By [email protected] Recently, President Trump sent a memo directing Secretary of Commerce, Wilber Ross, to initiate an investigation of steel and aluminum products. The rarely used investigative authority found under section 232(b)(1)(A) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862(b)(1) determines any detrimental trade activity
Read more →Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of New York FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 4, 2017 Former Minister Of Mines For The Republic Of Guinea Convicted Of Receiving And Laundering $8.5 Million In Bribes From Chinese Companies Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for
Read more →Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Missouri FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, May 8, 2017 SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the former city clerk of Walnut Grove, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today
Read more →Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of New York FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 11, 2017 Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that RANDY CROWELL, a/k/a “Roger,” was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for
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Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Washington FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, April 10, 2017 Violated the Trust of Retired Couple – Stole more than $750,000 for Trips, Home and other Personal Expenses A former resident of Eastsound, Orcas Island, Washington pleaded guilty
Read more →NEWARK, N.J. – A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man has been charged with stealing computer files containing trade secrets from a DuPont manufacturing facility in Parlin, New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced today. Anchi Hou, 61, East Brunswick, New Jersey, was arrested this morning
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[email protected] Last week, President Trump signed two Executive Orders (EO) that will affect the use of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) trade resources. The first is a direct call to step up enforcement of trade laws with a special emphasis given to anti-dumping and countervailing duty
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The Economist’s handy graph showing the breakdown of the Trump Administration’s Proposed Budget shows in stark budgetary terms what US government agencies are facing. I have reviewed the proposed budget and have concluded that it is the strongest indicator yet that the Trump Administration intends to reinvigorate Grant Fraud and Procurement
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by Janet Labuda In recent hearings on Capitol Hill, Peter Navarro of the National Trade Council talked about the need for free, fair, and reciprocal trade agreements. According to Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, the United States, Canada, and Mexico will engage in discussions to modernize the
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State IG Linick pioneered #GFPFE efforts for USDOJ when he co-founded the National Procurement Fraud Task Force and was instrumental in getting the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force stood up before becoming the first IG for FHFA-OIG (nominated by Presidents Bush and Obama). After building that agency
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