News from October 2002


U.S. Secret Service Launches Los Angeles Electronic Crimes Task Force

News Release: LOS ANGELES --On Thursday, Oct. 24, 2002, at 9:00 AM, the first quarterlymeeting of the Los Angeles Electronic Crimes Task Force (LAXECTF) will convene atthe Wilshire Grand Los Angeles. Security experts, including chief information officers,chief security officers, law enforcement professionals, academicians and governmentleaders from the federal, state, and local levels will attend the half-day meeting.


Secret Service Seizes Computer Equipment From Texas Telemarketing Company

News Release: WACO, TX. -- On Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2002, agents from the United States SecretService, in cooperation with the Waco Police Department, the McLennan Sheriff'sOffice, and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigative Division (IRS-CID),executed a federal search warrant on Specialty Outsourcing Solutions, Waco, Texas.S.O.S. operates as a customer service hub for an international telemarketing company.