Crime : Page 27
November 8, 2022
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement with the now-defunct Paul Blanco’s Good Car Company, a network of auto dealerships, and its principal executives Paul Blanco and Putu Blanco.
November 8, 2022
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced a $25 million settlement with Bosch for its role in the diesel emissions cheating scandals at Volkswagen and Fiat Chrysler.
November 7, 2022
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges against Douver Torres Braga, Joff Paradise, Keleionalani Akana Taylor, and Jonathan Tetreault for their roles in Trade Coin Club, a fraudulent crypto Ponzi scheme that raised more than 82,000 bitcoin, valued at $295 million at the time, from more than 100,000 investors worldwide.
November 7, 2022
Who can forget the eerie admonition about Hotel California: “You can check out any time you like. But you can never leaveâ€, the FTCV writes.
November 4, 2022
Modernizing Medicine (ModMed), an electronic health record (EHR) technology vendor located in Boca Raton, Florida, has agreed to pay $45 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by accepting and providing unlawful remuneration in exchange for referrals and by causing its users to report inaccurate information in connection with claims for federal incentive payments.
November 3, 2022
A British subsidiary of mining and trading group Glencore was ordered to pay a total penalty of 276.4 million pounds ($310.6 million) in a London court for seven bribery offences in relation to its oil operations in Africa.
November 3, 2022
Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced that the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) is investigating numerous District restaurants that use GratShare, a tip-distribution and administration app, for unlawfully charging employees fees to receive tips they have earned.
November 3, 2022
Attorney General Ken Paxton announced plans to enter into a $5.034 billion multistate settlement with CVS Pharmacy for its role in the nationwide opioid epidemic, with over $276 million designated for Texas.
November 3, 2022
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the sentencing of Thomas Parsons and his window manufacturing company Litex for altering and falsifying laboratory performance test reports for windows that were commonly purchased and installed in K-12 public school buildings and college dormitories throughout upstate New York.
October 31, 2022
Honeywell International, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, has agreed to pay $3.35 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by selling defective material for bullet proof vests used by law enforcement officers, the Justice Department announced.
October 27, 2022
Türkiye\'s Competition Authority had fined Meta Platforms 346.72 million liras (18.63 million U.S. dollars) for violating competition law.
October 26, 2022
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced the largest chicken producer in the nation will pay $10.5 million as a result of the Attorney General’s Office lawsuit over price-fixing on chicken products.