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Justice Department Settles Allegations of Citizenship Status Discrimination And Retaliation Against Georgia Rug Manufacturer
The Justice Department has announced a settlement with Garland Sales Inc., a Georgia rug manufacturer, resolving allegations that it engaged in discrimination by imposing unnecessary documentary requirements on individuals of Hispanic origin when establishing...
Justice Department Opens Investigation Into the Antelope Valley Stations of the LA County Sheriff’s Department
The Justice Department has opened a civil investigation into allegations of discriminatory policing by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) members based in the cities of Lancaster and Palmdale, Calif. How People Arrived Here: DOJ Antilope...
Colorado Couple Enter Guilty Plea to Illegal Trapping And Sale of Bobcats
A Colorado couple pleaded guilty this week in a Denver federal court to charges related to the illegal trapping and interstate sale of bobcats. Jeffrey M. Bodnar, 37, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one felony count of conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act, and...
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. to Pay Over $16m for Overcharging the United States
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. has agreed to pay the United States an additional $3,718,770, bringing the total paid to resolve civil claims arising from the company’s cost charging practices on some of its contracts with the government to $16,570,018,...
California Man Receives 78 Months in Jail for Molesting Child While in Bangladesh
William Newton Rudd, 67, of Fullerton, California, has been sentenced to 78 months in jail after pleading guilty on Oct. 30, 2009, to one count of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer...
Former Detention Officer Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Repeated Sexual Abuse of Detainees
The Justice Department has announced that U.S. District Judge Gray H. Miller sentenced Robert Luis Loya to three years in prison and five years of supervised release for violating the civil rights and the sexual abuse of females in his custody. Loya,...
Mobil Oil Companies Agree to Pay $32.2m to Resolve Underpaid Royalties Allegations
Mobil Natural Gas Inc., Mobil Exploration & Producing U.S. Inc. and their affiliates have agreed to pay the United States $32.2 million to resolve claims that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly underpaying royalties owed on natural gas...
Daimler AG And Three Subsidiaries Agree to Pay $93.6 Million in Criminal Penalties
Daimler AG, a German corporation, and three of its subsidiaries have resolved charges related to a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigation into the company’s worldwide sales practices. At a hearing before U.S. District Court Judge Richard...
