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Arthur Grand Technologies Inc., a Virginia-based tech company, has been fined $7,500 and ordered to pay $31,000 to 31 complainants after posting a discriminatory job listing requesting "whites only" applicants. The Justice and Labor departments found the company violated anti-discrimination laws and will now monitor its compliance and require employee training on the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Virginia-based tech company Arthur Grand Technologies Inc. has settled with the DOJ, agreeing to pay $7,500 in fines and $31,000 to 31 complainants after posting a discriminatory job listing requesting "whites only" applicants. The company, which denied approving the posting, will also be monitored for compliance with anti-discrimination laws and required to train employees on the Immigration and Nationality Act.
A federal contractor, Abraham Teklu Lemma, has been charged with sending classified US information to Ethiopia. Lemma, a naturalized US citizen from Ethiopia, had access to highly classified information due to his government work and allegedly copied and shared it with a foreign agent. He accessed and copied intelligence reports related to Ethiopia, deleted classified markings on documents, and sent classified information including satellite imagery to an intelligence service agent in Ethiopia. The State Department discovered the breach during an internal security review. Lemma faces charges including gathering or delivering defense information to aid a foreign government and unauthorized possession of national defense information.