WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Office of the Solicitor issued the following news brief on July 25, 2024: * * * Employers: Axis Home PCA Agency Inc. Cubtan Nur, owner Action: Consent judgment and order Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota Court action: The Department of Labor has recovered $135,000, representing $67,500 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages, for 57 employees of Axis Home PCA Agency Inc. after an investigation by  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, July 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota issued the following news release: A Golden Valley man has pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than 2,000 fentanyl pills, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, on February 1, 2024, Mason Harris Rosenblatt, 33, was the sole occupant of a hotel room in St. Louis Park when law enforcement executed a search warrant on the hotel room. As   more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, July 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota issued the following news release: Precision Lens and the estate of its former principal, Paul Ehlen, have agreed to pay the United States $12 million to resolve a case involving kickback payments to ophthalmic surgeons in violation of the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute. On February 27, 2023, a federal civil jury found that Precision Lens violated the False Claims Act and the Anti-K  more