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Fraud on the Defense Department
The local United States Attorney offices are not wasting any time in bringing cases of alleged defense fraud. (See post here and here). In a press release of the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado, "Bill Leone, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, and Steven O’Neill, Resident Agent in
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Attorneys Appear to Be Top DOJ Priority
United States Attorney John L. Brownlee announced the indictment by a federal Grand Jury of an attorney in Lynchburg, VA, (who they list as being 72 years old). The press release states that "'[t]he indictment details a scheme by which’ the two individuals accused ‘obtained $1,355,000 from four families by falsely promising them that they
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Second Circuit Takes a Different Approach to Attorney-Client Privilege Claim Involving Government Official
During the government’s investigation of former Connecticut Governor John Rowland, the grand jury subpoenaed the counsel to the Governor to testify regarding conversations she had with Rowland and members of his staff about the receipt of gifts, which was the focus of the investigation and the basis for the charge to which Rowland eventually pled
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The Latest in the Ebbers Case
We left off in our post of 2/21 discussing the final portions of the government’s case in the trial of Ebbers. The prosecution’s case has now ended, and the court has denied the defense motion for a directed verdict. The defense, now presenting its case, started with its first witness being Cynthia Cooper, the former
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New Procurement Task Force
If there was any thought that defense procurement was no longer a top priority, it was just destroyed with the announcement by DOJ of the creation of a "special task force aimed at combating fraud among defense and homeland security contractors." GOVEX.com reports on U.S. District Attorney Paul McNulty’s goals in creating this task force.
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NACDL Hires White Collar Project Director
The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) has hired Stephanie Martz as its first White Collar Crime Project Director. Introduced at the recent NACDL meeting in New Orleans, Ms. Martz will coordinate white collar related initiatives for the defense organization. NACDL’s announcement of her appointment describes are role as follows: "Stephanie will address issues
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April 15th, Tax Day, is Approaching
The closer it gets to April 15th, the more tax indictments there seem to be. One can only guess that it’s the government reminder to file and also to include everything in the reporting. Some call this general deterrence. But it seems that the individuals selected from prosecution are not always the classic citizen types.
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Philadelphia Corruption Trial Begins
The corruption trial of former Philadelphia City Treasurer Corey Kemp, two Commerce Bank executives, and two other defendants began in U.S. District Court on Tuesday with opening statements by the government and three of the five defense counsel. Kemp was one of 12 defendants indicted (here) on honest services fraud charges in June 2004 as
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Boxing Promoter Sentenced to 37 Months For Fixing Fights
Boxing promoter Robert Mitchell received a 37-month sentence for his conviction last November on conspiracy and sports bribery charges for fixing fights involving boxer Thomas Williams. The three-year knock-out punch (I couldn’t resist) came for fixing 11 fights, including a match with Richie Melito that was an undercard for an Evander Holyfield heavyweight title fight
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First Circuit Booker Analysis: Arguing the Effect of Advisory Guidelines on a White Collar Sentence
The First Circuit issued an opinion today in U.S. v. Antonakopoulos involving a Booker plain error claim in a bank fraud prosecution in which the defendant’s base offense level was increased substantially by the application of Sec. 2B1.1 loss calculation. The court summarized its analysis of when a Booker error will trigger a reversal for
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