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Waxman Wants to Hear from Cookie and Buzzy
The contradictory statements of State Department Inspector General Howard "Cookie" Krongard and his brother, A.B. "Buzzy" Krongard, about Buzzy’s joining an advisory board for Blackwater Worldwide will be the subject of an early December hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The issue will be whether Cookie Krongard committed perjury when he first…
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Letters of Support for Reyes
Lawyers for former Brocade CEO Gregory Reyes filed a number of letters requesting that U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer show him leniency when Reyes is sentenced in December on the ten charges related to options backdating at the company. It is commonplace in white collar crime cases — particularly for convicted CEOs — for a…
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A New Venue for Minnesota USA
The Minnesota US Attorney, who has been in the news quite a bit lately, will be shifting her employment venue to DC. Philip Shenon (NYTimes) reports that Rachel K. Paulose will be moving to legal policy issues in the main office. (see here) (esp)
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Upcoming Conferences
ABA – Criminal Tax Fraud – December 6-7, 2007 San Francisco ABA New Issues in Attorney Client Privilege for Corporate Counsel – December 13, 2007 ABA – Internal Investigations for Multi-National Corporations – December 14, 2007 NACDL – White Collar Crime Track – May 1-4, 2008, New York City (esp)
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Grand Jury Opens Investigation into Matters Related to Blackwater
The New York Times reports that a grand jury has issued subpoenas into matters related to the Blackwater investigation. Obviously, this is no indication that there will be indictments coming from this grand jury. One consideration, however, is that once an enormous amount of money is spent on an investigation, there is a desire to…
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More Troubles for Rep. William Jefferson
Allen Lengel of the Washington Post has an article titled, "Jefferson Accused of Two More Schemes." The article notes that this will not result in additional charges, but rather additional evidence at the trial. (esp)
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Environmental Indictment
A DOJ Press Release reports on the indictment of a Texas company and two individuals associated with the company. The Press Release states that "the president and owner of [a Texas Oil Company], and …. the company’s operations manager, were arrested and charged today with illegally disposing of hazardous waste at facilities only approved to…
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Stryker to Pay 16.6 million
The Department of Justice issued a press release on an agreement reached with Stryker Corp. & Physiotherapy Associates. The company will pay 16.6 million. The press release states that: "The settlement resolves allegations that Physiotherapy, which is based in Memphis, Tenn., submitted claims for services to Medicare, state Medicaid programs, and the Department of Defense’s…
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Behind the Scenes at the AOL Related Trial
Amy Koltz at the American Lawyer has an article titled, A Jury Without Peer, that places you in the jury room during the decision-making process of the trial of AOL employees. It is truly an extraordinary piece, detailing the reactions of lay jurors to a white collar case. It is an excellent read for what…
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WellCare Search – It’s All Public
Richard Mullins of the Tampa Tribune reports on the evidence obtained from the government’s search at WellCare. The 200 plus agents that raided WellCare (see post here) secured materials that have now been indexed (43 pages), and some items have been described in the open press. This is yet another difference between a white collar…
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