Employment Law
ERISA
Injunctive Relief
Hilda L. Solis, U.S. Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Sophisticated Technologies Inc., a corporation also dba Sophtech; Moshe Klein, an individual; and the Sophtech 401(k) Plan, an employee pension benefit plan
Published: Mar. 31, 2012 | Result Date: Feb. 22, 2012 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |Case number: 2:10-cv-08755-DSF-SS Settlement – Equitable Settlement
Facts
The U.S. Secretary of Labor filed suit against Sophisticated Technologies Inc. for violations of ERISA.
Result
The parties settled. Moshe Klein is permanently enjoined and restrained from violating provisions of Title I of ERISA. Klein is also permanently enjoined and restrained from serving as a fiduciary of any ERISA-covered employee benefit plan. Klein shall pay $48,858 to the employee benefit plan and shall pay for an Independent Fiduciary who will terminate the employee benefit plan and make distributions to plan participants and beneficiaries.
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