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Pittsburgh – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a default judgment removing West Chester, Pennsylvania-based Five Star Industrial Services Inc. as fiduciary of the company’s 401(k) profit-sharing plan and appointing Metro Benefits Inc. to be the plan’s independent fiduciary.

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Philadelphia — The U.S. Department of Labor has sued to obtain appointment of an independent fiduciary to oversee the 401(k) plan of C.R. Warner Inc., a defunct New Jersey company.

“We filed this case to ensure that the plan participants were able to recoup their retirement savings,” said Mabel Capolongo, regional director of the department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) in Philadelphia.

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Chicago - On Thursday December 18 a federal grand jury in Chicago, Illinois, indicted Beny Garneata for embezzlement and false statements related to the employee benefit plans of the Chicago Journeymen Plumbers’ Union Local 130 and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union Local 134.

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Washington – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today announced the availability of the 2008 Form M-1 annual report for multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs). Plan administrators may use EBSA’s online filing system to expedite processing of the form.

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Shaker Heights, Ohio - The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court, Cleveland, requesting the appointment of an independent fiduciary to terminate the FFS Inc. 401(k) retirement plan and to distribute plan assets to the participants.

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Traverse City, Michigan – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued the president and fiduciary of the 401(k) plan of Emergency Consultants Inc., Traverse City, for failing to forward contributions to the plan as soon as reasonably feasible, in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

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Atlanta – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has sued Computer Consulting Services Corp. in Atlanta and two fiduciaries to recover assets on behalf of the company’s 401(k) plan participants.

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Bismarck, North Dakota – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued LAS International of Bismarck and its owners for failing to forward $39,866.18 in delinquent employee and employer contributions, and to timely remit employee contributions and loan repayment to the company’s 401(k) retirement savings plan.

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Washington – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today released Field Assistance Bulletin (FAB) 2008-04, which provides guidance to the agency’s national and regional offices on the fidelity bonding requirements under section 412 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

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Washington – The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), the Internal Revenue Service and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. today released advance informational copies of the 2008 Form 5500 annual return/report and related instructions.

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FRANKFORT, Ill. – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued the owner and 401(k) plan fiduciary of J&L Electronic Service Inc. for improperly using 401(k) contributions deducted from employees' paychecks to benefit the company in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

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Atlanta — The owner of defunct Wesco Signs Inc., Concord, North Carolina, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina in Greensboro to two counts of embezzlement of assets from the company’s 401(k) and health plans.

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Atlanta – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued current and former fiduciaries of the money purchase pension plan of Vance-Warren Comprehensive Health Plan Inc. of Manson, North Carolina, to restore more than $120,000 in employer contributions and interest owed to the company’s pension plan.

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San Francisco – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits and Security Administration (EBSA) will hold free, half-day workshops on December 8, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. PST, to help employers, the employee benefit community and others better comply with federal pension law. The workshops will be held at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, 1301 Clay St., 5th Floor North Tower, Conference Room H, Oakland, California.

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Washington – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the Texas Department of Insurance will host a free, two-hour webcast on November 20 from 10 a.m. to noon (CST) to help employers and benefit professionals comply with the federal Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) and the Texas Specific Continuation of Coverage.

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San Francisco – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued a Stockton, California, dental manufacturer and its principals to recover nearly $28,000 in employee contributions and participant loan repayments owed to the company’s 401(k) profit sharing plan.

Date of Action: Nov. 16, 2015

Type of Action: Consent Judgment

Name of Defendant: Paul Wax, Kinetic Solutions Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Allegations: An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration, Kansas City Regional Office, resulted in the department filing a suit in federal court alleging violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

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Washington – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the Texas Department of Insurance will host a free, two-hour webcast on November 13 from 10 a.m. to noon (CST) to help employers and health professionals comply with federal and Texas state health laws.

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Atlanta – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a default judgment appointing M. Larry Lefoldt as the independent fiduciary for the 401(k) plan of defunct TDH Enterprise Corp. of Morrow, Georgia.