US Department of Labor files complaint to restore funds to Grand Craft LLC 401(k) Plan in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Date of Action: Oct. 23, 2012

Type of Action: Complaint

Name of Defendants: Timothy Masek and Grand Craft, LLC as fiduciaries to the Grand Craft, LLC 401(k) Plan

Allegations: Timothy Masek and Grand Craft, LLC as fiduciaries to the Grand Craft, LLC 401(k) Plan

Resolution: The complaint asks the court to order Masek and the Grand Craft to correct all prohibited transactions and fiduciary breaches; restore all losses to the plan, including lost opportunity costs resulting from fiduciary breaches and prohibited transactions; to permanently enjoin Masek and the Grand Craft from serving as fiduciaries or service providers to any ERISA-covered employee benefit plan; order Masek to pay the costs for an independent fiduciary to be appointed to distribute the plan's assets to participants; and award the Secretary of Labor the costs associated with the case.

Court: United States District Court Western District of Michigan, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Docket Number: 1:12-cv-01153

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