Three former Austal USA execs face DOJ and SEC charges
The U.S. Department of Justice reports that a federal grand jury returned an indictment on March 30 charging three men with orchestrating an accounting fraud scheme at Austal USA LLC, a wholly
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Princess Cruise Lines pleads guilty to second breach of probation
In a reminder that breaches of probation have consequences, the U.S. Department on Justice reports that Princess Cruise Lines Ltd. yesterday pleaded guilty to a second violation of probation imposed as a
ACBL agrees $5.25 million settlement in resource damage case
A 2008 oil spill from an American Commercial Barge Line vessel is continuing to prove expensive for the Jeffersonville, Indiana-based company. The U.S. Department of Justice reports that, to resolve federal and
Australia: Norwegian car carrier giant fined AUD 24 million for criminal cartel conduct
Norwegian-based Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean AS (WWO) has been convicted of criminal cartel conduct and ordered by Australia’s Federal Court to pay a fine of AUD 24 million (about US$18.5 million) in a
Four charged in fake merchant mariner credential conspiracy
The U.S. Department of Justice reports that four individuals have been charged for their roles in a conspiracy to sell phony U.S. Coast Guard merchant mariner credentials in Norfolk, Va. According to
U.S. successfully seizes Venezuela-bound Iranian fuel from four tankers
The U.S. Justice Department today reported the successful disruption of a multimillion dollar fuel shipment by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a designated foreign terrorist organization, that was bound for Venezuela.
Three more indicted in “Fat Leonard” affair
AUGUST 22, 2018 — Three more indictments were recently handed down in the ever-expanding “Fat Leonard” affair, involving foreign defense contractor Glenn Defense Marine Asia and the U.S. Navy, according to the
Detained in Duluth: Investigation of bulker continues
DECEMBER 4, 2015 — The Coast Guard says it “continues investigating” a 24,516 dwt, 2001-built bulk carrier that has been at anchor in Duluth, MN, since November 5, for alleged violations of
Department of Justice and Chouest yard reach settlement
The agreement resolves a complaint filed with the Justice Department’s Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC), claiming that the company retaliated against an individual for filing a charge of discrimination with OSC.
Based on its investigation, the department determined that North American Shipbuilding retaliated against an employee for filing a charge with OSC by, among other things, barring him from the company’s business facilities. The anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) prohibits employers from intimidating, threatening, coercing or retaliating against workers who file a charge under the law.
Under the terms of the settlement agreement, the company has agreed, among other things, to pay a civil penalty and to offer $15,000 in back pay to the injured party. The company also has agreed to train its employees on the anti-discrimination provision of the INA and to review and revise its employment policies.
“Retaliation against employees for contacting government agencies entrusted to investigate possible violations of the law will not be tolerated,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Civil Rights Division. “Employees should not be afraid to speak up about their treatment in the workplace.”
Read the settlement agreement HERE
DOJ reaches settlement with BP in Deepwater Horizon spill
OCTOBER 6, 2015—In what is the largest settlement with a single entity in U.S. history, U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced that the Department of Justice had secured a settlement of