WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news brief: * * * Employers: Hill Plumbing & Electric Co. Inc., operating as Hill Plumbing & Air, 438 North Main St., Sumter, SC 29150 Love Plumbing Electrical and Air LLC, 1336 Methodist Park Road, West Columbia, SC 29170 Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor investigators found two South Carolina plumbing companies failed to pay some employees the applicable overtime rates owed to th  more

CHARLESTON, South Carolina, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina, Adair F. Boroughs, issued the following news release: Amir Golestan, 40, of Charleston, was sentenced to 5 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to 20 counts of wire fraud. Evidence presented to the court showed that Golestan operated a company, Micfo, LLC, that represented itself as providing hosting services and providing customers with technologies and services needed for a website or webpa  more

AIKEN, South Carolina, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Nuclear Solutions issued the following news release: Contractor employees at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Savannah River Site (SRS) recently completed their 100th plutonium (Pu) downblend in fiscal year 2023 - safely and ahead of schedule - as part of the ongoing activities to remove Pu from South Carolina. "Reaching the 100th Pu downblend well ahead of schedule is a huge accomplishment and a testament to our  more

FLORENCE, South Carolina, Sept. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: Martine Garcia, 32, of Conway, was sentenced to more than 3 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine. Ulisses Jair Perez Guillen, 20, of Forth Worth, Texas, was sentenced to ten years in prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possessing a firea  more