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Hoarding of scarce material during pandemic is federal offense

04/08/2020
Hilder & Associates, P.C
Firm News

by: Philip H. Hilder The U.S. Department of Justice recently established the Hoarding and Price Gouging Task Force. Prosecution punishes hoarding as defined as not allowing a person to accumulate: 1. in excess of the reasonable of demand of…

Prosecution under the Covid-19 Paycheck Protection Program

04/07/2020
Hilder & Associates, P.C
Financial Crimes, Fraud

By Philip Hilder April 5, 2020 The Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security (CARES) ACT provides $350 billion to assist small businesses in keeping their workers employed during the pandemic crises. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is administered by…

Will Federal Prisoners Be Released to Home Confinement in Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak?

04/06/2020
Hilder & Associates, P.C
Criminal Defense

On March 26, 2020, Attorney General William Barr sent a memorandum to the federal Bureau of Prisons to expand the use of home confinement as a response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in order to mitigate the spread of…

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