Thursday - March 28, 2024
Federal Tipoffs Involving Michigan Newsletter for Sunday March 28, 2021 ( 10 items )  

Acting Mich. U.S. Attorney: Federal Contractor Indicted for Stealing Over $1.2 Million From USPS
DETROIT, Michigan, March 26 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Saima S. Mohsin, issued the following news release on March 25, 2021: A federal grand jury indicted a construction contractor for stealing over $1.2 million from the United States Postal Service through a more than three-year scheme to defraud through false invoices, Acting United States Attorney Saima S. Mohsin announced today. Mohsin was joined in the announcement by Steven Suller, Director of the C  more

BLS Issues Report on Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Michigan for 2020
CHICAGO, Illinois, March 26 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 25, 2021, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Michigan - 2020": In 2020, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 15.3 percent in Michigan, significantly  more

DLA: 40-Year Agency Fixture Calls It a Day
BATTLE CREEK, Michigan, March 22 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: After 40 years of dutifully clocking in for the organization now known as Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services, Property Disposal Specialist Carol Fix will soon take her final bow. Those in the know can attest to the priceless scope of her expertise and the contributions she has made to reverse logistics support to our nation's warfighters over the years. Reuse, Tra  more

EPA Announces $18 Million Loan to Support Affordability and Essential Water Infrastructure Upgrades in Wayne County, Michigan
WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: At a virtual event with Governor Gretchen Whitmer, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell and Rashida Tlaib, and local elected and administrative officials, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan announced an $18 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to the Downriver Utility Wastewater Authority in Wayne Count  more

Justice Department Sues Detroit-Area Tax Preparation Franchisor, Four Others Using Franchise Name, to Stop Alleged Tax Fraud
WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on March 22, 2021: The United States has filed four civil injunction suits in federal court in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The suits seek to enjoin a Detroit-area tax preparation franchisor from owning, operating and franchising tax preparation businesses and to prohibit the franchisor, as well as certain others that have agreements to operate using her business's name, fro  more

Justice Department: Michigan Businessman Charged With Tax Evasion Among Other Offenses
WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on March 25, 2021: A federal grand jury in Detroit, Michigan, returned an indictment yesterday charging a Bloomfield Hills businessman with tax evasion, attempting to obstruct the internal revenue laws, making a false statement, and willful failure to file his own individual income tax return. According to the indictment, Ryan Richmond owned and operated Relief Choices LLC, a medical marijuana dispensary i  more

NASS - Great Lakes Regional Field Office: March Hogs and Pigs
EAST LANSING, Michigan, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Great Lakes Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Michigan's total hog and pig inventory on March 1 was estimated at 1.31 million head, up 70,000 head from a year ago, according to Marlo Johnson, Regional Director of the USDA NASS, Great Lakes Region. Breeding hog inventory, at 120,000 head, remained unchanged from last March. Market hog inventory, at 1.19 milli  more

Pontiac, Michigan, Grocer Will Pay $95K in Overtime Back Wages to 14 Workers After U.S. Department of Labor Investigation
PONTIAC, Michigan, March 23 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: While its shelves stocked with imported Hispanic food favorites make Pontiac's Carnival Market a destination grocery for Detroit metro shoppers, a federal investigation has found the employer shortchanged its cashiers, bakers and dishwashers of wages they legally earned. Following a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation, Carnival Market will pay $95,618 in overtime back wages   more

Rural Development - Michigan: USDA Invests $5 Million to Improve Health Services in Allegan County
EAST LANSING, Michigan, March 24 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development - Michigan office issued the following news release on March 23, 2021: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Justin Maxson today announced that USDA is investing $266 million to build and improve critical community facilities to benefit nearly 3 million rural residents in 16 states and Puerto Rico. This funding includes $156 million to support health-c  more

U.S. Department of Labor Wins Consent Judgment Requiring Traffic Control Company to Pay Employees for Time Spent Transporting Co-Workers
NILES, Michigan, March 23 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: A recent court order requires one of the nation's largest traffic control companies to pay road flaggers in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio for time they spend transporting their co-workers in a company truck to and from job sites at the company's request. Following an investigation, the U.S. Department of Labor obtained a consent judgment in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Sou  more