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Fitzgerald to Libby: “REDACTED”
The joy of a prosecution involving an extensive grand jury investigation along with highly sensitive national security information is that important filings in the case are largely blank when released to the public. An affidavit filled by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald (available below) opposes I. Lewis Libby’s request for disclosure of information about what was…
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Third Rigas Sentenced
Reuters reports (here) on the sentencing of the "third" Rigas — Michael — who was acquitted on some counts and the jury hung on others at the 2005 trial that resulted in the conviction of his father John and brother Timothy on conspiracy and securities fraud charges. Michael entered a guilty plea to a false…
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Former Homestore Executive Pleads Guilty
Former Homestore Inc. executive Peter Tafeen agreed to plead guilty to one count of securities fraud in connection with an accounting fraud at the internet company. The scheme involved round-trip transactions in which Homestore would record revenue from deals in which there was no real exchange of value but that allowed the company to show…
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Hotel Owner Indicted for Katrina-Related Fraud
The lure of easy money from the Hurricane Katrina disaster relief seems to have tempted a supplier. Galveston hotel owner Daniel Yeh was indicted in the Southern District of Texas on wire fraud and false claims charges related to falsified submissions for reimbursement for providing lodging to Katrina victims at the Flagship Hotel. According to…
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Another One Caught in a Nigerian 419 Scam
The e-mails arrive with alarming regularity — at least if your address is publicly available like mine — imploring you to help the widow or orphans of a high level former government official from an African country whose untimely demise has left a large sum of money sitting in a bank waiting for you to…
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Former Associate GC Sued for Insider Trading by SEC
The SEC filed a civil insider trading action against Mitchell Drucker, the former associate general counsel at NBTY Inc., a nutritional supplement company, for insider trading and tipping his father before the announcement of bad news at the company. According to the SEC’s Litigation Release (here): The Commission’s Complaint, filed in the United States District…
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Former Louisiana Governor Strikes Out Again Attacking His Conviction
It took the federal government a few trips to the well to convict former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards — elected to that office four times and one of the more colorful rogues in recent political history. Edwards and his son, Stephen, were convicted in 2000 on a variety of corruption charges, including RICO, and they…
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L.A. Divorce Lawyer Is a Subject of the Pellicano Investigation, But That May Not Mean Much
Los Angeles divorce lawyer Dennis Wasser, whose clients have included Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg, may be caught up in the burgeoning investigation spawned by the secret wiretapping and government data base inquiries of former PI Anthony Pellicano. An LA Times story (here) states that prosecutors informed Wasser that he is a "subject" of the…
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Four Korean Executives Agree to Plea Bargain and Jail Sentences in Price Fixing Conspiracy
Four Korean executives of Hynix Semiconductor Inc. entered guilty pleas to a single count of conspiracy to fix prices in the Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) chip market that will include serving sentences from five to eight months in the United States. The defendants agreed to waive any challenges to U.S. jurisdiction over them and…
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Young Testifies for Campbell
This will be a historical moment in years ahead. Former Mayor Andrew Young taking the witness stand to testify for Former Mayor Bill Campbell in his criminal trial in federal court. (see prior post here) The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports here on Young’s testimony as the first witness for the defense in the Campbell case. …
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