 |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
November 20, 2008
As we near the end of this Administration, and we approach the first transition that our government has seen since the attacks of September 11th 2001, I would like to focus on the successes of this Administration that relate to matters that concern this Society, the legacy that will remain when this Administration leaves office, and on a matter relating to our national security that I think should continue to receive the attention of this Society.
Read more |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| November 24, 2008 |
San Francisco Federal Court Halts Sales of Tax Schemes A San Francisco federal judge ordered Edwin Lichtig III and his California based firm to stop promoting unlawful tax schemes. According to the federal suit, Lichtig promoted a scheme called Pension Asset Transfer, which allegedly helped customers improperly avoid income tax on untaxed assets held in their Individual Retirement Accounts. (Read More) |
| November 21, 2008 |
Korean Businessman Detained in Bribery Conspiracy
Involving $206 Million Contract A South Korean businessman was ordered detained for his alleged role in a bribery conspiracy for a $206 million telecommunications contract involving employees of the Army Air Force Exchange Service. In ordering the individual's detention, Magistrate Judge Paul D. Stickney of the Northern District of Texas found probable cause to support the charges and that he was a flight risk. (Read More) | Aibel Group Ltd. Pleads Guilty to Foreign Bribery
and Agrees to Pay $4.2 Million in Criminal Fines Aibel Group Ltd., a United Kingdom corporation, pleaded guilty to violating the antibribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Aibel Group pleaded guilty to a two-count superseding information charging a conspiracy to violate the FCPA and a violation of the FCPA. At the same time, Aibel Group admitted that it was not in compliance with a deferred prosecution agreement it had entered into with the Justice Department in February 2007 regarding the same underlying conduct. (Read More) | District Heights, Maryland, Tax Preparer
Convicted of Preparing False Returns DaJuan Jackson, a former tax return preparer of American Tax Associates Inc., was convicted of eights counts of preparing false income tax returns following a five-day trial before U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus in Greenbelt, Md. (Read More) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As part of Project Safe Childhood, the U.S. Department of Justice together
with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) and
the Ad Council have partnered to produce the following Public Service
Announcements (PSA’s) in an ongoing initiative to protect America’s
youth. Further, the Project Safe Childhood Web site provides information
to our federal, state, and local community partners that will help protect
our children from online exploitation and abuse.
Links to the PSA’s and Project Safe Childhood Web site are below:
Watch PSC Videos: Campaign
Introduction Everyone
Knows Your Name Bulletin
Board
View Project Safe Childhood
site |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
What We Do
How To
E-mail Subscription Service
The Department is pleased to offer a free e-mail subscription service through
GovDelivery. This service allows visitors to the DOJ Web site to receive notifications
by e-mail when new information is available.
Click on "  E-mail
updates" to subscribe and start receiving notification of changes
to the Web pages you specify. You may unsubscribe at any time. |
|
|
|
|
|
