The guilty plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Cincinnati-Cleveland District Office. She was also ordered to pay $45,934 in restitution and a $100 assessment. On March 11, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Rudy Ziegler, former Secretary-Treasurer of American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 446 (located in Asheville, N.C.), was charged with one count of wire fraud, in the amount of $5,276, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371. A Kanawha County grand jury returned indictments against 24 people, according to a news release from the Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney's Office. On December 12, 2019, Ulrich pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to solicit and receive bribes to influence the operation of an employee benefit plan, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 501(c), and 29 U.S.C. Marie, Mich.), was charged by information with one count of embezzlement and theft of union funds in the amount of $10,323, in violation of 29 U.S.C. On May 29, 2020, in the 12th Judicial District of Jackson County, Michigan, Larissa Iveson, daughter of a former Treasurer of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 373 (located in Litchfield, Mich.), pleaded guilty to one felony count of stealing/retaining a financial transaction device without consent, in violation of MCL 750.157N. 501(c). On July 13, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Steven Whittick, Treasurer of the Law Enforcement Employees Benevolent Association (LEEBA), located in New York, N.Y., was charged in a criminal complaint with one count of obstruction of justice, and two counts of making false statements to federal investigators, in violation of 18 U.S.C. On July 15, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Douglas B. Dye, former unit chairman for United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) Local 12 (located in Toledo, Ohio), pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement of labor union assets in the amount of $8,443, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). The .gov means its official. More than $2.7 billion went to businesses to keep employees on the payroll through the Paycheck Protection Program of 2021. The funding provided to businesses, much of it intended to counter direct losses caused by the pandemic, proved critical to keep businesses afloat during very hard times, said Scott VanderWal, president of the South Dakota Farm Bureau. On June 5, 2018, Love pleaded guilty to one count of theft for stealing $15,548 from the union, in violation of Maryland Criminal Law Section 7-104. 2. Murder in Indian Country (Two counts). News Watch reported on several effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the agricultural industry, including widely varying and generally low prices paid to beef producers; major losses by corn growers and the ethanol industry as Americans stopped traveling; and even how sheep farmers lost a major revenue pipeline when the cruise industry shut down. 501(c). The charge follows an investigation by the OLMS Boston-Buffalo District Office. An information is a formal accusation of a crime by a government attorney rather than a Grand Jury. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the primary investigative agency. Miller, 41, of Muskogee, is charged with willfully striking and injuring a child under the age of 18 in January 2019. The big thing it bought was access, because without that money, its not hard to imagine closures of health care facilities or limits on services. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the primary investigative agency. On February 27, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Robert Kurtycz, former comptroller of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Chicago Midwest Regional Joint Board (located in Chicago, Ill.), pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit commercial bribery, in violation of 720 ILCS 5/29A, and thereafter, did perform and attempt to perform an act of promotion, management, and carry on, and facilitation of the promotion, management, and carrying on, of the unlawful activity, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Our headquarters office is located in Bismarck with a divisional office in Fargo. With workforce challenges a chronic problem in South Dakota, prior to and since the pandemic, keeping the states public university system running during the COVID-19 crisis was critical, according to Brian Maher, executive director of the South Dakota Board of Regents. The context was one of a national emergency, he told News Watch. $545,728.96. Fain was then sentenced to one year in prison (suspended) and one year of probation. On November 5, 2020, in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, Columbia Division, Brenda Wilson, former President of American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 3841 (located in Columbia, S.C.), was indicted for willfully and knowingly making a false, fictitious, and fraudulent statement in a matter within the jurisdiction of the executive branch of the Government of the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. That money paid for food, lodging, technology, health care and child care for students, Maher said. Wrigley tells KVRR News that the people involved in these cases are violent and dangerous. On Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, the North Carolina business magnate was indicted again on federal criminal charges, this time on accusations that he conspired to skim large amounts of money from his insurance companies, then lied about it to regulators to hide the scheme with two co-conspirators. Mac Schneider 371. Here's a look at the Class A layout, Thursday's prep basketball roundup and scores. ), pleaded guilty to three counts of theft of union funds with a value of at least $750 and less than $50,000, in violation of I.C. 371 and 29 U.S.C. 501(c). U.S. News Watch documented a wide range of negative effects on South Dakota businesses in 2020-21. Before joining the ADN in 2019, she was a reporter for the Grand Forks Herald in North Dakota and previously helped cover the Nebraska Legislature for The Associated Press. An indictment raises no inference of guilt. 501(c) and 18 U.S.C. Jamale White also had a criminal record in Michigan and was allegedly driving a stolen Jeep that collided with a semi and caught fire in August 2020, leaving him with injuries. On January 15, 2020, in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (Trenton), Lawrence Ackerman, former health insurance broker for the United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2326 Health and Welfare Fund (located in South River, N.J.), was sentenced to six months incarceration, six months home confinement, and two and half years of supervised release. The (number of) people who retired or just left the health care field was unprecedented during that time, Rave said. Here is South Dakotas share of the six major COVID-19 stimulus funding packages, according to the Congressional Budget Office and the state of South Dakota: Here is a summary of how much federal COVID-19 funding flowed into 14 separate state agencies and hundreds of businesses, community agencies and local relief efforts, as of January: Noem declined a request for an interview but through her spokesman said the state used the federal stimulus money wisely to aid the state during the pandemic. ), was indicted with 29 counts of wire fraud totaling $38,970, one count of false statements, and three counts of filing false tax returns in the amount of $233,970, which resulted in fraudulent refunds totaling $18,237, in violation of 18 U.S.C. The specific answer of where the money went lies amid a complicated conglomeration of spending initiatives undertaken by the state, local governments and federal agencies. On February 12, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, after a six-day trial, a jury found John S. Romero, former President of United Industrial Services Worker of America (UISWA), located in Colton, Calif., guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit theft or embezzlement in connection with health care (18 U.S.C. If you suspect that a fraudulent insurance act is occurring, or has occurred, please contact the Department. The tribe used federal money to build a COVID-19 quarantine and recovery center next to a local Indian Health Services hospital to keep infected residents isolated and prevent further spread of the coronavirus. Another $235 million was provided in additional unemployment compensation to people who could not work during the pandemic. Of course all unsealed indictments are searchable on QResear.ch! The charge and guilty plea follow an investigation by the OLMS Dallas-New Orleans District Office. VanderWal said that agriculture, like many other industries, continues to suffer fallout from the supply chain interruptions and workforce shortage that began during the pandemic. Cofer was also ordered to pay $9,608 in restitution and an assessment of $100. District of N.D. Home | Contact Us | Employment | Glossary of Legal Terms, Chief Judge Peter D. Welte | Kari M. Knudson, Clerk of Court. ), was sentenced to five years of probation, with the first six months on a curfew with location monitoring. United States Attorney Brian J. Kuester on Monday announced the results of the August and September 2020 Federal Grand Juries. The document tallies the $13.84 billion intended to help governments, businesses, organizations and individuals survive and recover from a pandemic that killed 1 million Americans and more than 3,100 South Dakotans. Bismarck ND 58502-1193, Quentin N. Burdick [CDATA[/* >