Salvage Direct reported the launch of its new commercial lines division, adding more construction equipment and heavy machinery to Salvage Direct’s current roster of salvaged vehicles and boats. The new division will include tractors, trailers, dump trucks, off-highway equipment, ditch …
Jozell Lois Dickerson, 36, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, was sentenced recently by United States District Judge Charles Pannell, Jr. on a felony charge of obtaining FEMA assistance funds by falsely claiming that she was a victim of Hurricane Katrina. Dickerson was …
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Alabama Emergency Management Agency remind Alabama residents considering new construction and repairs on substantially damaged structures/buildings located in identified special flood hazard areas to consult local building …
Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon has filed suit against a Springfield man who allegedly took advantage of a local woman by claiming to be an attorney for the NAACP. The lawsuit, filed in Greene County Circuit Court, accuses Calvin Allen …
United States Attorney Carol Lam reported the unsealing of a one-count indictment charging Rodney Adam Coronado, a self-proclaimed member of the Earth Liberation Front (“ELF”), with the felony charge of demonstrating the use of a destructive device. Coronado was arrested …
The U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed an additional $194,250 in fines against Sunesis Construction Company, West Chester, Ohio, for eight alleged serious violations and three alleged willful violations of federal workplace safety and health …
Disaster assistance has been made available for Alameda, El Dorado, Nevada and Shasta counties as a result of the Dec. 17, 2005 – Jan. 3, 2006, severe storms, flooding, mudslides and landslides that affected California, according to Federal Coordinating Officer …
Two Massachusetts psychologists have agreed to pay a combined $22,914 to settle allegations they improperly billed for medically unnecessary tests, Attorney General Tom Reilly announced. Richard J. Greene, Ph. D., of Cambridge, will pay $15,048 and Jeffrey Jampel, Ph.D., of …
The first step in achieving much needed workers’ compensation reform in South Carolina was taken this week as the House Business and Commerce subcommittee approved legislation (HB 4427) that addresses many of the major cost drivers that are pushing the …
Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr., reported that a former Waldorf cab driver has pled guilty and been given an 18-month suspended sentence for submitting false documentation to his employer that resulted in a loss to the Medicaid program …