read More…]
Two I Works Billing Scheme Marketers Agree to Settle FTC Charges
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 26, 2013. Two key players in the I Works scheme that allegedly took more than $275 million from consumers via deceptive “trial” memberships for bogus government-grant and money-making schemes have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated federal law. Bryce Payne and Kevin Pilon, along[Read More…]
Three Subsidiaries of Weatherford International Limited Agree to Plead Guilty to FCPA and Export Control Violations
Weatherford International and Subsidiaries Agree to Pay $252 Million in Penalties and Fines Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 26, 2013. Three subsidiaries of Weatherford International Limited (Weatherford International), a Swiss oil services company that trades on the New York Stock Exchange, have agreed to plead guilty to anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt[Read More…]
Justice Department Seeks to Intervene in Lawsuit Alleging H&R Block’s Tax Preparation Website Is Inaccessible to Individuals with Disabilities
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 25, 2013. The Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz announced today that they have moved to intervene in National Federation of the Blind et al v. HRB Digital LLC et al, a private lawsuit alleging disability discrimination by HRB Digital LLC and HRB Tax Group Inc.,[Read More…]
Justice Department Charges Minn. Condominium Association, Management Company and Property Manager with Discrimination Against Families with Children
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 25, 2013. The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against the homeowner’s association, management company and property manager of a Minnetonka, Minn., condominium complex, alleging that they discriminated against families with children in violation of the Fair Housing Act. “Families with children should have the same ability to[Read More…]
Former High School Football Player Pleads Guilty to Making Racially Motivated Threats to African-American Assistant Football Coach
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 25, 2013. Jonathan Caine, 20, of Nashville, Tenn., pleaded guilty on Friday to a federal hate crime for making racially motivated threats to an African-American assistant football coach at a local high school in, the Justice Department announced. Caine, formerly a student and football player at the high[Read More…]
Realty Company Owner and Chicago Police Lieutenant Indicted in Connection With Alleged Fraudulent Bank Loan
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2013. An owner of Chicago realty business who formerly was also the chief executive of a failed Chicago bank was arrested today on federal bank fraud charges involving an alleged scheme to illegally provide a $650,000 mortgage for the purchase of a south side apartment building. A Chicago[Read More…]
Former Crestwood Water Officials Sentenced for Concealing Village’s Use of Well in Drinking Water Supply
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013. Two former water department officials for the southwest suburban Village of Crestwood were each sentenced today to two years’ probation for lying repeatedly to environmental regulators for more than 20 years about using a water well to supplement the village’s drinking water supply. The defendants, FRANK SCACCIA,[Read More…]
