SACRAMENTO, California, March 21 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: Widespread violations of federal labor and contracting regulations by nearly three dozen employers with federally funded contracts at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake resulted in the U.S. Department of Labor recovering more than $1.5 million in back wages and damages for more than 400 workers at the Ridgecrest facility. Part of an initiative by the department's Wage an  more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, March 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Omar Solari (35, Fort Lauderdale) has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit health care fraud in a $36.2 million scheme in which pharmacy owners paid kickbacks and bribes to telemarketers and telemedicine providers to secure orders for medically unnecessary prescriptions that were billed to Medicare. Sol  more