DOL cracking down on 401(k) fraud

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The Department of Labor is cracking down on employers who fail to deposit workers’ retirement or health plan contributions and using the money for their own purposes.

The Contributory Plans Criminal Project is DOL’s first national project aimed at eliminating fraud from employee benefit plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

Lee Barney
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Lee Barney has been the editor of Money Management Executive since 2002 and has been writing about Wall Street since 1993. Previously, at United Media’s Wall Street & Technology magazine and … Read full bio


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