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May 13, 2008
It is a solemn honor to be here both to remember and to celebrate the lives and contributions of these fallen public servants. The walls of this memorial bear the names of more than 18,000 men and women who wore the badges and uniforms of law enforcement, and who gave their lives so that we can continue to lead ours.
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| May 13, 2008 |
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New Orleans Businessman Pleads Guilty to Espionage Charge Involving China
Tai Shen Kuo, age 58, of New Orleans, La., pleaded guilty today in the Eastern
District of Virginia to a one-count criminal information charging him with
conspiracy to deliver national defense information to a foreign government,
namely, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), in violation of 18 U.S.C., Section
794(a), (c). Kuo was arrested on Feb. 11, 2008 on a criminal complaint charging
this same offense. (Read more)
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Strike Force Targets Medicare Fraud by Los Angeles Area Health Care Companies
Eleven people have been indicted in the second phase of a targeted criminal,
civil and administrative effort against individuals and health care companies
that fraudulently bill the Medicare program, Assistant Attorney General of the
Criminal Division Alice S. Fisher and U.S. Attorney for the Central District of
California Thomas P. O’Brien announced today. (Read more)
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Former Los Angeles Police Officer and Co-Conspirator Sentenced for Civil Rights Violations
Former Los Angeles Police Department Officer Ruben Palomares and his cousin and
co-conspirator, Gabriel Loaiza, were sentenced today in federal court in Los
Angeles for their roles in a series of home-invasion robberies over a two-year
period, the Justice Department announced. Palomares was sentenced to 158 months
in prison and 5 years of supervised release. Loaiza was sentenced to 108 months
in prison and 5 years of supervised release. (Read more)
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Man Sentenced for Human Trafficking and Alien Smuggling
Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights
Division Grace Chung Becker and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas
Don DeGabrielle announced that Walter Corea was sentenced today for his role in
a scheme to smuggle Central American women and girls into the United States and
hold them in a condition of forced labor in bars and cantinas in the Houston
area. U.S. District Judge Vanessa D. Gilmore sentenced Corea to 180 months in
prison and further ordered that he, jointly with his co-defendants, pay
$1,715,588 in restitution to the victims. (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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