New Jersey pain clinic admits to health care fraud, agrees to fines and restitution
CAMDEN, N.J. — A New Jersey pain management clinic with locations in Atlantic, Cape May, and Cumberland counties has admitted to committing health care fraud and has agreed to pay both criminal…
Russia considers doubling fines for ‘LGBT propaganda’ in new law
(Reuters) – Russia is considering doubling fines for exposing children to what it calls “LGBT propaganda” and making any event or act seen as promoting homosexuality an administrative offence, the text of…
Three Companies Agree to Plead Guilty to Federal Offense and Pay Nearly $13 Million in Federal Fines and Response Costs for Offshore Oil Spill
LOS ANGELES – A Texas-based oil company and two of its subsidiaries have agreed to plead guilty to violating the federal Clean Water Act, pay a $7.1 million criminal fine, and…
Church Gets COVID-19 Fines Canceled In Court, May Face Millions From County
Church Gets COVID-19 Fines Canceled In Court, May Face Millions From County Trevor Schakohl on August 17, 2022 UPDATE: This piece has been updated to reflect a comment from Santa Clara County. California’s…
Russia fines streaming site Twitch over 31-second ‘fake’ video – agencies
LONDON – A court in Russia has fined streaming service Twitch 2 million roubles ($33,000) for hosting a short video containing what it calls “fake” information about alleged war crimes in the…
Italy’s communication authority fines Google over gambling advertising
MILAN – Italy’s communication authority said on Tuesday it had fined tech giant Google, owned by parent company Alphabet, 750,000 euros ($766,350) for allegedly breaching a ban on gambling advertising on its…
China regulator fines Alibaba, Tencent for disclosure violations
SHANGHAI – China has imposed fines on technology giants Alibaba and Tencent as well as a range of other firms for failing to comply with anti-monopoly rules on the disclosure of transactions,…
Russia fines United Parcel Service over data storage – TASS
MOSCOW – A Moscow court fined United Parcel Service 1 million roubles ($18,900) on Tuesday for an alleged refusal to localise the data of Russian users on Russian territory, the TASS news…
Russian court fines Google $260,000 for breaching data rules
(Reuters) -A Moscow court on Thursday said it had fined Alphabet’s Google 15 million roubles ($260,000) for repeatedly failing to comply with a Russian law requiring technology companies to localise user data.…
UK accounting watchdog fines PwC over Galliford Try, Kier audit failures
LONDON – The Financial Reporting Council has fined accounting firm PwC around 5 million pounds ($6.22 million) as part of a package of sanctions following an investigation into audit failures at construction…
Two Franklin County Men Ordered to Pay $1,584 in Restitution and Fines for Abandoning Junk Boat in Missisquoi River on the National Wildlife Refuge
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on June 2, 2022 Wayne Bailey, 68, of Swanton and Louis Bates, 49, of St. Albans pleaded guilty…
Russian court fines Twitter for not deleting banned content – Ifax
(Reuters) – A Russian court has fined social media network Twitter 3 million roubles ($41,000) for not removing banned content from its site, Interfax news agency reported on Thursday. The fine was…
Russia fines Meta Platforms over ‘LGBT propaganda’, Ifax says
(Reuters) – A Russian court on Tuesday fined Meta Platforms Inc. 4 million roubles ($54,030) for failing to delete posts that contained what it calls “LGBT propaganda”, the Interfax news agency reported.…
PPEI and President Kory Willis Plead Guilty and Agree to Pay $3.1 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Penalties for the Manufacture and Sale of Illegal Delete Devices and Tunes for Diesel Trucks
Louisiana-based company Power Performance Enterprises Inc. (PPEI) and its President and owner, Kory B. Willis, pleaded guilty to criminal charges today in federal court in Sacramento, California. Both defendants pleaded guilty to…
Chile regulator fines BHP’s Escondida mine for damage in Salar de Atacama
SANTIAGO – Chile’s environmental regulator said on Thursday it had fined Escondida mine, controlled by company BHP, $8.2 million for damage caused by water extraction in the Salar de Atacama salt flat.…
Fines over cheaper ‘posted workers’ must be proportionate, EU court says
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS – Fines on companies that send workers from low-pay EU states to richer member states and fail to comply with the latter’s red-tape should be proportionate, Europe’s…
Britain fines JD Sports, Footasylum as CEO meetings breach order
By Sachin Ravikumar -Britain fined sportswear retailers JD Sports and Footasylum on Monday, saying meetings between their bosses breached an order that barred the two merged companies from integrating further. JD, Britain’s…
Dutch watchdog fines Apple again in App Store dispute
AMSTERDAM – The Dutch antitrust watchdog on Monday fined Apple a further 5 million euros ($5.71 million) for failure to comply with an order to open its app store to alternative payment…
Opponents say UK’s Johnson must reveal any lockdown party fines
By Michael Holden and Elizabeth Piper LONDON -The public must be told if British Prime Minister Boris Johnson or his staff are fined for attending parties at Downing Street during coronavirus lockdowns,…
Marjorie Taylor Greene Racks Up $48,000 In Fines For Not Wearing Mask
Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green has received twenty fines totaling $48,000 due to violating House mask rules, according to a letter sent to the congresswoman by Sergeant at Arms William Walker…
NJ Outdoor Alliance Slams McGuckin-Catalano Plan That Would Fine You $10,000 for Going to the Park
TRENTON, NJ – The New Jersey Outdoor Alliance is calling the McGuckin-Catalano bill that seeks to drastically increase fines for violating Governor Phil Murphy’s executive orders from $1,000 to $10,000 preposterous. The…
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