Source: United States Department of Justice News
The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), a component of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP), has awarded nearly $104 million to serve victims in tribal communities, of which nearly $101 million was awarded through the Crime Victims Fund Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside.
Source: United States Department of Justice 2
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York unsealed an indictment today charging a New York man, a Florida man and a Canadian national with running a fraudulent mass-mailing scheme that tricked consumers, many of whom were elderly and vulnerable, into paying fees for falsely promised cash prizes.
Source: United States Navy
ESSM is a cooperative effort among 10 of 12 NATO SEASPARROW Consortium nations governed by a series of Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) and multinational work share arrangements. In addition to the United States, ESSM member nations include Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Greece, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Turkey.
Source: United States Department of Justice News
A Santa Clarita Valley man was sentenced today to 51 months in federal prison for scheming to fraudulently obtain approximately $1.8 million in COVID-19 relief guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
Source: United States Department of Justice News
United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Jamari S. Benjamin, a resident of St. Thomas, appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller in the District Court and entered a guilty plea to the charge of conspiracy to rob the Gems and Gold Corner jewelry store located in St. Thomas, V.I. He faces up to twenty years in federal prison. The sentencing date will be set by the Court.