DOJ Press Release, Two Houston-area Residents Convicted in Medicare Fraud Scheme Involving Fraudulent Claims of Hurricane Damage to Power Wheelchairs

Jenna Greene, BLT Blog, SEC Charges Goldman, Sachs with Fraud 

Mike Scarcella, law.com, Federal prosecutors seek testimony of company's lawyers in Ponzi scheme investigation 

Matt A Puzzi & Adam Goldman, AP, Yahoo News, Destruction of videotapes documented in CIA e-mail

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Fox 8 News, AP, Former transit agency official in Cleveland sentenced to 8 years for corruption

CNN, Details of prosecution case against Blagojevich revealed

DOJ Press Release, Former ATF Agent Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements

DOJ Press Release, Costa Rica-Based Business Opportunity Fraud Operator Sentenced to 115 Months in Prison by Miami Judge

Mike Scarcella, BLT Blog, DOJ's Top Foreign-Bribery Prosecutor Heads to Paul Weiss

Mary Ellen Klas, Miami Herald, Florida Bill Would Give Attorneys MOre Tools Against Corrupt Officials 

DOJ Press Release, Former UBS Client Pleads Guilty to Hiding Assets in Secret Offshore Bank Accounts; UBS Client Pleads Guilty to Failing to Report Over $1 Million in Swiss Bank Accounts

Mike Scarcella, NLJ, law.com, DOJ: No Widespread Abuse of Prosecutors' Disclosure Obligations

DOJ Press Release,More Than $40 Million Worth of Gold, Silver and Jewelry Forfeited in International Money Laundering Case

DOJ Press Release,  Los Angeles Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Submitting Nearly Half a Million Dollars in False and Fraudulent Claims to Medicare

DOJ Press Release, Miami Beach Hotel Developers Charged with Conspiring to Defraud United States

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John Grobler, NYTimes, 3 Plead Not Guilty to Corruption in Namibia

Rick Everett, NJ.com, Parsippany developer's federal trial on bribery charges remains on hold

DOJ Press Release, Clinic Manager and Patient Recruiter Plead Guilty for Roles in $2 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

DOJ Press Release, Ponzi Scheme Operator Pleads Guilty to Tax Charges

Jennifer Lebovich, David Ovalle & Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, Miami Police Announce Arrests of 8 People, Including 3 Cops

Zachary A. Goldfarb, Washington Post, SEC proposes tighter rules on securities that helped fuel financial crisis

Stephanie Woodrow, Main Justice,Miami Banker Can Pursue Case Against DOJ

Mark Fass, NYLJ, law.com, N.Y. Lawyers Charged in $10 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme

Mary Flood, Houston Chronicle, Judge allows Stanford to change lawyers one more time (hat tip to Ivan Dominguez)

Ken Stier, Time,U.S. Cashes In on Corporate Corruption Overseas

Laurie L. Levenson, National LJ, Interference with potential defense witnesses -Prosecutors are increasingly being admonished or penalized for trying to stop or influence such testimony

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Kerri Panchuk, Dalllas Business Journal, City Hall corruption defendant sentenced to 24 months; Houston Chronicle, AP, Man sentenced to 2 years in corruption case

Peter Henning, NYTimes, Mark Cuban’s Grudge Match With the S.E.C.

LATimes, Bloomberg News, Two Daimler units settle bribery case; Christopher M. Matthews, Main Justice, Daimler Settles FCPA Charges, Owes $185 Million

AP, MercuryNews.com, Commerce councilman arrested for [alleged] corruption

Michael J. Jordan, Christian Science Monitor, Bulgaria steps up its crackdown on government corruption

Mike Scarcella, BLT Blog, No Ethics Charges Filed Against Lawyer in Ted Stevens Case

Elaine Silvestrini, Tampa Tribune, Ponzi scheme suspect commits suicide, Clearwater police say 

Zachary A. Goldfarb, Washington Post, SEC may require more details of wrongdoing to be disclosed in settlements

Juan A. Lozano, law.com (AP), Jailed Financier Stanford Wants New Attorney

DOJ Press Release, Former Contractor Indicted in Bid-Rigging Conspiracy at New Yoork City Hospital and for Tax Fraud

Washington Post (Reuters), Afghanistan seeks arrest of ex-minister over graft

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P.J. Huffstutter, LA Times, Second man is sentenced in tomato corruption probe

Mike Scarcella, BLT Blog, Prosecutors, Defense Snipe Over Speedy Trial Clock in FCPA Case

David Barboza, NYTimes, Chinese Court Hands Down Stiff Sentences to Four Mining Company Employees

Tony Mauro, Law.com, NLJ, Supreme Court Justices Hostile to 'Foreign-Cubed' Cases

FCPA Professor, Dissecting Daimler

DOJ Press Release, Owner of Los Angeles-Area Company Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Medicare Fraud

USA Today, On Deadline, Insurance swindler wants 845-year sentence reduced

Mary Alice Robbins, law.com, Texas Lawyer, Insurance Companies Must Fund Former Stanford Executives' Defense Until Court Rules

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Dion Nissenbaum & Steven Thomma, Miami Herald, McClatchy Newspapers, On Surprise Kabul Visit, Obama Presses Karzai on Corruption

The Times of India, India Inc hiring experts to detect accounting frauds: KPMG

Brandon Bailey, Mercury News, Brocade ex-CEO Gregory Reyes guilty on 9 of 10 counts in 2nd backdating trial

Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, Obama nominates new U.S. attorney

Business Week, 3 ex-Siemens execs charged in corruption case

DOJ Press Release, Attorney General Holder, Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force Announce New Funding Distribution for Enforcement Efforts at Mortgage Fraud Summit in Phoenix

Mark Scolforo, Business Week, Ex-Pa. rep guilty of 14 counts in corruption case

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Tracie Mauriello, Post-Gazette Harrisburg, Political corruption trial gets new juror 

Joe Ryan, Star-Ledger, Ex-Jersey City Deputy Mayor Asks Judge to Overturn Corruption Conviction

Liz Moyer, Forbes, The New Financial Crime Wave

Jason Trahan, Dallas News,2 Sentenced in Dallas City Hall Corruption Case

Brandon Bailey, MercuryNews.com, Attorneys for ex-Brocade CEO Reyes won't call defense witnesses

Daniel Woolls, LA Times, Ex-Spanish police chief convicted of embezzling millions leaves prison after serving 15 years 

Mike Koehler, FCPA Professor, "It's Not Easy Being Under Investigation for Two Years…"

Mary Alice Robbins, Texas Lawyer, law.com, 2 Texas Attorneys Indicted in $20 Million Mortgage Fraud Case

DOJ Press Release, New Jersey Hospital to Pay $6.35 Million to Resolve Allegations of Inflating Charges to Obtain Higher Medicare Reimbursement

John Cassidy, The New Yorker, The Lehman Report: Is It Time for a Special Prosecutor? (w/ a hat tip to Ivan Dominguez)

Colin Moynihan, NYTimes, Donor to Democrats Pleads Guilty to $292 Million Fraud; Stephanie Woodrow, Main Justice, Nemazee Pleads Guilty to $292 Million Bank Fraud Scheme

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Mario F. Cattabiani, Philadelphia Inquirer, Jury begins deliberations in Pa. corruption case

Lanny Davis and Eileen O'Connor, Legal Crisis Strategies (McDermott, Will & Emery), The Need for Lawyers to Learn the Ground Rules of Talking to Reporters

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DOJ Press Release,Third Former Employee of Financial Products and Services Firm Pleads Guilty for Role in Bid-Rigging and Fraud Conspiracies Involving Proceeds of Municipal Bonds

Joe Ryan, Star-Ledger, Ex-Jersey City lawmaker says N.J.'s massive corruption probe was tainted 

Tracie Mauriello, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Bonusgate Jurors End Day Without Verdict in Corruption Case

Jennifer Yachnin, RollCall, Renzi Corruption Trial Pushed to June

Mike Scarcella, BLT Blog, Arnold & Porter Picks Up Top DOJ Health Care Fraud Prosecutor

Marcia Coyle, BLT Blog, Internet Crime Complaints and Money Losses Soar; Stuart Pfeifer, LA Times, Internet fraud's U.S. price tag put at $550 million

Claire Spencer, Financier Worldwide, Anti-money laundering measures and tax fraud enquiries

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James Glanz, NYTimes, New Fraud Cases Point to Lapses in Iraq Projects

Tony Pugh, McClatchy Newspapers, Recession is Fueling a Boom in Insurance Fraud (w/ a hat tip to Ted Gest)

DOJ Press Release, Former Acting Executive Director of Nonprofit Organization in American Samoa Pleads Guilty to Theft of Federal Grant Funds

AP, NYTimes, Former Edwards Aide Avoids Jail

Yuki Noguchi, NPR, Report Finds Lehman Used Accounting Tricks (w/ a hat tip to Ivan Dominguez); Michael J. de la Merced, NYTimes, Findings on Lehman Take Even Experts by Surprise

DOJ Press Release, Cincinnati Packed-Ice Manufacturer Sentenced to Pay $9 Million for its Role in a Customer and Territory Allocation Conspiracy

DOJ Press Release, Oregon Man Charged with Operating Illegal Money Transmitting Business That Moved More Than $172 Million Through Shell Corporations in the United States

DOJ Press Release, President of Bronx Not-for-Profit Organization Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court to Embezzlement

DOJ Press Release, Former Chief Trader and CFO of Manhattan Hedge Fund Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court to Stealing $3 Million From Fund

DOJ Press Release, Former KPMG Partner Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to 57 Months in Prison in Scheme to Defraud IRS, Saipan Taxing Authorities, and Saipan Company

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