U.S. Department of Labor Enforcement Actions

Under ERISA, the U.S. Department of Labor has the authority to conduct civil and criminal investigations to protect 401k plan assets and participants. The Labor Department regularly exercises this authority. This area provides access to some of the most recent news releases on their enforcement actions.

• DOL Sues Company and Owner to Restore Nearly $800,000 in 401k Plan Funds Invested in Fraud Scheme
• DOL Sues Maryland Company and Owner to Restore Employees' 401k Contributions
• DOL Sues Former CEO to Restore More Than $100,000 to 401k Plan
• DOL Complaint Alleging Unremitted and Delinquent Employee Contributions
• DOL Recovers Nearly $8 Million in Wages and 401k Plan Assets From Defunct Security Company
• Judge Orders Redistribution to Other Participants in Profit Sharing Plan
• DOL Obtains Judgment to Distribute $1.35 Million to Participants of 401k Plan
• DOL Sues Co-Owners to Recover $114,000 for Company's 401k Plans
• Judge Orders Restoration of $13,000 to 401k
• DOL Sues Company and President to Restore Employees' 401k Plan Contributions
• DOL Sues Company and Owners to Restore More Than $14,000 to 401k Plan
• DOL Obtains Judgment to Restore Assets to Employee Benefit Plan of Defunct Calif. Company
• DOL Sues Illinois Company to Restore More Than $31,000 to 401k Plan
• DOL Sues Texas Compay and Owner to Recover Workers' 401k Contributions
• Labor Department Sues North Carolina Company to Recover Assets for 401k Plan
• DOL Sues Company to Restore More Than $135,000 to Company's 401k
• DOL Sues Trustee of Defunct Company to Recover Profit Sharing Plan Assets
• Labor Department Sues Wisconsin Company to Recover 401k Contributions Plus Lost Interest
• Company to Restore Nearly $243,000 to Two Pension Plans
• DOL Obtains Order Against Ohio Company to Restore More Than $37,000 to 401k
• Labor Department Sues Michigan Company and Owner to Restore More Than $16,000 to 401k
• Labor Department Sues Trustee of Rhode Island 401k to Restore Employee Contributions
• Judges Orders Company to Terminate 401k and Distribute Funds to Participants
• DOL Sues Georgia Software Services Company to Restore Losses to 401k
• Judge Orders Hoosier Foot & Ankle Owner to Restore $18,000 to Company 401k
• Labor Obtains Consent Judgment Requiring Former Company President to Restore Assets to 401k
• Labor Department Sues Virginia Beach, VA, Company for Failing to Forward Employee 401k Contributions
• DOL Sues Chicago-Area Investment Firm to Recover More Than $1 Million for Five Pension Plans
• Department of Labor Sues Minneapolis Firm That Abandoned 401k Plan After Ceasing Operations
• DOL Obtains Judgment Restoring $18,000 to Burnsville, Minn.-based Slate Cement's Health, Dental and 401k Plans
• Labor Department Action Recovers Nearly $52,000 from Trustees of Premier Properties USA 401k Plan
• DOL Obtains Judgment Requiring Repayment of $1.25 million to Defunct Florida Health Care Company's 401k
• DOL Sues Wisconsin Company and President to Recover More Than $1.3 Million for Company's Profit-Sharing Plan
• Ohio TPA Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement of $1 Million From Retirement Plan Clients
• DOL Obtains Court-Appointed Independent Fiduciary for Retirement Plan of Defunct Charleston, WV, Mental Hospital
• Labor Department Sues Pittsburgh Manufacturing Company to Protect 401k Participants
• Employer Sued for Withheld ERISA Plan Funds
• DOL Obtains Judgment Restoring Nearly $194,000 to New Castle, DE, Company's 401k Plan
• Labor Department Sues to Recover Misused Retirement Plan Assets
• Labor Obtains Judgment Restoring Nearly $34,000 in Misused 401k Assets
• DOL Obtains Appointment of Fiduciary to Manage Abandoned Missouri 401k Plan
• Department of Labor Sues to Recover 401k Contributions
• Department of Labor Obtains Judgment Restoring Plan Assets
• Department of Labor Sues to Protect Participants of 401k Plan
• DOL Obtains Appointment Independent Fiduciary for Abandoned New York 401k
• Labor Department Obtains Appointment Independent Fiduciary for Abandoned Vermont 401k
• Labor Department Sues to Appoint Independent Fiduciary for Abandoned 401k
• Labor Department Obtains Judgment Ordering Removal of 401k Plan Fiduciary
• Company Owner Sentenced for Diverting 401k Assets
• Labor Department Sues Defunct Company on Abandoned Retirement Plan
• DOL Sues Former CEO to Recover Misused 401k Assets
• Labor Department Sues to Appoint Independent Fiduciary for 401k Plan Abandoned by Employer
• DOL Sues Health Care Provider to Recover 401k Assets
• Company Agrees to Restore 401k Funds Following DOL Investigation
• DOL Sues Defunct Company for Abandoning 401k Plan
• DOL Sues to Restore Losses to Tampa 401k Plan
• DOL Sues Company President to Recover 401k Assets
• DOL Sues Company to Protect 401k Plan Participants
• DOL Sues Company and Owners Over Delinquent 401k Contributions
• DOL Sues Fiduciary to Recover 401k Assets
• Owner Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement of 401k Assets