WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: PHILADELPHIA U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations Philadelphia announced that Martin Enrique Bacigalupo Olivera, a citizen of Peru with a final order of removal, was removed to his home country on December 19. Bacigalupo is wanted by Peruvian authorities for crimes against life, body and health, specifically homicide.   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 24 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul led a coalition of 22 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting the federal government's actions to increase the minimum wage for employees of certain federal contractors. In April 2021, President Biden issued an executive order increasing the minimum wage for these workers to $15 and directing the U.S. Department of Labor to implement  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2024: * * * Second Indictment Stemming from Fraud Section's Data-Driven Initiative to Identify 10b5-1 Trading Plan Abuses * * * An indictment was unsealed today charging a former U.S. citizen with engaging in an insider trading scheme involving the stock of Humanigen Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company. Dale Chappell, 54, who was formerly the chief scientific officer and member o  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2024: * * * Chief Engineer and Second Engineer Also Sentenced * * * Two Greek shipping companies pleaded guilty and were sentenced today for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS), falsifying records and obstruction of justice. The charges arose out of two United States port calls in which crew members of the Motor Tanker Kriti Ruby presented false records to the U.S. Coast G  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2024: * * * Federal technology provider previously refused to provide information department sought * * * NEW YORK - The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into a consent decree with federal contractor DISH Network requiring the satellite and internet provider to supply the department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs with informati  more