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Just For Feet’s Former CFO Settles SEC Securities Fraud Case
Eric Tyra, the former CFO of Just For Feet, Inc., settled an SEC securities fraud action alleging accounting fraud related to the booking of receivables and write-downs for obsolete inventory. Tyra agreed to pay $1 in disgorgement, a token amount that allows for the imposition of a $67,500 civil money penalty and a ten-year bar…
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The Nicest Mug Shot I’ve Ever Seen
The mug shot of Rep. Tom DeLay, taken when he turned himself in on the arrest warrent issued in connection with the conspiracy and money laundering charges filed in Travis County, is among the nicest I’ve ever seen. It is certainly much better than Nick Nolte’s (available on The Smoking Gun here). An AP story…
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RICO Charges Filed Against Former Maryland State Senator
The U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland announced the indictment of former state Senator Thomas Bromwell, his wife Patricia, and the CEO of a corporation, David Stoffregen, for using his office to conduct a RICO enterprise involving mail/wire fraud and extortion related to the award of state contracts to Stoffregen’s company. Outside of the…
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Judith Miller’s Testimony to Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Judith Miller testified before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Her testimony found here was to "urge [Congress] to enact the Free Flow of Information Act so that other journalists will not be forced, as [she] was, to go to jail to protect their sources." The protection of reporters sources is clearly important to the…
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Rove + Libby = ?
An AP report (here) discusses various conflicts in the testimony of Karl Rove and I. Lewis Libby that indicates Libby may have contacted reporters about the status of Valerie Plame as a CIA operative and not the other way around. Rove also testified that he may have learned about Plame from Libby, although as with…
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Arrest Warrant Issued for DeLay
The twin indictments of Rep. Tom DeLay for conspiracy and money laundering have resulted in the issuance of an arrest warrant which will require him to appear at a Texas courthouse to be photographed and fingerprinted. Delay is scheduled to appear at the Fort Bend County sheriff’s office for the booking procedure. It’s unlikely there…
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Subpoena to Lawyer Quashed as “Unreasonable or Oppressive” Under Rule 17(c)
The Ninth Circuit upheld a district court order quashing a federal grand jury subpoena to defense counsel because compliance would have effectively destroyed the attorney-client relationship. Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 17(c) permits a court to quash a subpoena if it is "unreasonable or oppresive," a standard that is very difficult to meet under the…
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What Will Patrick Fitzgerald Do?
The tension level must be pretty high for some people in Washington,D.C., as all wait to see what Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald will do in the final days of this grand jury investigation. Will he ask to re-up the grand jury, end the investigation without indictments, or indict someone or several people? As noted here,…
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Security Clearance for Miller
Many are still baffled over Judith Miller’s claim that she had a security clearance. (see post here and here). As noted by Bob Bateman (author of No Gun Ri) on the PoynterOnline Site (Romenesko) he writes from Baghdad here stating, "By the way, does anybody know if she contends it was a clearance for ‘Classified’,…
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Sentencing in BALCO Related Cases
Victor Conte, founder of BALCO received 4 months in prison and 4 months of home confinement in his sentencing today. Two others were also sentenced today, namely the VP of BALCO, who received probation, and Greg Anderson, Barry Bonds’ trainer, who received a sentence of 3 months in prison and 3 months home release (See…
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