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  Category: Department of Justice


J.P. Morgan Securities to pay $51,400 to Biden’s Investor Protection Unit

Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Fraud | Investor Protection | Date Posted: Thursday, September 11, 2014

Attorney General Beau Biden announced Thursday that J.P. Morgan Securities has paid the Delaware Department of Justice $51,400 as a result of a settlement with the Attorney General’s Investor Protection Unit. The settlement resolves a multi-state investigation which found that J.P. Morgan Securities failed to ensure that its agents were properly registered in Delaware and other states, and failed to properly record data on trades executed in Delaware and other states.




Biden’s Investor Protection Unit Gauging Vulnerability to Cybersecurity Threats

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Investor Protection | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Delaware’s Investor Protection Unit is participating in a nationwide project to gauge the strength of Delaware investment advisers’ cybersecurity systems. Delaware law requires investment firms to register with the state’s Investor Protection Unit, and that office recently sent surveys to 44 investment companies covering areas such as whether the investment adviser has experienced a cybersecurity event in the past year, experienced loss or theft because of a cybersecurity breach and when the adviser last underwent a cybersecurity threat assessment.




Dover Man Charged With Dealing In Child Pornography

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, September 5, 2014

Dover – Attorney General Beau Biden’s office today announced that a Dover man has been charged with dealing in child pornography following an investigation by the Delaware Child Predator Task Force. A Task Force investigation into the online distribution of child pornography led to a residence in the 400 block of Worchester Drive, Dover and […]




Biden supports federal effort to protect the environment by restricting power plant emissions

Civil Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Power plants that burn fossil fuels are significant source of greenhouse gases that cause climate change   Wilmington – Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden and his colleagues in 10 states and two cities filed a court action today to support the federal government’s efforts to set emissions standards for fossil-fuel power plants.   In 2010, […]




Kent County man convicted of child pornography, rape charges

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Dover – A Kent County man arrested in March on child pornography offenses pled guilty for his crimes today.    Stephen M. Parsons, age 26, of Vineyard Lane in Felton was arrested following an investigation by the Delaware Child Predator Task Force into the online distribution of child pornography.  As part of the investigation, Task […]







  Category: Department of Justice

J.P. Morgan Securities to pay $51,400 to Biden’s Investor Protection Unit

Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Fraud | Investor Protection | Date Posted: Thursday, September 11, 2014

Attorney General Beau Biden announced Thursday that J.P. Morgan Securities has paid the Delaware Department of Justice $51,400 as a result of a settlement with the Attorney General’s Investor Protection Unit. The settlement resolves a multi-state investigation which found that J.P. Morgan Securities failed to ensure that its agents were properly registered in Delaware and other states, and failed to properly record data on trades executed in Delaware and other states.




Biden’s Investor Protection Unit Gauging Vulnerability to Cybersecurity Threats

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Investor Protection | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Delaware’s Investor Protection Unit is participating in a nationwide project to gauge the strength of Delaware investment advisers’ cybersecurity systems. Delaware law requires investment firms to register with the state’s Investor Protection Unit, and that office recently sent surveys to 44 investment companies covering areas such as whether the investment adviser has experienced a cybersecurity event in the past year, experienced loss or theft because of a cybersecurity breach and when the adviser last underwent a cybersecurity threat assessment.




Dover Man Charged With Dealing In Child Pornography

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, September 5, 2014

Dover – Attorney General Beau Biden’s office today announced that a Dover man has been charged with dealing in child pornography following an investigation by the Delaware Child Predator Task Force. A Task Force investigation into the online distribution of child pornography led to a residence in the 400 block of Worchester Drive, Dover and […]




Biden supports federal effort to protect the environment by restricting power plant emissions

Civil Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Power plants that burn fossil fuels are significant source of greenhouse gases that cause climate change   Wilmington – Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden and his colleagues in 10 states and two cities filed a court action today to support the federal government’s efforts to set emissions standards for fossil-fuel power plants.   In 2010, […]




Kent County man convicted of child pornography, rape charges

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Dover – A Kent County man arrested in March on child pornography offenses pled guilty for his crimes today.    Stephen M. Parsons, age 26, of Vineyard Lane in Felton was arrested following an investigation by the Delaware Child Predator Task Force into the online distribution of child pornography.  As part of the investigation, Task […]