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Threats against federal judges and prosecutors have more than doubled in recent years, with threats against federal prosecutors rising from 116 to 250 from 2003 to 2008, [50] and threats against federal judges climbing from 500 to 1,278 in that same period, [51] [52] prompting hundreds to get 24-hour protection from armed U.S. marshals.
Delaying or disrupting lawful and legitimate activity, as the victim of the threats, must devote time to obtaining expensive legal counsel. [4] Risking public disclosure of the threat, thereby portraying the party making the threat in a bad light (see the Streisand effect). Threats of frivolous litigation against major news organisations are ...
But Missouri received a total of 158 more reports per every 100,000 people. These reports resulted in $85.8 million in losses, according to the Federal Trade Commission .
Sometimes prisoners make such threats to manipulate the system; e.g., a case arose in which an inmate claiming to be "institutionalized" threatened the president in order to stay in prison; there was also a case in which a state prisoner threatened the president because he wanted to go to a federal institution. [51]
A 2022 report by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners found government accounts for 18% of occupational fraud cases, with local government making up 25% of those cases. The median loss to ...
Brandon Guffey, charged with multiple felonies for stealing from the University of Missouri as the College of Engineering's financial services director, has a plea offer on the table, his attorney ...
In United States jurisdictions, obstruction of justice refers to a number of offenses that involve unduly influencing, impeding, or otherwise interfering with the justice system, especially the legal and procedural tasks of prosecutors, investigators, or other government officials.
Missourians voting on Amendment 7 this November will be taking a gullibility test. Dishonest political insiders are trying to convince voters that this amendment to the Missouri Constitution is ...