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Does Barry Bonds Really Want to Talk to George Mitchell?
An AP story (here) reports that San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds is willing to speak with former Senator George Mitchell in his investigation of steroid use in baseball, conditioned on one very big "if." The if is that Bonds must be assured the information will not be given to the Department of Justice for…
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Libby: The Cost of Building A Case
The Libby Legal Defense Trust here has a wonderful website that provides some of the "other side" to what the government is alleging. Clearly the advisory committee has some impressive names listed. (see here). More and more individuals accused of white collar crimes are turning to the web to present their story and to obtain…
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The Woman Behind the Man
Carrie Johnson of the Washington Post has an incredible story here on Linda Lay, wife of Ken Lay. The article is called "Woman of Conviction." It captures the agony felt by a third party, in this case the wife, of the individual being investigated, tried, convicted, and soon to be sentenced. These third parties often…
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Wiretapping in the Celebrity Arena
Pellicano, former private eye to celebrities in Hollywood, is critical of the government case against him. Is Pellicano’s alleged illegal wiretapping similar to the National Security Agency (NSA) alleged monitoring without court approval? According to a Yahoo (AP) story here, Pellicano is mentioning this alleged government conduct in responding to the case against him. For…
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Part One of the Olis Re-Sentencing
The Houston Chronicle reports here on the first part of the re-sentencing hearing of Jamie Olis, former employee at Dynergy who was convicted for his role with Project Alpha. Olis initially had been sentenced to 24+ years, but the Fifth Circuit (Hon. Edith Jones authoring the opinion) sent it back for re-sentencing. The Houston Chronicle…
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Korea and White Collar Crime
According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution here, Korean prosecutors continue to proceed against Hyundai’s chairman, with additional charges being added in an alleged bribery scheme. Korean prosecutors, however, have decided not to proceed against the chair person’s son, who is the president of Kia Motors. Two things are important here. First is that prosecutors in…
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Hoop Dreams and Insider Trading
If you don’t share the basketball with your teammates, you are likely to lose the game. When you share insider information with them, however, you may well come to the attention of the SEC and be sued for insider trading. Such is the fate of Matthew Roszak, Douglas Jozwiak, Darrin Edgecombe, and two others when…
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Pennsylvania Attorney Indicted for Defrauding Clients
Pennsylvania attorney Michael Kasprenski was indicted for allegedly embezzling over $1.5 million from the decedent estates of his clients. Twenty of the 24 counts allege mail and wire fraud, and a press release issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (here) describes the schemes: Counts one through nine charge KASPRENSKI…
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The Bull’s-Eye Is on Barry Bonds
The recent search of (now-former) major league pitcher Jason Grimsley’s home for steroids and human growth hormones has been linked to the on-going grand jury investigation of San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds for perjury. An AP story (here) states that Grimsley’s lawyer said that federal agents asked Grimsley to secretly record conversations about Bonds’…
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Two More Enron Nigerian Barge Trial Defendants Freed on Bail
Former Merrill Lynch investment bankers Daniel Bayly and Robert Furst will be joining co-defendant William Fuhs outside the federal prison system after the Fifth Circuit granted them bail while the court considers their appeals. The three were among the five defendants convicted in the Enron Nigerian Barge trial in 2004, the first prosecution by federal…
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