Department of Justice

Former VCNO Robert Burke Pleads Not Guilty to Bribery Charges

Adm. Robert Burke

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Former Vice Chief of Naval Operations Robert Burke pleaded not guilty to charges of bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery in federal court Monday morning.
Burke, who is also charged with performing acts to affect a personal financial interest and concealing material facts, appeared before Judge Trevor McFadden with his two alleged co-conspirators in the District Court for the District of Columbia. Burke was previously held on a bond of $10,000 from his...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/01/former-vcno-robert-burke-pleads-not-guilty-to-bribery-charges

FEDs Investigating Former Sailor Behind Pro-Russian ‘Donbass Devushka’ Accounts

The ‘Donbass Devushka’ avatar and former sailor Sarah Bils. USNI News Graphic

The Department of Justice is investigating a former Navy non-commissioned officer for her role in spreading a series of leaked Pentagon documents, two U.S. defense officials told USNI News on Monday.

Sarah Bils, 37, a former aviation electronics technician 2nd Class who was last stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., according to her official Navy biography, is allegedly behind a pro-Russian series of...

https://news.usni.org/2023/04/17/feds-investigating-former-sailor-behind-pro-russian-donbass-devushka-accounts

Indicted Shipbuilder Suspended from Fincantieri Shipyard

Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding. Fincantieri Marine Group

A shipbuilder who federal prosecutors say committed fraud at an Alabama shipyard from 2013 to 2016 has been suspended from his current job in Wisconsin, USNI News has learned.

Craig Perciavalle, who was the former president of Austal USA in Mobile, was suspended without pay from his current role as the general manager of Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, part of Fincantieri Marine Group’s holdings in Wisconsin, according to a Wednesday statement...

https://news.usni.org/2023/04/05/indicted-shipbuilder-suspended-from-fincantieri-shipyard

Former Austal USA Executives Indicted for Alleged Accounting Fraud, Face SEC Complaint

USS Tulsa (LCS 16) returns to Austal USA after launching from the drydock at BAE Ship Systems on March 16, 2016. US Navy photo.

A federal grand jury on Friday indicted former Austal USA executives on felony fraud charges, alleging that they intentionally manipulated costs and earnings reports and mislead company investors and shareholders about the true costs of building Littoral Combat Ships for the U.S. Navy.

A grand jury in Alabama issued the March 30 indictment against Craig Perciavalle, 52,...

https://news.usni.org/2023/04/03/former-austal-usa-executives-indicted-for-alleged-accounting-fraud-face-sec-complaint

DOJ sues Norfolk Southern to ensure cleanup of Ohio train derailment site

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is suing Norfolk Southern to ensure that the railroad pays for the cleanup costs and fines associated with the Feb. 3 derailment of an NS train in East Palestine, Ohio.

The suit, filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, alleges that the discharge of pollutants and oil/hazardous substances as a result of the Feb. 3 derailment caused NS (NYSE: NSC) to violate sections 309 and 311 of the Clean Water Act. The lawsuit is also asking to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/doj-sues-norfolk-southern-to-ensure-cleanup-of-ohio-train-derailment-site

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