https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8083675/Facebook-shuts-London-office-member-staff-coronavirus-visited-Singapore.html
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, March 6, 2020
Former Acting Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Indicted on Theft of Government Property and Scheme to Defraud the United States Government
A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned a 16-count indictment against a former Acting Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and a former subordinate for their alleged theft of proprietary software and confidential databases from the U.S. government as part of a scheme to defraud the U.S. government.
Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Shea for the District of Columbia, DHS Inspector General Joseph V. Cuffari and Inspector General Tammy L. Whitcomb for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) made the announcement.
The indictment charges Charles K. Edwards, 59, of Sandy Spring, Maryland, and Murali Yamazula Venkata, 54, of Aldie, Virginia, with conspiracy to commit theft of government property and to defraud the United States, theft of government property, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. The indictment also charges Venkata with destruction of records.
According to the allegations in the indictment, from October 2014 to April 2017, Edwards, Venkata, and others executed a scheme to defraud the U.S. government by stealing confidential and proprietary software from DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG), along with sensitive government databases containing personal identifying information (PII) of DHS and USPS employees, so that Edwards’s company, Delta Business Solutions, could later sell an enhanced version of DHS-OIG’s software to the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Agriculture at a profit. Although Edwards had left DHS-OIG in December 2013, he continued to leverage his relationship with Venkata and other DHS-OIG employees to steal the software and the sensitive government databases.
The indictment further alleges that, in addition to stealing DHS-OIG’s software and the sensitive government databases, Venkata and others also assisted Edwards by reconfiguring his laptop so that he could properly upload the stolen software and databases, provided troubleshooting support whenever Edwards required it, and helped him build a testing server at his residence with the stolen software and databases, which contained PII. As further part of the alleged scheme, Edwards retained software developers in India for the purpose of developing his commercial alternative of DHS-OIG’s software.
The indictment is the result of an ongoing investigation by DHS-OIG and USPS-OIG and is being prosecuted by Trial Attorney Victor R. Salgado of the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney David B. Kent of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-acting-inspector-general-us-department-homeland-security-indicted-theft-government
Attorney General William P. Barr Delivers Remarks at the Department of Justice's 2020 National Opioid Summit
Washington, DC ~ Friday, March 6, 2020
Remarks as Prepared for Delivery
Thank you all for being here. Thank you for participating in this successful Summit, and all of the work you have been doing.
The opioid crisis is precisely that, a crisis, because it is the deadliest drug challenge in our nation’s history. But it is also a crisis because these poisons not only tear the individual user apart both mentally and physically, but because they destroy relationships, families, and entire communities.
Under the leadership of President Trump, ending this scourge has been a top priority of the administration and for the Department of Justice. By working together, we have delivered truly great results for the American people, including declining overdose deaths for the second year in a row. To do that in the face of the increase of fentanyl is truly a massive achievement.
I am proud of the department’s work in this area. Last year, the department prosecuted more than 11,000 opioid cases. Our Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force, known as “ARPO,” has charged more than 70 defendants across over a dozen districts, who are collectively responsible for illegally prescribing and distributing more than 40 million pills. And through Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge, or “S.O.S.” – another department initiative – over 300 cases were charged in ten districts with some of the highest overdose death rates in the country. These are just a few examples of the outstanding work all of you and your colleagues do every day.
The efforts of the people in this room and your colleagues across the country have a very real impact on your fellow citizens and improve people’s lives. And while there is obviously so much more work to be done, we should be encouraged by our achievements.
Now, it is my distinct pleasure to introduce someone who really needs no introduction – an individual who has used her platform to spearhead the vital effort of fighting the opioid crisis.
Indeed, our First Lady dedicates much of her time to working to protect America’s children from drug addiction. This is one of the three pillars of her Be Best campaign, which is focused on the wellbeing of young people.
She has participated in summits, town halls, and other events across the country in order to raise awareness about the devastating and potentially-lethal effects of opioid abuse. As she movingly noted a few months ago, all kids have hopes and dreams, and their futures will be determined by the choices they make.
The First Lady has also sought to draw attention to the impact that opioids have on infants and the unborn. She has traveled to West Virginia, where she visited the nation’s first non-profit infant recovery center, and to Cincinnati, Ohio, where she spent time at a children’s hospital to highlight ongoing research involving neonatal abstinence syndrome.
The First Lady has emphasized that ending the opioid epidemic will require the entire country to come together. She is absolutely right about that. She is doing her part to achieve that, and we are grateful that she is here with us today.
Please join me in welcoming First Lady Melania Trump.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-william-p-barr-delivers-remarks-department-justices-2020-national-opioid
Virgin Media breach 'linked customers to porn'
By Joe Tidy
Cyber-security reporter
6 March 2020
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51768577
A teacher at Eton College has been charged with sexual assaultCredit: Getty - Contributor
Matthew Mowbray also faces three counts of making indecent photographs of boys, and one count of voyeurism.
He was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault in May last year and charged on Monday.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11095515/senior-eton-master-charged-sex-attacks/
Iraq places France and Spain on coronavirus entry ban list
By REUTERS MARCH 6, 2020 20:01
https://m.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Iraq-places-France-and-Spain-on-coronavirus-entry-ban-list-620035
https://m.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Coronavirus-cases-in-New-York-increases-to-33-620034
Major crime soars by 22% in New York City as police blame new bail reforms that mean suspects can avoid jail and re-offend
By James Gordon For Dailymail.com
17:19 GMT 06 Mar 2020 , updated 18:23 GMT 06 Mar 2020
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8083381/New-York-City-sees-surge-major-crime-NYPD-blames-new-bail-reforms.html
Princess, aged 11, was being lined up for forced marriage to notorious crown prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman in deal with her billionaire Dubai ruler father, court hears
Princess, 11, was lined up for forced marriage to crown prince of Saudi Arabia, court heard
Mohammed Bin Salman allegedly order murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
Princess Jalila’s’s father Sheikh Maktoum discussed arrangements for arranged marriage in 2019
Her mother Princess Haya said it was key reason why she fled to the UK with both of her children
By Daily Mail Reporter
07:48 06 Mar 2020, updated 14:23 06 Mar 2020
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8081941/amp/Princess-lined-forced-marriage-crown-prince-Mohammad-bin-Salman-court-hears.html?__twitter_impression=true