National White Collar Crime Center Honors Mollohan, Nix with Distinguished Service Award.

Business Editors

MORGANTOWN, W.V.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 2000

Congressman Alan Mollohan and Milton "Buddy" Nix, Director of

Georgia Bureau of Investigation, commended on their

support of the fight against economic crime

The National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) today honored two leaders committed to fighting economic and high-tech crime.

Glen B. Gainer, III, West Virginia State Auditor and Chairman of the NW3C Board of Directors, presented distinguished service awards to The Honorable Alan B. Mollohan, 1st District West Virginia Congressman, and Milton "Buddy" Nix, Director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

Gainer and the Board applauded Mollohan for his outstanding leadership in the fight against economic and high-tech crime. "Congressman Mollohan has a genuine concern for the capacity of local governments to meet their responsibilities in addressing high-tech crime," said Gainer. "He understands the urgent need for training, technical assistance, and research to equip enforcement agencies as they tackle both economic and high-tech crime, and has been a leader on these issues in the United States Congress. Because of him, state and local law enforcement agencies across the nation are receiving state-of-the-art training and investigative support as they fight these crimes."

Gainer and the Board commended Nix, as well, for his unending contributions to local and state law enforcement and the NW3C. Gainer said Nix continues to improve the operations of law enforcement through his work with the NW3C and other organizations, such as the Association of State Criminal Investigation Agencies and the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

"I have worked with Director Nix for several years on issues of critical importance to all state and local law enforcement nationwide," said Richard Johnston, Director of the NW3C. "He is a highly-respected leader in the areas of cybercrime and computer forensics. He is fully-committed to achieving the support needed in meeting the challenges faced by agencies across the nation."

Both Mollohan and Nix support two important NW3C initiatives, the National Cybercrime Training Partnership (NCTP) and the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC). The NCTP helps enforcement agencies nationwide consolidate their efforts to receive and refer fraud complaints. The IFCC, located at www.ifccfbi.gov, is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the NW3C. It provides a Web-based mechanism for consumers to report Internet fraud on-line and support by way of referral help to local, state, and federal enforcement agencies fighting these crimes.

Company Background

Funded by a grant from the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, the NW3C is a non-profit organization that provides a national support network for enforcement agencies involved in the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of economic and high-tech crime. More information on the NW3C and its initiatives is available on-line at www.nw3c.org.