Sylvia Moreno, Washington Post, D.C. Official’s Brother Pleads Guilty in Tax Scam

Ann Zimmerman, Wall St Jrl, Home Depot Ex-Executive is Charged with Fraud

Glenn R. Simpson & Carrick Mollenkamp, Wall St Jrl, Ex-Banker to Cooperate, Plead Guilty in UBS Probe

Rosalind S. Helderman, John Wagner, & Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post, FBI Raids Home of Maryland State Senator

David Armstrong & Jesse Drucker, Wall St. Journal, IRS Scrutinizes Rabobank’s Dealings with Newell

Judith Burns, Wall St Jrl, Ernst & Young Ex-Partner is Indicted

David Heinzmann, Chicago Tribune, Officers were Encouraged to Lie, Indicted Chicago Cop Tells ’60 Minutes’

(esp) (blogging from Firenze, Italy)

Amy Shipley, Washington Post, Track Coach Convicted on 1 of 3 Steroid-Related Charges (Balco Related)

International Herald (Bloomberg, AP) – Prosecutors open inquiry into possible spying by Deutsche Telekom (German Prosecutors)

Ha’aretz,  Olmert: Not every person under probe must resign (discussing the investigation involving Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert)

DOJ, Toray Industries to Pay U.S. for Price Fixing on Carbon Fiber Materials ($15.25 Million – civil settlement)

DOJ, FBI Agent Arrested for Attempting to Influence Criminal Case of Man Married to His Mistress

DOJ, Third Defendant Pleads Guilty in China Espionage Case

(esp) (limited posting this week as I am blogging from Firenze, Italy)

New York Times (Reuters), 5 More Indicted in Stock-Loan Inquiry

Joby Warwick, Washington Post, Ex-CIA Official Indicted Over Agency Job for Mistress

DOJ Press Release, Canadian Man Sentenced to 41 Months in U.S. Prison for Role in International Check Stealing Scheme

DOJ Press Release – Medtronic Spine, Formerly Kyphon Inc., to Pay U.S. $75 Million to Resolve Allegations of Defrauding Medicare (civil settlement)

DOJ Press Release – National City Mortgage to Pay $4.6 Million to Settle False Claims Allegations Involving Federally Insured Mortgages

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All in one day –

Al.com (AP) Siegelman asks appeals court to throw out conviction

Al.com (AP) House Subpoenas Karl Rove

(More to come)

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Indictments are coming down in Chicago – Chicago Tribune here

Rigas father and son being resentenced- Yahoo News here

Details to follow –

(esp) (w/ a hat tip to Kathy Fox)

Kim Christensen, LATimes – Bail Denied for Securities Lawyer in Investment Fraud Case

Betsy McKay, WSJ – Ex-Fund Manager Is Convicted of Fraud

FBI Report – MORTGAGE FRAUD: New Analysis of a Rising Threat

DOJ Press Release – 38 Individuals in U.S. and Romania Charged in Two Related Cases of Computer Fraud Involving International Organized Crime

Amir Efrati & Liam Plevin, WSJ, Greenberg May Face SEC Civil Charges

Dan Slater, WSJ Blog,  Kentucky Heart Charity Takes Center Stage in Fen=Phen Trial

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Kim Christensen, LA Times – Irvine Lawyer Arrested on Wire Fraud Charges (securities lawyer)

John Christoffersen, Newsday (AP) – Lawyer Challenges Government Use of GPS Tracking Device (discussing the government placement of a GPS tracking device on a defendant – an accountant’s vehicle)

FCPA Blog – U.S. Prosecutors Detain and Search BAE Leaders

Detroit Free Press – The Detroit City Council’s request that Gov. Jennifer Granholm remove Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from office because of his conduct in the text message scandal was delivered to Granholm’s office today.

(esp) (from DC at the American Law Institute Meeting -with hats off to Michael Traynor who gave an incredible speech at the ALI Annual Dinner)

Scotus Blog reports that the Supreme Court did not accept to hear the case of Forbes v. United States (former board chair of Cendant Corp.) (for sentencing see here) (for 2d Circuit appeal affirmed see here)

DOJ Press Release– Federal Court Enjoins Nationwide Tax Scheme Promoters

NY Attorney General Andrew Cuomo Press Release – "Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo and Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen M. Rice today announced that the former operator of a Manhattan-based home care agency and his former billing manager pleaded guilty to stealing over $314,000 from the state through false Medicaid billing schemes."

DOJ Press Release – D.C. Metropolitan Police Detective Turned Tax Defier Convicted of Tax Fraud

WSJ – Amir Efrati, Greenberg Role Seen in AIG-Gen Re Case

WSJ Blog, Dan Slater, Miami Defense Bar Turns Out in Droves to Honor Ben Kuehne; Southern District of Florida Blog, David Oscar Markus, Ben Kuehne Receives Award

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DOJ – Two Individuals Indicted on Charges of Conspiracy and Bribery in Connection with a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers News Orleans Levee Reconstruction Project

Houston Chronicle – Court Upholds Punishment for Ex-Reliant Trader

DOJ – Oregon Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Counterfeit Software Worth $1 Million

ABA LawJrlNews – Founders & Gen’l Counsel Sued By SEC in Broadcom Options Backdating Case

DOJ – California Man Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison in Connection with $10 Million Scheme to Defraud the Export-Import Bank of the United States