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Joining Federal, State, and Local Investigators Together
Cooperation is an important part of investigations. But the cooperation is not merely a function of the police or government agents finding someone to provide them with information. In some instances, it is the pooling of information by local, state, and federal officers. In the white collar area, administrative agencies also play an important function…
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Gonzales Posts His Remarks
It is clear that the pressure on AG Gonzales over the United States Attorney firings is not lessening. Within the last few days it has been prominent in the New York Times here, LA Times here, and Washington Post here. But perhaps the most interesting aspect to now note is that AG Gonzales appears to…
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White Collar Prosecutions Are Down
TRAC ‘s latest statistics show a decline in the number of white collar prosecutions. The report finds a drop in white collar prosecutions of 13.3% from a prior month. And if one is looking at the 5 year statistics, then it presents a 21.9 % decrease in prosecutions. The report provides the categories of case…
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Goodling Gets Immunity
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued an order of immunity (here) for Monica Goodling, former White House liaison for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Once she is subpoenaed to appear before the House Judiciary Committee and formally asserts her Fifth Amendment privilege, the order will be served on her and she…
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Bristol-Myers Will Plead Guilty to Two False Statement Counts
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. announced that it has reached an agreement in principle with the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice to plead guilty to two false statement charges for violating Sec. 1001. The case arose from the company’s negotiations over settling patent litigation involving the drug Plavix and the attempt to prevent a generic…
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Gonzales on the Warm Seat
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales made another appearance on Capitol Hill, this time before the House Judiciary Committee, to answer questions about the firing of nine U.S. Attorneys in 2006 — add Todd Graves from the Western District of Missouri to the list. From reports about the testimony (see L.A. Times story here), the questioning was…
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Insider Trading as Marriage Therapy
Married couples need to have at least some common interests, and engaging in joint projects can certainly strengthen a relationship. When the venture involves trading on insider information one partner gets on the job and passes on to the other, however, then the prospect of a jail sentence and SEC enforcement action might not be…
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Former Comverse GC Receives a Year-and-a-Day Sentence
Former Comverse Technology general counsel William Sorin received a sentence of one year and one day for his role in options backdating at the company. In November 2006, Sorin entered a guilty plea to a charge of conspiracy to commit mail, wire, and securities fraud for participating in the creation of false documents to award…
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Former Chicago Alderman Charged With Bribery
Former long-time Chicago Alderman Edward Vrdolyak was charged with mail fraud, wire fraud, and bribery in connection with a sale of property on behalf of the former Chicago Medical School (now the Rosalind Franklin University). According to the indictment (here), Vrdolyak allegedly worked with a member of the school’s board of trustees who headed the…
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And Then There Were Nine
Just in time for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, the Washington Post reports (here) that a ninth U.S. Attorney identified himself as having received a telephone call asking him to resign, this time in January 2006. Todd Graves, the former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri (Kansas City),…
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