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IN THE SPOTLIGHT
CI CI
This week’s Spotlight feature is Ci Ci And as you can see, she’s a young lady who has aspired to be success- ful no matter what, and judging from this photo, we all think her career will be nothing but successful. She knows you will have to have that certain something different to catch the attention of the powers that be. Congratulations to Ci Ci as this week’s Spotlight fea- ture.
FYI
Justice Department Launches New Transnational Elder Fraud Strike Force
WASHINGTON – Attor- ney General William P. Barr has announced the es- tablishment of the Transna- tional Elder Fraud Strike Force, a joint law enforce- ment effort that brings to- gether the resources and expertise of the Department of Justice’s Consumer Pro- tection Branch, the U. S. At- torneys’ Offices for six federal districts, the FBI, the U. S. Postal Inspection Service, and other organizations.
The Strike Force will focus on investigating and prose- cuting individuals and enti- ties associated with foreign-based fraud schemes
that disproportionately affect American seniors. These in- clude telemarketing, mass- mailing, and tech-support fraud schemes.
The Transnational Elder
Fraud Strike Force will be comprised of prosecutors and data analysts from the Consumer Protection Branch, prosecutors with six U. S. Attorneys’ Offices (Cen- tral District of California, Middle and Southern Dis- tricts of Florida, Northern District of Georgia, Eastern District of New York, South- ern District of Texas), FBI special agents, Postal Inspec- tors, and numerous other law enforcement personnel.
The Strike Force will also collaborate with the Federal Trade Commission and in- dustry partners, who have pledged to engage with the Department to help end elder fraud. It will further benefit from the help of the Elder Justice Coordinators.
Using analytical tools and sophisticated investigative approaches, the Strike Force will seek to identify those re- sponsible for foreign fraud schemes affecting American seniors, as well as those indi- viduals and entities facilitat- ing such schemes. The Strike Force will coordinate closely with foreign law enforce- ment, and will use all avail- able criminal and civil tools to stop victims from losing money and to hold wrongdo- ers responsible.
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