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May 21, 2008
Twenty-five years ago this week, President Ronald Reagan established the first National Missing Children’s Day. The President’s proclamation read, and I quote: “Our children are the Nation's most valuable and most vulnerable asset. They are our link to the future, our hope for a better life. Their protection and safety must be one of our highest priorities.”
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| May 22, 2008 |
Federal Grand Jury Charges Indiana Man with Obscenity Violations An Indiana man has been charged by a federal grand jury in Martinsburg, W. Va., with transportation of obscene materials and related offenses, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today.Read More) | Medtronic Spine, Formerly Kyphon Inc., to Pay U.S. $75 Million to Resolve Allegations of Defrauding Medicare Medtronic Spine LLC, the corporate successor to Kyphon Inc., has agreed to pay the United States $75 million to settle allegations that it caused the submission of false claims to Medicare, the Justice Department announced today. The government alleged that Kyphon caused the submission of fraudulent claims for its kyphoplasty procedure, which is a minimally-invasive surgery used to treat compression fractures of the spine caused by osteoporosis, cancer or benign lesions.(Read More) |
| May 21, 2008 |
Canadian Man Sentenced to 41 Months in U.S. Prison for Role in International Check Stealing Scheme A Canadian citizen was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 41 months in prison for his role in an international scheme to steal checks valued at more than $2 million from U.S. corporations and launder the funds derived from the stolen checks, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Alice S. Fisher.(Read More) | Federal Court in Dallas Bars Woman from Preparing Tax Returns for Others
Federal court has permanently barred Grace Machoko of Dallas from preparing federal income tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. Judge David C. Godbey of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas held that Machoko, whose business is called Fast Income Tax Services, repeatedly prepared fraudulent tax returns claiming false fuel tax credits. (Read More) |
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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
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