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Now You Find Out Who Are Your Real Friends
Disassociating yourself from former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, seems to the be the "in-thing." According to the Washington Post here, "Sen. Byron L. Dorgan (N.D.), vice chairman of the Indian Affairs Committee" has decided to "return $67,000 in donations from Indian tribes represented by the indicted Republican." Others are amending their financial reports to make certain…
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Yet Another Katrina Fraud Indictment
Listed here are posts related to recent Katrina fraud indictments. Lets add to the list yet more, as the Atlanta Jrl. Constitution reports here that "[f]ive metro Atlantans have been charged with illegally receiving federal aid intended for Hurricane Katrina victims." (esp)
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What Happens When the FBI Investigates the FBI?
According to a DOJ press release here, "Erik B. Blowers, Supervisory Special Agent and Chief Division Counsel for the Charlotte Field Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has pleaded guilty to knowingly making and submitting to the FBI a materially false statement." He faces a "maximum sentence of one year in prison and a…
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Jury Deliberates in Republican’s Election Day Phone Abuse Case
The jury is out in the case of a former Republican Party official who is accused of setting up a scheme on election day to jam the telephones of people trying to get out the votes of Democrats. According to Yahoo News here, it may have been difficult on election day to get a ride…
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Is the Government Having Trouble Keeping Secrets?
A former top State Department official plead guilty to making false statements and faces up to 13 years in prison according to a CNN (AP) story here. The former "Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs" admitted that he removed classified documents from the State Department. According to the initial affidavit filed…
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Fitzgerald Tries to “Remove the Chicken Bone Without Disturbing the Body”
Here’s a phrase I hadn’t heard before that comes in the context of Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald’s questioning of Viveca Novak of Time about her conversations with Robert Luskin, the attorney for Karl Rove. According to Novak’s first-person account of her questioning (here) by Fitzgerald :"I would discuss only my interactions with Luskin that were…
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Moving From One Scheme to the Next
It is interesting to see how some individuals will move from one scheme to the next and still be able to lure investors, sometimes even boasting about how they’ve tangled with the law. Vladislav "Steven" Zubkis was charged with 36 counts of mail/wire fraud and money laundering in the Southern District of California related to…
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Lawyers in Trouble
Two recent articles discuss lawyers who find themselves on the wrong side of the case in federal prosecutions. In Baltimore, Christopher Linas, a former part-time assistant prosecutor, was charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine (including crack cocaine) and heroin. An article in Ocean City Today (here)…
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Guilty in Trade Embargo Case
The USA of the District of Columbia announced this week a guilty verdict of an individual to conspiracy to violate the US trade embargo against Iran and to illegal exports to Iran. (press release). According to this press release "[h]e faces a likely range of 97 to 121 months in prison under the federal sentencing…
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Is Rep. Ney Next?
A Washington Post story (here) about the plea agreement reached by Adam Kidan, a co-defendant of lobbyist Jack Abramoff in a fraud case, quotes Kidan’s attorney stating that his client is ready to testify against both Abramoff and Ohio Rep. Bob Ney. The Post story notes even more ominously that federal prosecutors have informed Rep.…
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