This Week at Justice - July 21, 2023
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• Justice Department and FTC Seek Comment on Draft Merger Guidelines
• Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. Delivered Remarks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Convicted Ponzi Schemer, Four Other Men, Charged with Multimillion-Dollar Fraud Scheme and Obstructing Justice
• U.S. Departments of Justice and Commerce and the European Commission Reaffirmed Shared Values, Welcome Finalized EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework
• DOJ, FTC, FCC and Other Federal and State Law Enforcement Agencies Announced Results of Nationwide Initiative to Curtail Illegal Telemarketing Operations
• Rosie Hidalgo Sworn In as Director of the Office on Violence Against Women
The intent of this document is to make sure that we are providing transparency to the
public about how we enforce the law.
Let me be very clear, the law hasn't changed.
These guidelines simply explain agency practice and how we apply over a century of court precedent
and statutory text.
In over the last 30 years, over the criminal division's 30 years of fighting cybercrime,
one resounding lesson has been that international law enforcement partnerships are crucial to
our work, including through increasing our partners' capabilities to defend against cyber
threats.
Beginning in December 2021, as alleged, Weinstein and his co-conspirators defrauded over 150
individual investors out of more than $35 million.
Weinstein is alleged to have carried out his latest scheme by using a fake name and
falsely promising access to deals involving scarce medical supplies, baby formula, and
first aid kits supposedly destined for war-torn Ukraine.