Maryland governor signs executive order targeting environmental disparities and economic access
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Thursday signed a sweeping executive order aimed at addressing racial and economic disparities in environmental policy and land access across the state. The order instructs…
Georgia Man Admits Making Interstate Threats Against Executive Officer of New Jersey Company
NEWARK, N.J. – A Georgia man today admitted making interstate threats to an executive officer of a New Jersey based company, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Alan Wallace, 59, of Cumming,…
Exclusive-Disney names executive to oversee metaverse strategy -memo
By Dawn Chmielewski -The Walt Disney Co has appointed an executive to oversee its metaverse strategy, according to an email Disney Chief Executive Bob Chapek sent to staff Tuesday and seen by…
National School Boards Association Executive Reportedly Knew About Attorney General’s Memorandum Targeting Parents Before It Was Published
A National School Boards Association (NSBA) executive reportedly knew about Attorney General Merrick Garland’s memorandum targeting concerned parents before it was published, according to new information obtained by Parents Defending Education. Chip…
US Foods splits chief executive officer and chairman roles
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON – US Foods Holding Corp said on Friday it has split its chief executive officer and chairman roles after coming under pressure from an activist investment firm to…
Tech executive McCarthy moves to Peloton, investors cheer his arrival
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON – Technology industry executive Barry McCarthy is an avid user of a Peloton bike and now the stakes for his workouts are rising as he becomes chief executive…
Former Account Executive Charged with Stealing $3 Million from Employer
CAMDEN, N.J. – A Camden County, New Jersey, woman was charged with embezzling millions of dollars from a New Jersey-based company where she was the senior accountant, accounting manager and senior financial…
Former Executive Director of International Adoption Agency Pleads Guilty to Fraudulent Adoption Scheme
The former executive director of a Strongsville-based international adoption agency pleaded guilty today in Cleveland to defrauding the U.S. and Polish authorities in connection with the adoption of a Polish child. According to…
Biden to sign executive order on federal construction projects in Maryland visit
– U.S. President Joe Biden will on Friday travel to Upper Marlboro, Maryland and sign an executive order related to federal construction projects, the White House said. “On Friday, February 4, the…
Murphy press conference experienced technical difficulties when governor press on abuse of executive powers
TRENTON, NJ – In the page that appeared to be right out of the playbook of the Biden administration, just after being grilled on alleged abuse of his executive powers during the…
Governor Murphy’s latest COVID executive order expires Thursday, but don’t count on anything changing
TRENTON, NJ – In seven days, Governor Phil Murphy’s latest pandemic public health emergency is order is set to expire and the governor said on Wednesday that he is once again meeting…
EA taps Microsoft executive as new chief financial officer
-Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc named Microsoft executive Chris Suh as its new chief financial officer on Monday, replacing Blake Jorgensen. Suh is currently serving as corporate vice president and CFO…
GM set to launch behavior-based U.S. driver insurance in Q1 – executive
By Tina Bellon – General Motors Co aims to launch an algorithm-based auto insurance plan by the end of the first quarter in some U.S. states that charges policyholders based on their…
China Evergrande appoints EV unit chairman as executive director
– China Evergrande Group said on Sunday it had appointed its Energy Vehicle unit’s chairman as an executive director. Evergrande said in a Hong Kong Stock Exchange filing that Siu Shawn, 50,…
Former Executive Vice President Of T.J. Martell Foundation Charged With Embezzling Over $3.7 Million
NASHVILLE – A criminal Information filed today charges Melissa Goodwin, 55, of Nashville, Tennessee, with wire fraud in relation to a fraudulent scheme in which she embezzled over $3.7 million from the…
Former Chief Executive Officer Pleads Guilty To Embezzling More Than $15 Million From Her Employer
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Donna Osowitt Steele, 52, of Taylorsville, N.C., appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David S. Cayer today and pleaded guilty to wire fraud, for embezzling more than $15 million from…
U.S. Attorney’s Office Files Amended Lawsuit Against Chicopee Housing Authority and its Executive Director
BOSTON – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division today filed an amended complaint that alleges that the Chicopee Housing Authority…
Fast-Food Giant Received Over $100 Million From Disgraced Former Executive
McDonald’s announced Thursday that it settled a lawsuit with its former CEO who paid back the company over $100 million. Former McDonald’s chief executive Steve Easterbrook returned his severance package worth approximately…
Former Netflix Executive Sentenced To 30 Months For Bribes And Kickbacks From Netflix Vendors
SAN JOSE –Michael Kail, the former Vice President of IT Operations at Netflix, was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison for his convictions for honest services wire, mail fraud, and…
Former Finance Executive Sentenced to 138 Months in Prison for Orchestrating Massive Market Manipulation Scheme
Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Abraxas J. Discala, also known as “AJ Discala,” the former Chief Executive Officer of OmniView Capital Advisors LLC (“OmniView”), was sentenced by United States District…
Former Chief Deputy Nassau County Executive Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Obstructing Justice
Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Richard “Rob” Walker, the former Chief Deputy County Executive under former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, was sentenced by United States District Judge Joan…
Former Executive Officer of the Southern Ute Tribe Sentenced to 13.5 Years in Prison for Sexually Assaulting a Child
DURANGO – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that McKean Walton, age 52, of Ignacio, Colorado, was sentenced to 13.5 years in federal prison, followed by 10…
California town declares itself independent from Gavin Newsom’s draconian executive orders
OROVILLE, CA – A town in California has declared its independence and ratified itself as a “Constitutional Republic” earlier this month in a protest of Governor Gavin Newsom’s radical and draconian COVID-19…
Former Executive Director of Madison Daycare Center Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin announced that on Friday, December 3, Nichole Genz, 41, Evansville, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty to wire fraud…
Sony Executive Reportedly Caught In Amateur Pedophile Sting Video
A senior Sony executive was fired after he was reportedly captured on video by an amateur pedophilia sting operation. George Cacioppo, a senior vice president at Sony Interactive Entertainment according to his…
Former South Bay Executive Sentenced to Nearly Three Years in Federal Prison for Insider Trading and Securities Fraud
LOS ANGELES – A former executive at a Hawthorne-based company was sentenced today to 35 months in federal prison for trading in options contracts using inside company information and illegally purchasing…
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