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Federal Tipoffs Involving Colorado Newsletter for Tuesday April 16, 2024 ( 4 items )  

FBI: Scammers Stole More Than $187 Million From Coloradans in 2023
WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The FBI issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: Scammers stole $187,621,731 from 11,475 Colorado victims in 2023, according to the latest report from the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). This put Colorado at 7th in the nation for complaints per capita. Reported losses increased nearly $9 million over the 2022 dollar amount. The top three schemes with the largest dollar amount losses in 2023 in Colorado were investment fraud ($60 million); busine  more

U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado: Return to Nature Funeral Home Owners Charged for Defrauding Clients, Defrauding Paycheck Protection Program
DENVER, Colorado, April 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado announces that Jon Hallford, age 44, and Carie Hallford, age 47, were indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly defrauding their funeral home clients, and for defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which is part of The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Both Jon and   more

U.S. Space Command, NATO Leaders Affirm Cooperation at Space Symposium 39
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's U.S. Space Command issued the following news: U.S. Space Command and fellow NATO spacefaring nations reaffirmed their ironclad commitment to the safety and stability of the space domain throughout Space Symposium 39, April 8-11, 2024. Leaders within USSPACECOM met with foreign senior leaders serving within NATO's headquarters, as well as representatives from Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Norway, Spain, Italy, Finla  more

U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations Visits 1st Space Brigade
FORT CARSON, Colorado, April 16 -- The Army Space and Missile Defense Command issued the following news: By Dottie White, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command's 1st Space Brigade hosted the Department of Defense's highest-ranking space officer at its headquarters, April 10, to demonstrate their mission, assets and capabilities that contribute to space operations. During his visit, Chief of Space Operations U.S. Space Force Gen. Chance Sal  more