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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD RENEWAL
Department: Cook County State's Attorney's Office
Grantee: Cook County State's Attorney's Office
Grantor: U. S. Department of Justice
Request: To renewal a grant
Purpose: To support cost of an Assistant State's Attorney to prosecute Intellectual Property Crimes
Grant Amount: $213,300.00
Grant Period: 10/1/12 - 9/30/14
Fiscal Impact: None
Accounts: N/A
Date of Board Authorization for Original Grant: 9/20/11.
Original Grant Amount: $178,269.00
Concurrences:
The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any.
Summary: This award will allow the Office to dedicate one Intellectual Property Crime Assistant State's Attorney (IPC ASA) to be assigned to the Financial Crimes/Public Corruption Unit of the Special Prosecutions Bureau of the Cook County State's Attorney's Office. The IPC ASA will work closely with the recently formed Regional Organized Crime (ROC) Task Force that is comprised of members of law enforcement, financial institutions, and private industries that focus on investigating and prosecuting individuals and criminal enterprises that prey on the economic stream in local, state, national, and international jurisdictions. By collaborating and coordinating with federal, state, and local authorities through the ROC Task Force, the IPC ASA will identify IP issues, effectively assist with the investigation of these crimes, lend assistance and expertise to other law enforcement agencies in their own enforcement of IP crimes, identify cases that require an IP expert witness, and prosecute any IP cases that are charged.
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