A federal judge on Friday sentenced a De Soto businessman who admitted to conspiring to defraud the government of tax money.
Charlie James, 43, was ordered to pay $215,000 in restitution and to serve one year of probation. Prosecutors say James was co-owner of KC United LLC, which owned several contracting companies.
In April 2011, three of the subsidiaries filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. James was required to continue to withhold payroll taxes from employees during the bankruptcy…
Ford Motor Co. is putting production of its F-150 pickups at the Kansas City Assembly Plant into park.
The company will halt assembly of the trucks in Kansas City for a week, beginning Monday, due to the continuing shortage of semiconductors, Reuters reports. Work on F-150s will continue at Ford’s plant in Dearborn, Michigan.
The global semiconductor shortage has been a recurring problem for automakers, and for Kansas City’s two assembly plants. Ford’s plant in Claycomo sits atop the Kansas…