News and Alerts for April 19, 2022

Virginia Passes Amendments to VCDPA Governor Glenn Young of Virginia last week approved three amendments to the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA). The first amendment, H 381, creates an exemption to consumers’ right to delete, and will allow data…

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Cybersecurity

DOJ Will Use False Claims Act to Target Cybersecurity Fraud

On October 6, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced the launch of the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative. The DOJ will utilize the False Claims Act (FCA) to pursue cybersecurity related fraud by government contractors and grant recipients. The False Claims Act was enacted during the Civil War to stamp out fraud…
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Cryptocurrency

DOJ Announces National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team

On October 6, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the creation of a National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (“NCET”). The DOJ press release is set forth in part below, without further commentary, other than to observe that the NCET’s stated goals are to address issues on which we repeatedly have blogged: crypto exchangers and their AML…
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