Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2013. The Federal Trade Commission has approved final orders settling charges that retailers Neiman Marcus, DrJays.com and Eminent Inc. sold products containing real fur when they were advertised as containing “faux” fur, and that they did not identify the animal that produced the fur. Neiman Marcus also[Read More…]
Law and Order
Major Colombian Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced in Washington, D.c., to 25 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 5, 2013. Christian Fernando Borda, a major narcotics trafficker aligned with paramilitary groups in Colombia, was sentenced today to serve 25 years in prison for conspiring to import ton-quantities of cocaine into the United States, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division[Read More…]
Former Federal Fugitive Sentenced in California for Nationwide Foreclosure Scam
Collected More Than $1.2 Million from More Than 800 Distressed Homeowners Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 5, 2013. Glen Alan Ward, 48, a former Los Angeles resident who fled to Canada and was a federal fugitive for 12 years, was sentenced today to serve 132 months in prison for aggravated identity theft and[Read More…]
Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Texas Bus Company Alleging Employment Discrimination Against U.S. Citizens and Other Individuals
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 5, 2013. The Justice Department announced today the filing of a lawsuit with the Executive Office of Immigration Review’s Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer (OCAHO), against Autobuses Ejecutivos LLC, d/b/a Omnibus Express, a bus company based in Houston. The complaint alleges Omnibus Express violated the Immigration[Read More…]
FBI: Fourteen Defendants Facing State or Federal Narcotics or Firearms Charges Alleging Sales of Guns and Drugs in Chicago
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Fourteen defendants are facing state or federal narcotics and/or firearms charges that, again, link drugs and illegal gun possession in Chicago. An investigation led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, together with the Chicago Police Department and other state and federal law enforcement agencies, has resulted in federal[Read More…]
Two Sentenced in New York State for Dumping Thousands of Tons of Asbestos in Violation of the Clean Water Act
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2013. Two individuals, Donald Torriero and Julius DeSimone, were sentenced in federal court in Utica, N.Y., for illegally dumping thousands of tons of asbestos-contaminated construction debris on a 28-acre piece of property on the Mohawk River in upstate New York, the Justice Department announced. U.S. District Judge[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan, Depart. Of Revenue: Peoria Gas Station Operator Charged in Tax Fraud Crackdown
Ongoing Operation Nets $82 Million in Unpaid Sales Tax from Gas Station Owners Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) today announced a Peoria area man has been charged for allegedly defrauding the state of more than $420,000 in gasoline sales taxes. The[Read More…]
State of Illinois and Cook County State’s Attorney Secure First Felony Conviction of an Employer through Workers’ Compensation Act Reforms
Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission finds Ghosien European Auto Werks failed to obtain workers’ compensation insurance CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. The Illinois Worker’s Compensation (IWCC), in conjunction with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office Special Prosecutions Division and the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, has secured the first felony conviction for failure to[Read More…]
Justice Department Settles Allegations of Disability Discrimination Against the City of St. Peters, Mo.
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. The Justice Department announced today that the city of St. Peters, Mo. will pay $80,000 and make changes to its zoning laws to settle a lawsuit alleging that the city violated the federal Fair Housing Act (FHA) and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act[Read More…]
Barren County, KY. Sheriff Sentenced on Two Counts of Obstructing Justice
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. Barren County, Ky., Sheriff Christopher Brian Eaton, 42, of Glasgow, Ky., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Joseph H. McKinley Jr. to serve an 18-month prison term followed by two years of supervised release, after a jury convicted him on May 9, 2013, of two[Read More…]
