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Senate To Hold Hearings on Backdating Options
TaxProf blog here has the lineup and some wonderful resources on today’s Senate Hearing on Back-Dating Options. The lineup includes: Paul J. McNulty, Deputy Attorney General Mark Everson, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service Linda Thomsen, Director, Division of Enforcement, United States Securities and Exchange Commission Nell Minow, Editor, The Corporate Library, Portland, ME Lucian A.…
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More About Land
It seems that land is a common theme is white collar cases. This time the case relates to timber on the land. According to a DOJ press release here, the head of Berry College’s Land Resources Department in Rome, Georgia, pleaded guilty "to charges of conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen property." The scheme to…
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Representative’s Land Deal Under Investigation
A 14th term Republican Congressman seems to be having some questions pointed his way. According to Yahoo News (AP) here a land deal involving Rep. Jerry Lewis is being scrutinized by DOJ. The article states that the investigation is investigating his ties to lobbyists. After the Abramoff success, of using the cooperation of a lobbyist…
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Livedoor’s Exec Starts Trial
Business Week Online here and Wall Street Jrl. here discuss the fact that Takafumi Horie’s trial starts today (actually with the time difference it already started). The former CEO of Livedoor, a Japanese internet company, faces a court in Japan for securities violations. In the Japan Times here are some comments on the opening day…
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ABA National Institute on Securities Fraud Conference
ABA National Institute on Securities Fraud Conference The ABA National Institute on Securities Fraud is set for September 28-29 in Washington, D.C. The program can be found here. According to the program, some of the topics to be covered in the conference are: How to handle/represent whistleblowers How to cope with and conduct internal investigations…
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NACDL White Collar Crime Conference
NACDL and Georgetown Law Center have a CLE on white collar crime scheduled for September 14-15 in Washington, D.C. – Details see here. (esp)
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Guilty Plea in Telemarketing Case
Fraud Update references here a news release titled, "Co-Leader of $30 Million Telemarketing Fraud Pleads Guilty." What is particularly noteworthy about this case is that it involves "a Canadian citizen who was the co-owner of a company in Montreal that engaged in a massive telemarketing fraud." This is yet another example of the DOJ using…
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What’s Going on in Alaska?
The Wall Street Jrl here and Washington Post (AP) here are reporting that the FBI has entered state Alaska lawmakers offices and removed items pursuant to a warrant. The newspapers both include a reference to Veco, a "oil-fields-service" company. The commonality between the lawmakers is that they are all Republican. There is nothing new about…
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Should Felons Receive Their Pension
The Atlanta Jrl Constitution has an article here looking at whether white collar offenders should be able to receive their pensions. The cases they examine are in some cases related to corruption (although Former Mayor Bill Campbell was not convicted of a corruption related crime). The article outlines some of the convictions, the crimes, the…
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Corruption in South Jersey
The president of the Atlantic City council and a Camden (N.J.) city council member each pleaded guilty to corruption charges related to payments for contractors for receiving government work. Craig Callaway, from Atlantic City, and Ali Sloan El, from Camden, each entered guilty pleas, and a press release issued by the U.S Attorney’s Office (here)…
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