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9th Circuits Stays Mandate on Honest Services Case Pending Supremes Ruling
The Supreme Court accepted for certiorari the case of U.S. v. Weyhrauch (see here), a case involving honest services mail fraud. The court earlier had accepted for cert another mail fraud case with a different issue (Conrad Black's case here). The Ninth Circuit, in anticipation of the Weyhrauch case, stayed the issuance of a mandate in U.S.
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Supreme Court Review
Published with permission – Hugh Kaplan's BNA's Criminal Reporter 2008-09 Term in Review – Download SCOTUS2008-09 (esp)
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Search Warrants, Steroids, & Baseball
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in United States v. Comprehensive Drug Testing, Inc. & Major League Baseball Players Association v. United States looked at "the procedures and safeguards that federal courts must observe in issuing and administrating search warrants and subpoenas for electronically stored information." It all started in 2002 when the "federal government
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Reactions to UBS Settlement and Possible Future Prosecutions
Some folks are voicing an opinion on the UBS settlement and what may result from it. Check out the following: Reuters, Reactions to UBS tax deal Tax.com, Law Professors Express Concern over UBS Settlement TaxProfBlog, Tax Profs Criticize UBS Settlement Three American U. Law Profs (Nancy S. Abramowitz, Andrew Pike, and Robin Westbrook) state in
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Ohio State AG Takes on Mortgage Fraud
A press release of Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray "announced details of an 18-month investigation that led to indictments against 41 people and four companies." The release states that "[t]he defendants are alleged to have engaged in real estate transactions to purchase 453 homes with fraudulent loans totaling $44 million." Although the FBI, US Attorney's
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Indicting the Gatekeepers – Post UBS
DOJ Press Release,Swiss Banking Executive and Swiss Lawyer Charged with Conspiring to Defraud the United States -Defendants Aided Wealthy Americans Conceal Assets in Secret Swiss Bank Accounts "According to the indictment, [these individuals] helped wealthy American clients conceal their assets by establishing sham and nominee offshore entities to hide their U.S. clients' assets and income while allowing
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Laura Diamond & Bill Rankin, Lawsuit charges university with fraud Sidhartha Banerjee, CP, Financial fraud victims band together in new national organization (Canada) Mike Scarcella, National LJ, law.com, AG Holder Names Prosecutor for Review of CIA Interrogation Practice Vesselin Mitev, NYLJ, Law.com, Securities Fraud Does Not Qualify as Continuing Offense, Judge Finds (esp)
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Upcoming Conferences
5th Annual Defending White Collar Crimes – Sponsored by NACDL – October 1-2, 2009, New York City, Conference Information, Keynote Address Hon. Lanny A. Breuer, Assist AG, Criminal Division, U.S. Dept. of Justice - here Fourth Annual Securities Fraud National Institute, October 15-16, 2009, Washington, D.C., –here 20th Annual Economic Crime Conference – Sponsored by the Economic
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Frank Ahrens, Washington Post, U.S. Charges Two in Swiss Bank Probe – Pair Allegedly Helped Tax Dodgers DOJ Press Release, Orange County Man Who Ran $55 Million Investment Fraud Scheme Involving Golf Clubs and Internet Company Sentenced to 27 Years in Federal Prison Zusha Elinson, The Recorder, law.com, San Francisco SEC Office Trying to Slim
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USB Agreement & US-Swiss Agreement
UBS entered into a deferred prosecution with DOJ (see here). The agreement included that UBS would provide the U.S. government "with the identities of, and account information for, certain United States customers of UBS’s cross-border business." The process initially moved slowly. Eileen C. Mayer, Chief of IRS-Criminal Investigation, called one prosecution "the tip of the iceberg." (see
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