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Alleged to Have Committed Bribery Without Being Charged With A Crime
A stigma of criminality can be achieved without even charging someone with a crime. That appears to be the situation with Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, a congressperson from California. The Washington Post here tells of despite no criminal charges being filed against the congressman, the government has alleged in a civil complaint that the congressman…
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Avoiding Another Arthur Andersen
The Washington Post reports here that we may soon be seeing a deferred prosecution agreement between KPMG and the government. Perhaps nothing new – see the post here. The question will be whether the company will be rolling over and providing information that will allow the government to proceed criminally against individuals. Stay tuned. (esp)
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Spamming Indictment
DOJ has decided to stop individuals who are spamming – especially ones that send out unwanted pornographic emails. In a press release here DOJ tells of its recent indictment of three individuals for a violation of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 and "[a] fourth defendant involved in the conspiracy outlined in the indictment has pleaded…
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Dirty Politics
AP (Tampa Bay) reports here that a federal prosecutor will in fact call a grand jury to hear evidence about individuals who jammed Democratic phone lines on election day, telephone lines that had been established for the purpose of receiving calls from individuals needing rides to polling places. Two individuals previously plead guilty, including the…
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Ebbers Gets Medium Security Prison
Bernard Ebbers, former CEO of WorldCom, has been assigned to a medium security prison to serve his sentence. See Washington Post here and the Securities Litigation Watch here (who were kind enough to alert us to the Post article), Although it should be noted that the particular facility he has been assigned to does have…
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3 months to a cooperator in HealthSourh
AP reports here that Aaron Beam, a government witness in the Richard Scrushy trial, received a sentence of three months in prison and a year probation. Beam, the former CFO of HealthSouth, testified in the Scrushy trial, a trial that resulted in a not guilty verdict for Scrushy. Prosecutors asked the court for leniency in…
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Are Blacks Being Targeted in Corruption Cases?
Are blacks being targeted in corruption prosecution cases being brought by the Department of Justice?This question is raised in a news article in the Dallas Morning News here. In addition to listing the many blacks that have faced or are facing recent indictments (e.g. former Mayor Bill Campbell, Atlanta), the article presents the views of…
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Corporate Crime Reporter Ranks Top Ten Prosecutors
Corporate Crime Reporter ranks the top ten white collar and corporate prosecutors here. The analysis provided for the selection of these ten individuals is interesting. How should one rank prosecutors? Should it be based on guilty verdicts? Clearly it should not be based on "wins" as prosecutors always win, irrespective of the jury verdict, since…
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If You Want Change – Run for Political Office
If you want to make a change in the government, they say you should run for political office. And according to the Wall Street Journal here, that is exactly what Mikhail Khodorkovsky has decided to do. The only problem for this oil tycoon is that he is serving time in a Russian jail. If he…
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International Smuggling & Counterfeit
According to a DOJ Press Release here, 59 have been arrested ( 87 indicted) in a counterfeit smuggling operation. The indictments, although mostly for street crime offenses such as narcotics trafficking, do include some offenses that may be considered within the white collar arena. For example, in New Jersey, Operation Royal Charm resulted in…
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