ola Ohio Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Child Pornography Charges and Violation of the Adam Walsh Act By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:28:49 EDT Timothy L. Lantz was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for transporting child pornography in interstate commerce and failing to update his sex offender registration in violation of the Adam Walsh Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Los Angeles Area Tax Defier Convicted of Criminal Contempt for Violating Injunction By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:39:03 EDT James A. Mattatall, of Torrance, Calif., was convicted Tuesday of criminal contempt by a federal district court in Los Angeles. Mattatall’s conviction relates to his violations of a 2004 permanent injunction that barred him from preparing tax returns for others and representing persons before the IRS. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Superseding Indictment in Boyd Matter Charges Defendants with Conspiring to Murder U.S. Military Personnel, Weapons Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:25:29 EDT Today, a federal grand jury returned a superseding criminal indictment in the Daniel Patrick Boyd matter. While the superseding indictment returned today includes all of the charges alleged in the original indictment of July 22, 2009, it also includes new charges against three defendants, Daniel Patrick Boyd, aka "Saifullah," Hysen Sherifi, and Zakariya Boyd, aka "Zak." Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Former Choctaw County, Oklahoma, Deputy Sheriff Found Guilty of Civil Rights Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:10:59 EDT Former Choctaw County, Okla., deputy sheriff Ben Westley Milner was found guilty today by a federal jury in Muskogee, Okla., of violating the civil rights of three men by assaulting them without legal justification. In one incident, which took place on Oct. 31, 2005, defendant Milner physically abused a truck driver following a traffic stop. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Hampton Roads Sanitation District, Virginia, Agrees to Settle Clean Water Act Violations in Chesapeake Bay Area By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:58:57 EDT Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD), based in Virginia Beach, Va., has agreed to pay a $900,000 civil penalty and to take corrective actions to reduce alleged sanitary sewer overflows from its collection system and nine sewage treatment plants that have polluted the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Formosa Plastics Corp., Texas, and Formosa Plastics Corp., Louisiana, will spend more than $10 million on pollution controls to address air, water, and hazardous waste violations at two petrochemical plants in Point Comfort, Texas, and Baton Rouge, La. By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:04:05 EDT Formosa Plastics Corp., Texas, and Formosa Plastics Corp., Louisiana, will spend more than $10 million on pollution controls to address air, water, and hazardous waste violations at two petrochemical plants in Point Comfort, Texas, and Baton Rouge, La. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Man Indicted for Civil Rights Violations in Connection with Cross-Burning in Athens, Louisiana By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:31:46 EDT Daniel Earl Danforth, 30, of Minden, La., has been indicted by a federal grand jury for hate crime violations and obstruction of justice charges stemming from a cross-burning in Athens, La., last year near the home of an interracial couple. Danforth was arrested today following the return of the indictment on Sept. 25, 2009. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Sulfuric Acid Manufacturer Agrees to Resolve Clean Air Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 16:23:31 EDT Mosaic Fertilizer will spend approximately $30 million on air pollution controls that are expected to eliminate harmful emissions from its sulfuric acid production plant in Uncle Sam, La. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Ship Captain Sentenced to 10 Months Confinement for Obstruction, Environmental and Ship Safety Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:16:18 EDT Panagiotis Lekkas, the captain of the cargo ship, M/V Theotokos, was sentenced today in federal court in New Orleans to 10 months confinement. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Federal Court Rules That Virginia Violated Voting Rights of Military and Overseas Citizens By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:01:44 EDT A federal district court in Richmond, Va., ruled yesterday that Virginia violated the voting rights of American military personnel and other overseas citizens by failing to mail absentee ballots in sufficient time for them to be counted in the Nov. 4, 2008, general election. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against TK Properties LLC for Violating the Fair Housing Act By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:59:38 EDT The Department announced this week that it has filed a lawsuit against TK Properties L.L.C., its officer, Scott Terveen, and two employees, Ann Wagner and Corey Anderson, for violating the Fair Housing Act by discriminating on the basis of race. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola New York Man Indicted for Clean Air Act Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:52:28 EDT A federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment charging David Vega and Francis Rowe with committing violations of the Clean Air Act while they were project managers for Gordon-Smith Contracting, Inc., an asbestos removal company owned by Keith Gordon-Smith Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola D.C. Lobbyist Indicted for Conspiring to Violate Sudanese Sanctions and to Act as Illegal Agent of Sudan By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:44:18 EDT Robert J. Cabelly, 61, of Washington, D.C., has been indicted in the District of Columbia charging him with conspiracy to violate the Sudanese sanctions regulations and to act as an unregistered agent of a foreign power. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Alabama Grease Haulers Charged with Clean Water Act Violations for Dumping into Mobile Area Sewers By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:22:28 EDT A Mobile, Ala., grand jury has indicted a waste disposal company, its president and top manager for offenses involving the illegal disposal of waste into the sewage treatment systems of Mobile and of neighboring municipalities. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Former Memphis, Tennessee, Police Officer Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison for Civil Rights Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:02:35 EST Judge S. Thomas Anderson sentenced Carlton Moore to 27 months in prison and one year of supervised release after Moore pleaded guilty to stealing money from motorists while acting under color of law. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola City of Akron, Ohio, Agrees to Improve Sewer System to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:55:02 EST “The federal Clean Water Act requires that cities act to eliminate or reduce their sewage overflows into the nation’s rivers, lakes and oceans,” said John C. Cruden, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Two Former Tennessee Corrections Officers Plead Guilty to Civil Rights Violation and Lying By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:46:20 EST Joshua Ryan Jones and Roger Forrester, former corrections officers at the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville, Tenn., pleaded guilty today to violating the civil rights of an inmate and then lying about it during state and federal investigations. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola North Carolina Poultry Processing Plant and Manager Indicted for Violations of Clean Water Act By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:48:10 EST A federal grand jury in Greensboro, N.C., returned an indictment today charging a poultry processor and a plant manager with multiple violations of the Clean Water Act for illegally discharging wastewater from its Raeford, N.C., based facility Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Georgia Couple Charged with Human Trafficking and Immigration Violations for Exploiting Woman from Swaziland By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 17:55:09 EST A federal grand jury in Atlanta has indicted an Ellenwood, Ga., husband and wife, Juna Gwendolyn Babb, 54, and Michael J. Babb, 53, on charges of conspiracy, forced labor, document servitude, which is confiscating someone’s passport and visa, and harboring an alien for financial gain, the Justice Department announced. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Los Angeles Area Tax Preparer Sentenced to Six Months in Prison for Violating Injunction By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:07:00 EST James A. Mattatall of Torrance, Calif., was sentenced to six months in prison for violating a permanent injunction. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Credit Suisse Agrees to Forfeit $536 Million in Connection with Violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and New York State Law By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:13:03 EST The forfeiture is the largest ever entered against an entity for IEEPA violations. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Duke Energy to Spend Approximately $93 Million to Resolve Clean Air Act Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:48:18 EST “This important settlement resolves lengthy litigation on very favorable terms,” said Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Louisiana Man Convicted of Civil Rights Violation in Connection with Cross-burning By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:57:57 EST Daniel Earl Danforth of Minden, La., was convicted by a jury in Shreveport, La., of a civil rights conspiracy, use of fire in the commission of a federal felony, and obstruction of justice in connection with a cross-burning near the home of an interracial couple in Athens, La. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Westar Energy to Spend Approximately $500 Million to Settle Clean Air Act Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:28:41 EST Westar Energy has agreed to spend approximately $500 million to significantly reduce harmful air pollution from a Kansas power plant and pay a $3 million civil penalty, under a settlement to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Cummins Inc. Agrees to Pay $2.1 Million Penalty for Diesel Engine Clean Air Act Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:44:46 EST Cummins Inc., a major motor vehicle engine company based in Columbus, Ind., will pay a $2.1 million penalty and recall 405 engines under a settlement agreement resolving alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Two Charged with Terror Violations in Connection with New York Subway Plot By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:46:41 EST A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of New York has returned a superseding indictment charging Zarein Ahmedzay and Adis Medunjanin with terrorism violations stemming from, among other activities, their alleged roles in the plot involving Najibullah Zazi to attack the New York subway system in mid-September 2009 Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Two Iowa Men Indicted for Clean Air Act Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:52:40 EST A federal grand jury in Des Moines, Iowa, has returned an indictment charging Robert Joe Knapp, the owner of Equitable L.P.; and Russell William Coco, the supervisor for Knapp, with committing violations of the Clean Air Act while they were overseeing the demolition and renovation of The Equitable Building. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Innospec Inc. Pleads Guilty to FCPA Charges and Defrauding the United Nations; Admits to Violating the U.S. Embargo Against Cuba By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:45:23 EDT Innospec Inc., a Delaware corporation, pleaded guilty today to defrauding the United Nations (UN), to violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and to violating the U.S. embargo against Cuba. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Texas Pipeline Company Agrees to Pay Civil Penalty to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:16:30 EDT A Texas-based pipeline company has agreed to pay a $450,000 civil penalty to the United States to settle allegations that it failed to prepare and maintain proper facility response plans to deal with spills and environmental accidents at eight of its oil storage terminal facilities in Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Pamrapo Savings Bank of New Jersey Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Bank Secrecy Act Violations and Forfeits $5 Million By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:53:09 EDT Pamrapo Savings Bank S.L.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pamrapo Bancorp Inc., based in Bayonne, N.J., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey to conspiracy to violate the Bank Secrecy Act and has agreed to forfeit $5 million to the United States Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Former Tennessee Corrections Captain Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Violation and Lying By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:44:33 EDT Harold Hutcheson, a former captain at the Northwest Correctional Complex (NCC), in Tiptonville, Tenn., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Jackson, Tenn., to violating the civil rights of an inmate and then lying about it during the state and federal investigations. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola U.S. Sues Kellogg, Brown & Root for Alleged False Claims Act Violations Over Improper Costs for Private Security in Iraq By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 16:46:03 EDT The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, alleges that KBR knowingly included impermissible costs for private armed security in billings to the Army. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Women from Colorado and Pennsylvania Charged with Terrorism Violations in Superseding Indictment By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 16:08:55 EDT A superseding indictment unsealed this afternoon in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania charges Jamie Paulin Ramirez, a U.S. citizen and former resident of Colorado, and Colleen R. LaRose, aka "Fatima LaRose," aka "JihadJane," a resident of Pennsylvania, with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Former Jackson County Deputy Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Civil Rights Violation By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 11:39:56 EDT A former Jackson County, Mo., sheriff’s deputy was sentenced in federal court today for violating the civil rights of a teenage girl whom he sexually assaulted in his patrol car. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Former Lee County, Mississippi, Deputy Sheriff Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:06:31 EDT Michael Shane Minich, 35, a former Lee County, Miss., Sheriff’s Deputy, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock, in Aberdeen, Miss., to depriving citizens of their civil rights under color of law by secretly removing cash from their wallets during traffic stops. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Alaska Seafood Company Agrees to Pay More Than $500,000 to Resolve Alleged Environmental Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:22:08 EDT Westward Seafoods Inc., the operator of a seafood processing plant in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, will pay a $570,000 civil penalty as part of a settlement agreement to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Residential Homebuilder Settles Clean Water Act Violations in 18 States and D.C. By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:21:03 EDT Hovnanian Enterprises Inc., a national residential homebuilder, has agreed today to pay a $1 million civil penalty to resolve alleged Clean Water Act violations at 591 construction sites in 18 states and the District of Columbia. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Zarein Ahmedzay Pleads Guilty to Terror Violations in Connection with Al-Qaeda New York Subway Plot By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:20:58 EDT "This plot, as well as others we have encountered, makes clear we face a continued threat from al-Qaeda and its affiliates overseas," said Attorney General Holder. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola City of Tonawanda, N.Y., Police Captain Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Violation By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:07:48 EDT James G. Litz, 54, of the city of Tonawanda, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara, to a felony charge of deprivation of civil rights under the color of law. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Washington State Slaughterhouse Operator Agrees to Resolve Clean Water Act Permit Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 4 May 2010 19:09:49 EDT Washington Beef LLC, the operator of a large slaughterhouse in Toppenish, Wash., has agreed to pay a $750,000 civil penalty and will install several pieces of new waste water treatment equipment that the Environmental Protection Agency estimates will cost approximately $3 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Clean Water Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Arkansas Alleging Statewide Violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 6 May 2010 15:50:49 EDT The Department has filed a lawsuit alleging that the state of Arkansas is systemically violating the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Pep Boys Agrees to Pay $5 Million to Resolve Clean Air Act Violations Claims By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 10 May 2010 12:05:26 EDT The Pep Boys – Manny, Moe & Jack - have agreed to pay $5 million in civil penalties and take corrective measures to settle claims that it violated the Clean Air Act by importing and selling motorcycles, recreational vehicles and generators manufactured in China that do not comply with environmental requirements. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Former ABN Amro Bank N.V. Agrees to Forfeit $500 Million in Connection with Conspiracy to Defraud the United States and with Violation of the Bank Secrecy Act By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 10 May 2010 15:57:31 EDT The former ABN AMRO Bank N.V., now named the Royal Bank of Scotland N.V., has agreed to forfeit $500 million to the United States in connection with a conspiracy to defraud the United States, to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and to violate the Trading with the Enemy Act, as well as a violation of the Bank Secrecy Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Justice Department Announces Comprehensive, Cooperative Agreement with Cook County, Illinois, Board and Sheriff to Remedy Violations and Ensure Constitutional Rights of Inmates at Cook County Jail By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 13 May 2010 13:32:14 EDT The United States has entered into a comprehensive, cooperative agreement with Cook County, Ill., and the Cook County Sheriff that resolves previous findings of unconstitutional conditions at the Cook County Jail. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Ohio Utility to Settle Clean Air Act Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 18 May 2010 15:50:17 EDT American Municipal Power (AMP), an Ohio non-profit utility, will permanently retire its Richard H. Gorsuch Station coal-fired power plant near Marietta under a settlement to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola The Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati and the Christ Hospital to Pay $108 Million for Violating Anti-Kickback Statute and Defrauding Medicare and Medicaid By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 21 May 2010 15:08:15 EDT The Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati and one of its former member hospitals, The Christ Hospital, have agreed to pay the United States $108 million to settle claims that they violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act by paying unlawful remuneration to doctors in exchange for referring cardiac patients to The Christ Hospital in a pay-to-play scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Bulgarian National Extradited from Poland to the United States to Face Charges Related to Alleged Role in International Money Laundering Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 25 May 2010 16:02:27 EDT Georgi Vasilev Pletnyov, 49, of Svishtov, Bulgaria, was extradited from Poland to the United States on Friday, May 21, 2010. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Louisiana Man Sentenced for Civil Rights Violation in Connection with Cross-Burning By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 27 May 2010 13:12:23 EDT Daniel Earl Danforth, 31, of Minden, La., was sentenced to four years in prison and three years of supervised release in federal court in Shreveport, La., on federal hate crime and obstruction of justice charges in connection with a cross-burning he carried out with others near the home of an interracial couple in Athens, La. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities to Pay Nearly $1 Million for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 20:10:41 EDT The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities has agreed to pay nearly $1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Clean Water Act at numerous sites in Alaska Full Article OPA Press Releases
ola Border Patrol Agent Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Violation By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 18:46:01 EDT U.S. Border Patrol Agent Eduardo Moreno pleaded guilty today in federal court in Tucson, Ariz., to a federal criminal civil rights charge for assaulting a Mexican national who was in his custody Full Article OPA Press Releases