Tag: 2009
Georgia Psychiatric Facilities Face Makeover After DOJ Settlement
FLORIDA – A monumental deal has been struck between federal prosecutors and the State of Georgia to overhaul conditions at the state’s seven psychiatric hospitals. After years of neglect and reports of abuse, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division has secured a landmark agreement that promises sweeping changes. The investigation into Georgia’s psychiatric facilities began…
King County Jailed on Rights Violations: DOJ Strikes Back
Washington’s King County Correctional Facility faces a major shake-up as the Department of Justice (DOJ) delivers a knock-down blow for systemic civil rights violations. In a comprehensive agreement, the DOJ demands that the facility overhaul its failing services, from medical care to security and detention practices. Acting Assistant Attorney General Grace Chung Becker commends King…
Seattle Jail Riddled with Rights Violations
SEATTLE, WA – A grim picture of neglect and systemic failures has emerged from the King County Correctional Facility in Seattle, following a federal investigation that revealed widespread civil rights violations. The feds found deeply concerning deficiencies in medical care, disease control, security protocols, and crucially, suicide prevention measures within the jail. The investigation, conducted…
King County Correctional Facility Faces Major Reform After Federal Investigation
SEATTLE – Federal prosecutors have reached a comprehensive agreement with King County to overhaul conditions at the troubled King County Correctional Facility. The move follows an extensive federal probe that exposed serious civil rights violations within the facility. In a statement, Acting Assistant Attorney General Grace Chung Becker praised King County for their cooperation but…
LCD Execs Face Jail in Price-Fixing Scheme
SAN FRANCISCO – Four top executives from leading LCD panel manufacturers are headed to federal prison after admitting to a years-long conspiracy to inflate the prices of screens found in everything from televisions and computers to cell phones. The feds announced today that the executives – three from Taiwan’s Chunghwa Picture Tubes and one from…
Global LCD Price Fixers Hit the Irons! 4 Execs to Serve Time
It’s a wrap on the global LCD price-fixing ring! Four top execs have admitted to rigging prices and are set to serve time in the U.S. for their role in a massive TFT-LCD panel conspiracy. The Justice Department dropped the hammer today, charging Chang Suk ‘C.S.’ Chung of LG Display and Chieng-Hon ‘Frank’ Lin, Chih-Chun…
Global LCD Price Fixing Ring Busted: Four Execs Face Jail Time
Federal prosecutors have dismantled a global LCD price-fixing conspiracy that has seen four executives agree to plead guilty and serve jail time. The scandal, which spans over five years from September 2001 to June 2006, involved the manipulation of TFT-LCD panel prices by LG Display Co. Ltd. and Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd. Chang Suk ‘C.S.’…
Tax Cheat SWMc Services Shut Down
HOUMA, LA – A Louisiana accountant is out of the tax prep business after a federal court slapped him with an injunction, effectively shutting down his firm, SWMc Services. Steven W. McCann, 34, of Dallas, operating out of the Houma area, was caught claiming bogus expense deductions on the federal tax returns of his clients…
Houma CPA Facing Ban for Faking Tax Deductions
Maritime workers beware: A federal judge has slammed the brakes on Steven W. McCann, a certified public accountant in Houma, La., after he was caught falsely inflating tax deductions for his clients. In what’s being called a landmark move against tax fraud, federal prosecutors have ordered McCann to stop claiming false employee expense deductions on…
CEMEX Cement Plant Choked California With Illegal Emissions
VICTORVILLE, CA – Cement giant CEMEX California Cement is coughing up $2 million and agreeing to massive emissions reductions after years of pumping illegal pollutants into the California air. Federal prosecutors finalized a deal with the company today, resolving claims that the Victorville plant repeatedly violated the Clean Air Act, effectively turning the region’s skies…
