David Z. Seide and Brian M. White, National LJ, law.com, Don't give agencies criminal power – Consolidating criminal and civil authority is an extreme departure and is bound to create more problems

Jennifer Forsyth, WSJ Blog, Deal Talks for Indicted Judge With Ties to Scruggs?

Enrique Rangel, Amarillo.com, Mortgage fraud cases cover state, Texas AG confronts rising crime in Austin

Jack Townsend, Federal Tax Crimes Blog, The Daugerdas Indictment – Part I - here, Part 2 - here, and Part 3 - here.

Del Quintin Wilbur, Washington Post, Economic Downturn Accelerates Collapse of Ponzi Schemes

DOJ Press Release, Virginia Resident Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud the U.S. Navy 

DOJ  Press Release, Four Miami-Area Residents Sentenced in $10 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

Angelo Mozilo, Economist, Accusing Angelo – Regulators charge Angelo Mozilo, the former king of America's mortgage market, with fraud

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