Related: Trump trial enters third week with Michael Cohen’s ex-banker testifying The New York judge presiding in Donald Trump’s criminal trial fined the former president $9,000 on Tuesday for nine violations of a gag order designed to protect trial participants from his abuse, imposing the maximum financial penalty allowed under New York state law. The […]
A leading member of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is likely to receive a fine at most in the event of a conviction for the use of a banned Nazi slogan, the court has said. A prison sentence and revocation of Björn Höcke’s ability to hold office is not expected, said court spokeswoman […]
The lettering and the logo of “Commerzbank” can be seen on a sign in front of the Commerzbank headquarters. Sebastian Gollnow/dpa Germany’s financial authority has imposed a €1.45 million ($1.54 million) fine on Commerzbank due to the bank’s inadequate efforts to prevent money laundering. Commerzbank and its online subsidiary Comdirect Bank, which the bank fully […]
Five stores in the Charlotte region were among more than a dozen North Carolina retailers fined over $256,870 combined for overcharging customers so far this year. A total of 14 stores were fined in eight counties for excessive price-scanning errors, the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Standards Division said Tuesday. Four stores in […]
GRANTS PASS, Oregon (AP) — A pickleball game in this leafy Oregon community was suddenly interrupted one rainy weekend morning by the arrival of an ambulance. Paramedics rushed through the park toward a tent, one of dozens illegally erected by the town’s hundreds of homeless people, then play resumed as though nothing had happened. Mere […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A lounge near Plaza Midwood was found to be in violation by the North Carolina Alcohol and Beverage Control Commission after a video surfaced on social media depicting a sex act taking place on a couch inside the venue. Records provided to Queen City News by ABC officials stated […]
An official in the Georgia Republican party who has said the 2020 election was stolen was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and will receive a public reprimand for voting illegally nine times, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on Thursday. Brian Pritchard, the first vice-president of the state Republican party, illegally voted in nine elections from […]
MIAMI, Okla. — Brothers Michael and Tommy Tran entered no-contest pleas in connection with a Fairland marijuana bust and received deferred sentences. Both men appeared before Special Judge Becky Baird on Wednesday for their preliminary hearings on illegal drug charges. Prosecutors Stephanie Tadajewski and Brian Bracher dismissed and amended charges, which allowed the men to […]
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of the Solicitor is cracking down on Morristown manufacturer Tuff Torq Corporation for illegally employing children as young as 14-years-old. Tuff Torq will pay a $296,951 penalty after the department’s Wage and Hour Division confirmed several children worked for the outdoor power equipment parts manufacturer. Additionally, Tuff Torq will […]
A California Assembly member must pay state election officials thousands of dollars for years-old fundraising errors related to the Legislative Black Caucus’ scholarship nonprofit foundation. The California Fair Political Practices Commission recently announced it is fining Assemblyman Chris Holden, D-Pasadena, $24,000 for failing to timely file reports for 94 donations to the Legislative Black Caucus […]
A plant hire and construction company has been fined €600,000 in relation to the death of a young worker who died when he was knocked down at their quarry site. The partner of Christopher Miley (31) told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that when he kissed her and their three daughters goodbye on the morning of […]
Two spills of oilfield wastewater that were not cleaned up for years near Carlsbad landed a Permian Basin oil company $2 million in fines issued Thursday by state regulators. Murchison Oil and Gas was issued a notice of violation (NOV) by the Oil Conservation Division (OCD), an arm of the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources […]