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Stealing Intelligence Funds is Not Intelligent
A DOJ Press Release reports that "a former Intelligence Contingency Funds (ICF) officer for the Department of Defense, was sentenced to 12 months in prison for stealing over $100,000 in intelligence funds from his former employer." The individual was "responsible for budgeting, disbursing, and accounting for Intelligence Contingency Funds, which were DOD monies intended for…
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Wesley Snipes Moves to Dismiss Tax Charges
Attorneys for Wesley Snipes filed a Motion to Dismiss the Indictment of tax charges, arguing selective prosecution. Prof Paul Caron at TaxProf Blog has links to the indictment and motion to dismiss, and also explains the history of this case. (See also the story on Yahoo News). The Motion to Dismiss (see Smoking Gun) starts…
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No Confidence Vote on Gonzales Set for Today
According to the NYTimes here, Alberto Gonzales is likely to face a vote on a motion of "no confidence." But the predictions are that he will remain standing at the end of the day. But also check out the Washington Post here on Immigration Judges often picked by GOP Ties. (esp)
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Take the Politics Out of DOJ
Co-blogger Peter Henning has an op-ed piece in the National Law Journal titled, "The Danger of Politics." It is hard to imagine that in a department of career prosecutors, politics could enter into the hiring and firing of people in the office. Why weren’t prosecutors speaking up? Why was the individual at the top allowing…
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Imagine An Even Broader Mail Fraud Statute
It is hard to imagine that the mail fraud statute could be even broader than what it is now. But a recent bill actually proposes to extend the limits of the 1909 amendment of the mail fraud statute, and the source of that amendment as seen in the Supreme Court decision – Durland. As opposed…
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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Compliance
The ABA is holding a CLE on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Compliance on Wed., June 13, 2007. Details for this teleconference and live audio webcast can be found here. (esp)
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Job Posting – The Criminal Enforcement Sections of the U.S. Department of Justice Tax Division
The Criminal Enforcement Sections of the U.S. Department of Justice Tax Division are seeking experienced prosecutors to handle and supervise criminal tax prosecutions in the federal district courts throughout the United States. The cases involve traditional violations of criminal tax laws by taxpayers having legal sources of income, as well as cases involving financial institution…
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Did the Prosecutor Have Jurisdiction in the Libby Case
With a 2 1/2 year sentence issued to I. "Scooter" Libby, it is not surprising to see people examining every aspect of this case. According to the New York Sun here, a group of "scholars," that includes Professors Alan Dershowitz (Harvard), Randy Barnett (Georgetown) and others, have filed an amicus brief challenging the prosecutor’s jurisdiction…
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Cable Piracy Nets Five Years
A press release of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California reports that an individual was sentenced "to five years of prison for his participation in a nationwide and international cable piracy scheme that resulted in the sale and distribution of over 100,000 cable descramblers designed to illicitly obtain cable programming, and that…
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Abramoff Still Playing Strong
As anticipated, Italia Federici entered a plea of guilty to an obstruction and tax charge. This is yet another case brought to us by DOJ and Jack Abramoff. The interesting part to now follow is whether Federici, and others who have also entered pleas, will offer missing links in yet other cases. How high up…
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