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Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation to Pay $27.45 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
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- Written by SDNC SDNC
- Category: National News National News
- Published: 04 November 2018 04 November 2018
Los Angeles, California - The Justice Department announced Friday that Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (NGSC) has agreed to settle civil allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §3729, by overstating the number of hours its employees worked on two battlefield communications contracts with the United States Air Force. Under the settlement, NGSC, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, will make a payment of $25.8 million, which, combined with earlier repayments, will result in a civil recovery of approximately $27.45 million.
Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers Delivers Remarks Regarding Economic Espionage by the People’s Republic of China
Washington, DC - Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers Delivers Remarks Regarding Economic Espionage by the People’s Republic of China:
PRC State-Owned Company, Taiwan Company, and Three Individuals Charged With Economic Espionage
San Francisco, California - A federal grand jury indicted a state-owned enterprise of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), a Taiwan company, and three individuals, charging them with crimes related to a conspiracy to steal, convey, and possess stolen trade secrets of an American semiconductor company for the benefit of a company controlled by the PRC government.
Malaysian Financier Low Taek Jho, Also Known As “Jho Low,” and Former Banker Ng Chong Hwa, Also Known As “Roger Ng,” Indicted for Conspiring to Launder Billions of Dollars
New York - A three-count criminal indictment was unsealed Thursday in federal court in the Eastern District of New York charging Low Taek Jho, 36, also known as “Jho Low,” and Ng Chong Hwa, 51, also known as “Roger Ng,” with conspiring to launder billions of dollars embezzled from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), Malaysia’s investment development fund, and conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by paying bribes to various Malaysian and Abu Dhabi officials.
Executive Order Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela
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- Written by White House White House
- Category: News News
- Published: 01 November 2018 01 November 2018
Washington, DC - By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)) (INA), the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-278), as amended (the Venezuelan Defense of Human Rights Act), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
Navy Celebrates American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage, Contributions
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- Written by Yonca Poyraz-Dogan Yonca Poyraz-Dogan
- Category: Latest News Latest News
- Published: 01 November 2018 01 November 2018
Washington, DC - The Navy honors National American Indian Heritage Month in November celebrating achievements of American Indians and Alaska Natives and recognizing the central role they have played in the nation’s history. The theme for the month this year is “Sovereignty, Trust and Resilience.”