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Rafael Palmeiro Suspended For Steroid Use — Did He Lie to Congress?
Baltimore Orioles first baseman Rafael Palmeiro, the latest entrant into baseball’s select 3000 hit club (not to mention being one of four major leaguers with 3000 hits and 500 home runs), was suspended by Major League Baseball for ten days for violating the new steroid policy. That policy was adopted shortly after a hearing before…
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What Kind of Sentence Will Kozlowski and Swartz Face
The sentencing for former Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski and CFO Mark Swartz is still set for Tuesday, August 2, so barring a late postponement, New York State Supreme Court Justice Michael Obus will impose a term of imprisonment on the defendants. The most serious charge on which the jury convicted Kozlowski and Swartz was first…
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Guilty Plea in Alabama Bribery Case
A press release here of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama announces that two individuals "plead guilty . . . to the charge of conspiracy to commit bribery in connection with their role in the Jefferson County" Alabama sewer project. Both defendants agreed to cooperate with the government in an ongoing…
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International Hacking
USA for the District of Colorado announced in a press release here that an individual from "Caracas, Venezuela, pled guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Walker D. Miller to intentionally damaging a protected Department of Defense computer." The press release states that the individual pleading guilty "was a member of ‘World of Hell,’ a group…
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Britain’s Serious Fraud Office Launches Investigation of Foreign Bribery
The Times of London reports (here) that the Serious Fraud Office is looking at possible bribery involving "Robert Lee International, Travellers World and BAE, in connection with defence equipment contracts and the Saudi Arabian Government." A report issued earlier this year (here) by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) criticized the British government…
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SEC Puts Loan Program for Churches Out of Business For Fraudulent Conduct
A permanent injunction was entered at the the SEC’s request freezing the assets of Alanar Inc. and Vaughn A. Reeves, Sr., Vaughn A. Reeves, Jr., J. Christopher Reeves, Joshua C. Reeves — along with six companies controlled by the Reeves family — for violations of the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws. As described…
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Home Depot Records Subpoenaed
Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles, California have subpoenaed some Home Depot records relating to "environmental practices." (see Business Week’s AP story here) The SEC filing by Home Depot states here : "The Home Depot, Inc. (the "Company") has received a grand jury subpoena from the United States Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles, California, seeking documents…
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DOJ Cracking Down on Internet Piracy
DOJ reports in a press release here that the first indictments have been issued in "Operations FastLink and Site Down – the two largest and most aggressive international enforcement actions against criminal organizations involved in the illegal online distribution of copyrighted material." The press release, in part, states: "Operations FastLink and Site Down resulted in…
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International Corruption
Co-blogger Peter Henning posted here some of the corruption cases pending throughout the United States. Corruption, however, is not unique to this country and in some cases is more blatant in other countries. This is presented in today’s New York Times article here, where one finds a detailed account of corruption in Latin America. The…
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The Scope of the Attorney-Client Privilege After the Crime-Fraud Exception
The crime-fraud exception arises with some regularity in white collar crime investigations, and it is always a difficult area because the attorney-client privilege and work product protection, together with the requirements of grand jury secrecy, often mean that both sides are advancing positions based on assumptions and less-than-complete information. Many of the cases involve in…
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