NJ appliance company pleads guilty after air conditioners linked to over 40 fires and a death
Newark, NJ – A New Jersey-based appliance company has pleaded guilty in federal court for failing to report a dangerous fire risk tied to its portable air conditioners — a defect now…
Crane company agrees to pay more than $4.5M to resolve lawsuit for non-compliance with Military Specifications
HOUSTON – Crane Company has agreed to pay to the United States to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by failing to comply with Military Specification (Mil Spec) Mil-V…
Former Rogers Company Executive Pleads Guilty To Role In Workers’ Comp Billing Fraud/Kickback Conspiracy
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.—A former executive with a Rogers medical supply and billing company pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, health care fraud, fraud to obtain…
Two New Jersey Men Arrested And Charged With Securities Fraud For Scheme To Defraud Investors In Hemp Company
Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”),…
South Florida Wildlife Dealer and Company Charged in Scheme to Harvest and Sell Protected Turtles
Miami, Florida – South Florida federal prosecutors have charged a Davie, Florida company specializing in wholesale reptile sales and its owner for their roles in a scheme to unlawfully enrich themselves and…
California Residents Sue Oil Company Responsible For Major Beach Spill
A law firm filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of California residents and businesses affected by the oil spill that could significantly harm the local economy. The New York City-based firm, Milberg…
Barge Company Will Preserve 649 Acres of Habitat and Pay Over $2 Million for Injuries to Natural Resources Resulting from its Oil Spill in the Mississippi River near New Orleans
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Hunter Biden Remains Financially Tied To Chinese Equity Firm That Invested In Sanctioned Facial Recognition Company, Records Show
Hunter Biden continues to hold a minority stake in a Chinese private equity firm that invested in a technology company that was sanctioned in 2019 for committing human rights violations against Uyghurs.…
Former Director of Operations at Stockton Biofuel Company Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Illegally Dumping Industrial Wastewater
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Christopher Young, 45, of El Dorado Hills, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to 18 months in prison and a $50,000 fine for tampering with…
Four Former Employees of Utility Company Plead Guilty in Bribery and Kickback Scheme
Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Patrick McCrann and Richard Zavada, two former employees of a New York-based utility company (the “Company”), pleaded guilty to accepting bribes and kickbacks from the…
Clint Eastwood Wins Millions In CBD Company Lawsuit
Actor Clint Eastwood and the company that controls the rights to likeness won a $6.1 million lawsuit Friday against a Lithuanian company that used the actor’s image on its products without his…
Facebook Whistleblower Says Company ‘Paying For Its Profits With Our Safety’
Facebook knowingly chooses to prioritize its profits over the safety of its users, Frances Haugen, a whistleblower and former Facebook employee, said in an interview with “60 Minutes” on Sunday. “The thing…
Corrupt Department Head at Walter Reed Sentenced to Federal Prison for Accepting Cash, Event Tickets, and Other Gratuities from a Maryland Company That Received More Than $25 Million in Government Business
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced David Laufer, age 64, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, formerly of Bethesda, Maryland, today to eight months in federal prison, followed by one year…
Federal Indictment in Chicago Charges Turkish National With Directing Cyber Attack on Multinational Hospitality Company
CHICAGO — An alleged cyber attacker from Turkey has been indicted in federal court in Chicago for allegedly orchestrating a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on a Chicago-based multinational hospitality company. In August…
Russia threatens You Tube ban after company deletes RT news channels
Russia said it was developing plans to ban YouTube after its state-backed broadcaster RT had its German-language channels removed for COVID-19 misinformation. YouTube banned two of RT’s German-language channels on Tuesday, saying…
Bergen County Woman Pleads Guilty To Embezzling Money From Guided Tour Company And Subscribing To False Tax Returns
NEWARK, N.J. – A Lyndhurst, New Jersey woman admitted to her participation in a multi-year embezzlement scheme and to subscribing to a false personal income tax return, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A.…
Willamette Valley Grass Seed Company Pleads Guilty in Federal Court
PORTLAND, Ore.—A Willamette Valley wholesale grass seed distributor pleaded guilty today in federal court for knowingly concealing a scheme to defraud the Jacklin Seed Company, then a subsidiary of the J.R. Simplot…
Shipping Company Fined $2M in a Multi-District Case for Concealing Illegal Discharges of Oily Water into the Atlantic Ocean
WASHINGTON – Diana Wilhelmsen Management Limited (DWM), a Cyprus-based company that operates several commercial vessels, was sentenced today in federal court before U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Beach Smith in Norfolk, Virginia,…
Bergen County Woman Admits Embezzling Money From Guided Tour Company and Subscribing to False Tax Returns
NEWARK, N.J. – A Bergen County, New Jersey, woman today admitted participating in a multi-year embezzlement scheme and subscribing to a false personal income tax return, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig…