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Former Oklahoma Official Sentenced for Concealing Violations of Safe Drinking Water Act

The former supervisor of the wastewater treatment facility in Ft. Gibson, Okla., Christopher Neil Gauntt was sentenced today in federal court in Muskogee, Okla., to serve six months home confinement for submitting false statements that concealed violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Justice Department announced. He was also sentenced to pay a $5,000 [...]

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Liberian Ocean Shipping Company Admits Falsifying Oil Discharge Record Books

Company to Pay $1 Million Fine and $350,000 Community Service Payment A Liberian-incorporated shipping company pleaded guilty today in federal court in Trenton, N.J., to failing to keep accurate oily water discharge records and using falsified records to conceal the discharge at sea of untreated bilge from one of its cargo ships, the Justice Department announced.

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President of Missouri Pesticide Company Sentenced for Environmental Crimes

Company Dumped Pesticide Waste Water into Public Sewers William Garvey, the president of HPI Products Inc., a pesticide company based in St. Joseph, Mo., was sentenced today in federal court in Kansas City, Mo., for violations of the Clean Water Act and hazardous waste storage laws related to the company’s pesticide production, the Justice Department announced.

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Federal Court Permanently Enjoins Founder of the “Global Prosperity” Tax Scheme

Daniel Andersen Organized Scheme That Lured in Over 44,000 Customers and Earned Over $50 Million A federal court in Seattle has permanently barred Daniel Andersen from promoting fraudulent tax schemes, the Justice Department announced today. Documents the government filed on August 11 requested that the court enjoin Andersen, arguing that he was a founding member of [...]

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Federal Court Shuts Down Dallas Tax Preparer

A federal court in Dallas has permanently barred a Garland, Texas, man from preparing federal tax returns for others. Lucky Ngo, who operated “Lucky’s Translation and Tax Service” and “Water Inn,” prepared over 6,100 federal tax returns for customers since 2004, according to the government complaint filed in the civil injunction case. Ngo agreed to [...]

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