By Dan Christensen and Anthony Summers
BrowardBulldog.org
The FBI told a federal judge Friday that its page-by-page review of more than 80,000 pages of records from its 9/11 investigation turned up “no additional substantive information” about connections it has said existed between Saudis in Sarasota and 9/11 terrorist figures.
By Myron Levin, Stuart Silverstein and Lilly Fowler
Fair Warning
Karim Ameri allegedly decided to play hardball after learning that his Los Angeles recycling business was under investigation for failing to pay the minimum wage or overtime to workers putting in 60-hour weeks. Court records say Ameri pressured employees of Recycling Innovations, a string of bottle-and-can redemption centers, to lie to federal officials about his company’s pay practices.
By Myron Levin and Stuart Silverstein
FairWarning
The Miami Marlins and the San Francisco Giants have agreed to settle a Labor Department investigations into possible violations of U.S. wage standards by agreeing to give back wages to underpaid workers.
By Fred Schulte
Center for Public Integrity
Giant health insurer Humana Inc. faces multiple federal investigations into allegations that it overbilled the government for treating elderly patients enrolled in its Medicare Advantage plans, court records reveal.
By Dan Christensen and Anthony Summers
BrowardBulldog.org
The Justice Department late Friday made public four new, heavily censored documents confirming that by 2002 the FBI had found “many connections” between 9/11 terrorist figures and the Florida family of “an allegedly wealthy international businessman” with ties to the Saudi Royal family.
By Daniel Wagner
Center for Public Integrity
A key government agency that oversees financial derivatives could remain without a permanent leader until the man nominated to run it shows he plans to crack down on investment scams involving precious metals.
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