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Another Memo in the U.S. Attorney “Firings”
Charlie Savage of the Boston Globe reports on a memo written a good number of years back that outlines how to replace U.S. Attorneys without going through the appointment process. In the meantime, the Boston Globe reports that Gonzales was "heckled" at his Harvard reunion. (esp)
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NACDL White Collar Conference – Part I
Stephanie Martz, White Collar Crime Project Director at the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), guest blogs a six part series on the recent White Collar Crime Track at the NACDL Cincinnati Conference: Part I – We’re here this morning (Friday, April27, 2007) at NACDL’s spring white collar track in Cincinnati, Ohio. This is…
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Playing to a Different Tune
Perhaps unknown by many people, the FBI has an art crime team. The U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California is prosecuting a case coming from an investigation of this team. A recent press release of this office states that: "A Long Beach man who is currently in custody in France was indicted today…
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A Few More Documents from DOJ on the U.S. Attorney Firings
The Department of Justice continues to dribble out documents related to the firing of the eight U.S. Attorneys, releasing more e-mails on April 26 and 27, but also withholding over 160 e-mails and memos held by Kyle Sampson, the former chief of staff for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. According to the list of withheld documents…
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Former Mets Clubhouse Employee Pleads Guilty to Distributing Steroids
The steroids scandals that have rocked baseball the past few years may take a new turn based on reports that a former clubhouse employee of the New York Mets agreed to plead guilty to distributing steroids and money laundering. The plea came in the Northern District of California, where the BALCO investigation has continued with…
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Baker Hughes Settles Criminal and Civil FCPA Charges
Oil-field services company Baker Hughes Inc. settled charges that it paid bribes to obtain business from the state-owned oil company in Kazakhstan. A subsidiary of the company agreed to plead guilty to charges of conspiracy, violation of the FCPA, and aiding and abetting a violation of the books-and-records provisions of the federal securities laws; Baker…
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Siemens Corruption Probe Spreads to the U.S.
The widening criminal and civil probe of foreign bribes paid by Siemens A.G., the giant German telecommunications company, claimed the company’s CEO, Dr. Klaus Kleinfeld, who announced that he would not seek a new contract. According to a statement (here) issued by Siemens: He based his decision on the current discussions about postponing his contract…
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Scrushy Attacks the Constitutionality of the Federal Criminal Jurisdiction Statute
Former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy is trying a new tactic in attacking his conviction on corruption charges related to a payment to former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. According to a brief filed by his attorneys, available below, the federal criminal jurisdiction statute, 18 U.S.C. Sec. 3231, is unconstitutional because it was not properly passed by…
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Kobi Alexander Burrows Into Namibia
The extradition process for former Comverse Technology, Inc. CEO Kobi Alexander slowed even more as Namibian prosecutors requested a postponement of the first hearing on his case until June to select a new magistrate. While the extradition request by U.S. prosecutors to have him face charges related to options backdating and obstruction of justice at…
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Goodling to Receive Immunity
The House Judiciary Committee voted 32-6 to authorize a request to the U.S. District Court for an order of use immunity for Monica Goodling, the former senior adviser to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, to permit her to testify about the firing of eight U.S. Attorneys. Unlike Gonzales’ chief of staff, Kyle Sampson, who testified before…
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