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Ex-IRS contractor sentenced to five years for leaking tax documents belonging to Trump, others

Tuesday, January 30 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A former IRS contractor who pleaded guilty to leaking tax documents belonging to former President Donald Trump and other wealthy Americans was sentenced Monday to five years in prison and ordered to pay a fine of $5,000.Charles Littlejohn pleaded guilty in October... Read More.

Contractor charged with theft in Clearfield County

Monday, December 4 by wcednews

CLEARFIELD – Charges of theft and deceptive business practices have been filed against a contractor who allegedly took more than $19,000 for a home improvement project in Clearfield that he never finished.Clearfield Regional Police say 36-year-old Wilson Burns Jr of Felton struck an... Read More.

Justice Department arrests, charges IT contractor with espionage

Friday, September 22 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department has arrested and charged an IT contractor with two counts of espionage for allegedly taking secret and top-secret information from the State Department and sending it to a foreign country.Abraham Teklu Lemma, a foreign national with U.S. citizenship, was... Read More.

Former DuBois area contractor faces up to 10 years in state prison

Saturday, September 2 by Louise Bennett

CLEARFIELD – A former DuBois area contractor will be serving up to 10 years in state prison after pleading guilty to home improvement fraud, theft, and criminal trespass charges this week. According to Clearfield County Court documents, 58-year-old Joseph Sabatose of DuBois was accused not... Read More.

DuBois contractor pleads guilty to theft, deceptive business charges

Tuesday, June 27 by Louise Bennett

DUBOIS — A guilty plea to charges of theft and deceptive business practices by a DuBois contractor will cost the 57-year-old man more than $12,000 in restitution.According to court documents, Joseph Manners was accused of taking payments from three different customers in 2021 and... Read More.

Labor Department fines food sanitation contractor $1.5M for child labor violations

Friday, February 17 by ABC News

(New York) -- The Labor Department has detailed an investigation that found one of the nation's largest food safety sanitation services providers illegally employed more than 100 children in hazardous work conditions across 13 facilities in eight states.DOL said its investigation into Packers Sanitation Services... Read More.

Kiefer Sutherland talks pandemic foreshadowing in new thriller ‘The Contractor’

Friday, April 1 by ABC News

Kiefer Sutherland commands a Black Ops team in the new film The Contractor, which features Chris Pine and Ben Foster as members of his covert ranks.Their assignment takes Pine's Sergeant James Harper deep undercover on a mission involving a potentially lethal virus...an all-too familiar scenario,... Read More.

BBB warns to be careful when hiring home contractors this spring

Friday, April 30 by wcednews

Pittsburgh, PA - April 29, 2021 – The Better Business Bureau of Western PA is warning consumers to carefully research home improvement contractors when considering hiring a business to do work on their home or property this spring. Recent complaints received locally by BBB allege... Read More.

AG Shapiro announces multi-million dollar theft charges against State College contractor

Friday, April 9 by wcednews

State College, PA – A State College-based contracting company, Glenn O. Hawbaker, allegedly misused millions of dollars that should have gone to workers.Officials say, instead, the money was reportedly pocketed by high level executives in the company and used for the company's bottom line. *** Largest... Read More.