Department of Justice
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...
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,...
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...
Virginia Man Used Front Shipping Companies to Conceal Iranian Shipments
A 72-year-old Virginia man has pleaded guilty to two conspiracies to do business in Iran without obtaining the necessary licenses or permissions in violation on U.S. sanctions. Behrouz Mokhtari, a…
https://gcaptain.com/virginia-man-used-front-shipping-companies-to-conceal-iranian-shipments/
Former Military Sealift Command Director Sentenced to Prison for Bribery and Lying to Investigators
The former Director of Operations of the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC) office in Busan, South Korea, was sentenced last week to five years in prison for his role…
US Justice Department Probes Private Equity Fishery Deals
by Will Sennott (The New Bedford Light, ProPublica) The U.S. Department of Justice has begun looking at possible antitrust issues in the New England fishing industry, amid growing concern about…
https://gcaptain.com/us-justice-department-probes-private-equity-fishery-deals/
US blocks merger of global container suppliers over market concentration
China International Marine Containers Group Ltd., the largest manufacturer of steel containers used for ocean shipping, has abandoned its intended acquisition of shipping giant Maersk’s refrigerated container manufacturing business after objections from U.S. competition authorities, the Department of Justice said Thursday.
A.P. Moller-Maersk agreed in September 2021 to sell Maersk Container Industry A/S and its Qingdao, China, factory to CIMC for $987 million. The divestment is part of Maersk’s...
Delta Air Lines paying $10.5M for alleged cheating of Postal Service
Delta Air Lines has agreed to pay $10.5 million to resolve an investigation into allegations it defrauded the U.S. Postal Service for transport of international mail, the Department of Justice announced Thursday.
Delta is the sixth airline to settle charges of falsely reporting information about delivery performance in order to ensure full payment under transport contracts with the postal operator.
The Postal Service hired Delta (NYSE: DAL) to pick up mail at six U.S. locations and various...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/delta-air-lines-paying-105m-for-alleged-cheating-of-postal-service