In various parts of the United States, including the Western District of Kentucky, citizens are being targeted by phone calls and emails, threatening them with prosecution for failing to comply with jury service in federal or state courts. In...
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With both Judge Greg N. Stivers and David J. Hale having had their Commissions signed by the President, and in order to equalize the Court's docket, Chief Judge McKinley has entered General Order 2014-14 which reassigns a significant number of...
Hackers and scammers are now sending fake "Jury Duty" notices by email. These official-looking emails usually contain a link for more information, but clicking on the link can infect your PC with a computer virus. If you receive an email or...
In April of this year, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts issued warnings about two new arrest warrant scams potentially involving the federal district courts. In the first scam, a fictitious arrest warrant on criminal charges...
The Administrative Office of the United States Courts has issued warnings about two new scams potentially involving the federal district courts. These new scams are similar in nature to a scam that was identified this summer in which citizens...
The federal judiciary has learned of an email scam, in which emails purporting to come from federal and state courts are infecting recipients with computer viruses.
According to the Security Operations Center of the Administrative...