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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Law.com (AP), Pellicano Gets 15 Years for Wiretapping Scheme DOJ Press Release, California Executive Pleads Guilty to Fraud in Connection with Sales of Parts from China DOJ Press Release, Former Executive of Soil Remediation Sub-Contractor Pleads Guilty to Defrauding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency DOJ Press Release, Former Head of Human Resources at KB Agrees to
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Madoff
Everyone is talking about this "alleged fraud" and about how massive it appears to be, who is Madoff – the individual accused, and yes – even his vast charitable giving. A sprinkling of articles that are out there are below: Alan Feuer & Christine Haughney, NYTimes, Standing Accused: A Pillar of Finance and Charity Marcy
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Siemens AG & 3 Subsidiaries Plead
A DOJ press release is titled – Siemens AG and Three Subsidiaries Plead Guilty to Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Violations and Agree to Pay $450 Million in Combined Criminal Fines – Coordinated Enforcement Actions by DOJ, SEC and German Authorities Result in Penalties of $1.6 Billion. At a press conference called to announce this settlement, Acting
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Brian Baxter, The AmLaws Daily, Defense Lawyers Assess Case Against Blagojevich; Christopher Wills, Yahoo News (AP), Illinois legislators focus on ousting governor DOJ Press Release,New Jersey Man Charged in Tomato Industry Probe with Racketeering, Money Laundering and Antitrust Violations David Ingram and Joe Palazzolo, Legal Times (law.com), GOP Signals Rough Path to AG Position for
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More on Blagojevich
Some additional thoughts and references on the Blogojevich case – It seems clear that US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald is now presenting the case to a grand jury. See Todd Lightly & Robert Becker, Chicago Tribune, Tribune Co. subpoenaed in Blagojevich probe (it seems a bit odd to hear the CEO of the Tribune Co. saying to
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
Pamela A. MacLean, NLJ, In upholding Impath exec’s sentence, court bolsters discretion of trial judges (discussing the Second Circuit affirming the Adelson case) The decision – the court stated "[b]ut the record demonstrates that the District Court’s decision to impose a below Guidelines sentence was not a failure or refusal to recognize the Guidelines, but
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Export Controls Are “In”
Fish & Richardson, PC has a client alert authored by Matthew L. Levine, William B. Mateja, and Franceska O. Schroder titled, "Justice Department Report Shows Enforcement of Export Controls," and has an opening statement – "The Justice Department announced last month that it had filed criminal charges against more than 145 defendants for its Fiscal
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The Risk of Trial
David Voreacos and Jane Mills (Bloomberg) have a must-read article in Monrad Regrets Not Testifying on GenRe Fraud as Prison Looms. What struck me in this article was Monrad’s claim of innocence and the consequences she faces as a result of asserting that claim. I was at a criminal discussion forum at Emory Law School
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In the News & Around the Blogosphere
DOJ Press Release, Former South Carolina School District Official Sentenced to Two Years in Jail for Role in Scheme to Defraud the Federal E-Rate Program John Caniglia, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Cuyahoga corruption part of national trend John Caniglia, FBI raids downtown Cleveland office in mortgage fraud probe Chronicle of Higher Education, U. of Akron
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Federal Convictions Reversed
Alex Bunin, of the Federal Public Defender’s Office in New York puts out a wonderful publication on federal convictions that are reversed. His latest update can be found at – Download federal_convictions_reversed_12.08.pdf In the white collar area you’ll find cases on mail fraud/ RICO/perjury/false statements, etc. (esp)
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