WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Labor age and Hour Division issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: LEBANON, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a summary judgment in federal court in its effort to recover more than $1 million in back wages and liquidated damages for 193 employees of a Pennsylvania home care agency and its owner, which failed to pay workers required minimum and overtime wages. In response to the department's motion for summary judgment, the  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * Defendant Attempted to Thwart IRS Efforts to Collect Over $400,000 in Taxes * * * A Pennsylvania man was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for evading his personal and employment taxes. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Brandon Aumiller, of Milroy, owned an insurance sales business. For tax years 2007 and 2009 through 2011, Aumiller filed personal   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Sept. 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL researchers investigated rotating detonation engine (RDE) waves and discovered that what had been previously understood to be unstable behavior is actually a repeatable and persistent mode of operation observed over longer timeframes. This new information could help design more reliable and efficient power generation systems in the future that will   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero and the Justice Department today announced the ongoing seizure of 32 internet domains used in Russian government-directed foreign malign influence campaigns colloquially referred to as "Doppelganger," in violation of U.S. money laundering and criminal trademark laws. As alleged in an unsealed FBI affidavit  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Jose Alberto Cruz-Garcia, 31, of Las Pedras, Puerto Rico, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Timothy J. Savage to two years in prison and three years of supervised release for attempting to smuggle a significant amount of cocaine into Philadelphia. On July 21, 2023, Cruz-Gar  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Sept. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: A resident of New Castle, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiring to distribute fentanyl and fluorofentanyl, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. Kailin Stewart, 37, pleaded guilty before Senior United States District Judge Arthur J. Schwab to conspiring to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and 10  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA, a generic pharmaceutical manufacturer located in Mahwah, New Jersey, has agreed to pay $25 million, based on its ability to pay, to resolve its alleged liability under the False Claims Act for conspiring to fix the price of a generic drug. The government a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty today to assaulting law enforcement with a dangerous weapon during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Joshua Lee Atwood, 31, of Burgettstown, Pennsylvania  more