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posted by martyb on Friday March 30 2018, @05:59AM   Printer-friendly
from the your-gets-you's-money-you-takes-you's-chances dept.

Greenbelt, Maryland – A federal grand jury has indicted Katrin Verclas, age 50, a native and citizen of Germany residing in Washington, D.C., on a charge related to a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of State of $1.231 million. The indictment was returned on March 26, 2018, and was unsealed upon the arrest of Verclas.

The indictment was announced by Acting United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Stephen M. Schenning and Steve A. Linick, Inspector General for the U.S. Department of State.

According to the indictment, Verclas, as director of MobileActive Corp, obtained a grant from the U.S. Department of State intended to support and promote U.S. global internet freedom efforts. Verclas represented to the U.S. Department of State that MobileActive was a non-profit organization pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3) with the legal authority to apply for a grant, and that MobileActive had the financial capability to ensure proper planning, management, and completion of the grant project.

MobileActive was not a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and thus, did not have the legal authority to apply for the grant. Verclas spent much of the money from the U.S. Department of State on personal expenses and expenses unrelated to the grant. Verclas caused the U.S. Department of State to transfer $1.222 million into her control.

Verclas faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/german-citizen-indicted-major-fraud-connection-state-department-grant


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  • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Friday March 30 2018, @07:22AM (1 child)

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Friday March 30 2018, @07:22AM (#660307) Homepage Journal

    Such as suggesting that foreign search engines disable autocompletions for "kodi"?

    Wake me up when the US has the moral authority to lecture the people of other nations on the topic of freedom. I could really use that much rest.

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  • (Score: 2) by HiThere on Friday March 30 2018, @06:28PM

    by HiThere (866) Subscriber Badge on Friday March 30 2018, @06:28PM (#660464) Journal

    So you're planning to outdo Rip Van Winkle?

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