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Upcoming Conferences
ABA – Foreign Evidence: Collecting It and Protecting It – Washington, D.C. – Sept. 17, 2009 – Download Foreign Evidence Invitation ABA – Second Annual Sentencing Advocacy, Practice and Reform Institute With Special Focus on Reentry – Washington, D.C. – November 6, 2009 – here NACDL – Defending White Collar Crimes – October 1-2, NY
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2008 Florida Report Shows White Collar Prosecutions
The Annual Report of Statewide Prosecutor William N. Shepard, from the Office of the Attorney General in Florida, presents prosecutions of some white collar crimes. With respect to white collar crime, the Report states that "Fighting fraud is an integral part of the Statewide Prosecution mission and mandate. We target three specific areas: (1) mortgage fraud,
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The Ring Case – A Lot of Turbulence on this Flight
The case against Kevin Ring, a former associate of Jack Abramoff, is a case well worth watching. Ring faces "a ten count indictment for [allegedly] paying illegal gratuities in violation of" section 201, honest services fraud under wire fraud and the honest services provision (sections 1343 and 1346), conspiracy, and obstruction under section 1512. Back
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Beam on HealthSouth
Video Highlights of Aaron Beam, co-founder of HealthSouth, speaking at the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners here. As noted on the webpage written by Dick Carozza (editor of Fraud Magazine), "Beam pleaded guilty to bank fraud." He served "three months in federal prison in return for his testimony against former HealthSouth Chief Executive Officer Richard Scrushy."
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
David Glovin, Bloomberg, Fundraiser Nemazee Defrauded Other Banks, U.S. Says David Glovin, Bloomberg, Monster’s James Treacy Gets Two-Year Sentence in Options Case Amanda Bronstad, NLJ, law.com, 9th Circuit Invites Additional Briefing on Former Broadcom Exec's Privilege Claim Snitching Blog, New ABA opinion on prosecutorial duty to disclose information DOJ Press Release,Former Inspectors of New York
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Monday Morning Quarterbacking with the Madoff Report
As noted here, the SEC's release of the executive summary of the Madoff Report (Investigation of Failure of the SEC to Uncover Bernard Madoff's Ponzi Scheme) demonstrated that there was no finding of corrupt conduct. But the bottom line was that the ball was dropped on more than one occasion. It is, of course, easy to look
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What is a Superseding Indictment?
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in U.S. v. Hickey, a case "from a massive fraud scheme that resulted in protracted civil and criminal proceedings spanning more than ten years." The court stated that the accused and his business partner "induced over 700 individuals to invest approximately $20 million in two real
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Madoff Report – No Corruption, Just Incompetence
The investigation into what happened that allowed a Bernie Madoff fraud to exist is now complete and the bottom line is that there was no corruption on the part of SEC personnel. But the sad fact is that the ball was dropped on more than one occasion. The Executive Summary of the report states: "The
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Commentary on Pfizer Settlement – “Educating Compliance”
Associate AG Perrelli states at the Pfizer Settlement Press Conference: "today’s settlement reflects the Department of Justice working hard to protect American taxpayer dollars. This case is a great example of the Department’s commitment to fiscal accountability, combating fraud, and returning much-needed dollars back to the U.S. Treasury and state treasuries." It is good to
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Pfizer Settlement
Associate AG Tom Perrelli called it "the largest health care fraud settlement ever in the history of the Department of Justice." (see here) Pfizer, Inc. agreed to pay $2.3 billion to settle a case "arising out of civil and criminal allegations relating to Pfizer’s allegedly illegal promotion of certain drugs, most notably Bextra." Its subsidiary,
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