Security News in Brief: Four Additional Members of Los Angeles-Based Fraud Ring Indicted for Exploiting COVID-Relief Programs

Source: United States Department of Justice News

A federal grand jury in Los Angeles returned a superseding indictment, which was unsealed Thursday, charging four additional individuals for their alleged participation in a scheme to submit over 150 fraudulent loan applications seeking over $21.9 million in COVID-19 relief funds guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

Defense News in Brief: NATO-led Anti-Submarine Warfare Exercise Dynamic Manta Concludes

Source: United States Navy

The Los Angeles-class Submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751), a P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft from Patrol Squadron (VP) 46 “Grey Knights”, and Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75), joined French Charles De Gaulle Carrier Strike Group (CDGCSG) for the NATO Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM)-led exercise Dynamic Manta 2021 from Feb. 22 – March 5, 2021

Security News in Brief: Attorney General Merrick Garland Addresses the 115,000 Employees of the Department of Justice on His First Day

Source: United States Department of Justice

Former Acting U.S. Attorney General Monty Wilkinson’s Remarks

Good morning.

It’s my honor to welcome Merrick Garland back to the Department of Justice as the 86th Attorney General of the United States. I’d also like to recognize the Attorney General’s wife Lynn, his brother-in-law Mitchell and his nieces Laura and Andrea.