Employee Benefits Security Administration

February 13, 2008

U.S. Labor Department seeks distribution of 401(k) assets from Preferred Mortgage Group Inc. in Bedford, Ohio

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Bedford, Ohio – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit in federal district court in Cleveland, asking the court to appoint an independent fiduciary to terminate the Preferred Mortgage Group 401(k) plan so that assets can be distributed to plan participants.

February 7, 2008

U.S. Labor Department seeks contempt order against Hewitt over improper distribution of assets from Enron litigation settlement fund

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Washington — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that it has asked a federal district court in Houston, Texas, to hold Hewitt Associates LLC in civil contempt for failing to comply with an allocation formula approved by the court when it disbursed court-supervised settlement funds to Enron employees at the end of 2006. The proposed motion for civil contempt must be approved by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

February 1, 2008

Employee Benefits Security Administration Releases Field Assistance Bulletin on Collection of Delinquent Contributions

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

January 28, 2008

U.S. Department of Labor sues to install independent fiduciary on behalf of former employees of Versailles, Kentucky, hospital

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Fort Wright, Kentucky – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky to remove Woodford Memorial Hospital Inc. as the fiduciary of the hospital’s retirement and thrift plan.

January 18, 2008

U.S. Department of Labor obtains order requiring restoration of more than $500,000 to Georgia Plumbers Trade Association Health Plan

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Atlanta – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment and order in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia requiring Marc Meixner to restore $509,624 to the Georgia Plumbers Trade Association Health Plan.

January 18, 2008

U.S. Labor Department seeks to restore employee contributions owed to Minnesota SIMPLE IRA plan and appoint independent plan fiduciary

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Minneapolis – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued the owner of Duke’s Body Shop in Crystal, Minnesota, for allegedly retaining employee contributions owed to the company’s savings incentive match plan for employees individual retirement account (SIMPLE IRA) to pay the operating expenses of the company. Duke’s Body Shop is a commercial auto body repair shop.

January 16, 2008

U.S. Department of Labor to offer free health law seminar February 27 and 28 in San Antonio

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

San Antonio – A free health law compliance assistance seminar for employers, plan fiduciaries and plan services providers, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the Texas Department of Insurance, will take place February 27 and 28 at the AmeriSuites Riverwalk located at 601 S. St. Mary’s in San Antonio.

January 16, 2008

U.S. Labor Department reaches agreement with Columbus, Ohio, business to recover contributions to company 401(k) plan

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Columbus, Ohio – The U.S. Department of Labor has reached agreement with John P. Verhoff and Aaron K. Gaynor, officers of Precise Mechanicals Inc., Columbus, to restore employee contributions to the company-sponsored 401(k) plan.

January 10, 2008

Salem, New Hampshire, employer agrees to restore $100,000 to company profit-sharing plan to resolve U.S. Labor Department lawsuit

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Boston – Richard E. Landry Sr., owner and operator of Landry Architects of Salem, New Hampshire, has agreed to repay $100,000 to the company’s profit-sharing plan under a consent judgment resolving a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor over alleged violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

January 10, 2008

U.S. Labor Department sues Fifth Third Bank and advisor to Operating Engineers Local 324 Pension Fund in Troy, Michigan

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Troy, Michigan – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio corporation and advisor to the Operating Engineers Local 324 Pension Fund in Troy, Michigan, to recover plan losses suffered when the defendants mismanaged the sale of property owned by the fund.

January 10, 2008

U.S. Labor Department sues officers of Dublin, Ohio, business to restore funds to 401(k) plan

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Dublin, Ohio – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued executives of American Systems Consulting Inc. in Dublin for improperly using 401(k) assets for the benefit of the company in violation of the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

December 28, 2007

Long Island employer agrees to personally restore almost $19,000 to employee health benefits plan group to resolve U.S. Labor Department lawsuit

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

December 19, 2007

U.S. Department of Labor obtains court order restoring assets to Birmingham, Alabama automobile parts and services supplier’s 401(k) plan

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

December 19, 2007

U.S. Labor Department seeks court approval to distribute 401(k) assets of A&S Tri-County Plumbing Inc. in New Carlisle, Ohio

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

December 18, 2007

U.S. Labor Department proposes civil penalty rules under the Pension Protection Act

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

December 14, 2007

Willow Grove, Pennsylvania company ordered to restore more than $150,000 to 401(k) plan, resolving U.S. Labor Department lawsuit

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

December 12, 2007

U.S. Labor Department reaches agreement restoring funds to Mentor, Ohio-based 401(k) plan

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

U.S. Labor Department seeks distribution of 401(k) assets from Preferred Mortgage Group Inc. in Bedford, Ohio

U.S. Labor Department seeks contempt order against Hewitt over improper distribution of assets from Enron litigation settlement fund

Employee Benefits Security Administration Releases Field Assistance Bulletin on Collection of Delinquent Contributions

U.S. Department of Labor sues to install independent fiduciary on behalf of former employees of Versailles, Kentucky, hospital

U.S. Department of Labor obtains order requiring restoration of more than $500,000 to Georgia Plumbers Trade Association Health Plan

U.S. Labor Department seeks to restore employee contributions owed to Minnesota SIMPLE IRA plan and appoint independent plan fiduciary

U.S. Department of Labor to offer free health law seminar February 27 and 28 in San Antonio

U.S. Labor Department reaches agreement with Columbus, Ohio, business to recover contributions to company 401(k) plan

Salem, New Hampshire, employer agrees to restore $100,000 to company profit-sharing plan to resolve U.S. Labor Department lawsuit

U.S. Labor Department sues Fifth Third Bank and advisor to Operating Engineers Local 324 Pension Fund in Troy, Michigan

U.S. Labor Department sues officers of Dublin, Ohio, business to restore funds to 401(k) plan

U.S. Labor Department announces FY 2007 enforcement results for the Employee Benefits Security Administration

Union benefit officials in New York City sentenced over theft of health plan assets

U.S. Department of Labor offers free health law seminar January 16-17 in Oklahoma City

Long Island employer agrees to personally restore almost $19,000 to employee health benefits plan group to resolve U.S. Labor Department lawsuit

U.S. Department of Labor obtains court order restoring assets to Birmingham, Alabama automobile parts and services supplier’s 401(k) plan

U.S. Labor Department seeks court approval to distribute 401(k) assets of A&S Tri-County Plumbing Inc. in New Carlisle, Ohio

U.S. Labor Department proposes civil penalty rules under the Pension Protection Act

Willow Grove, Pennsylvania company ordered to restore more than $150,000 to 401(k) plan, resolving U.S. Labor Department lawsuit

U.S. Labor Department reaches agreement restoring funds to Mentor, Ohio-based 401(k) plan