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Librarian Crime
What was John Ashcroft thinking when he was meddling in the libraries? (Report) Was he thinking that the librarians might be involved in criminal activity? No way, not the librarians. In the posts of December 6th and December 30th are reported two different incidents of librarians being charged with criminal activity. The Law Librarian Blog
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Former Boeing CFO Sentenced
Former Boeing CFO Michael Sears was sentenced to four months in prison and fined $250,000. (See Jurist ) The case involved "improper job talks" with another individual who was "a former senior Air Force procurement official, while she still had sway over contracts involving the company." GOVEX.com reports: "Druyun admitted in federal court last month
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Computer Crime Charges Brought by USA in California
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California is prosecuting a case of alleged computer criminality. According to a press release of this office, the indictment charges: "[F]ormer Information Technology Manager of Creative Explosions, Inc., a Silicon Valley software firm, was indicted today by a federal grand jury on charges that he gained
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Head of Support Dog Group Indicted
The United States Attorneys Office for E.D. Missouri indicted the former director of Support Dogs, Inc. a service organization that trains support dogs. The allegations go to "fraud charges in connection with an alleged embezzlement of over $400,000." The press release of the U.S. Attys. Office states: "According to the indictment, between September 1998 and
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Olis Sentence-Press Can Make a Difference!
It looks like the press is starting to expose one of the worst examples of sentencing guideline inequities. In the recent issue of Christian Science Monitor, one finds a discussion of how Jamie Olis, former Dynergy executive, could have received a reasonable sentence but for the mandates of the guidelines that forced the judge to
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Ebbers, Scrushy, & Kozlowski
Ebbers – It was probably not a day that witness Scott Sullivan truly enjoyed, as defense attorney Reid Weingarten was asking the questions. This appears to be the witness that will make or break the government’s case. (see more AP) And it may come down to whether the jury thinks Scott Sullivan was doing everything
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Quattrone Amicus
The amicus brief filed by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), New York Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (below), is not the usual brief filed by a criminal defense lawyers’ group. But the authors of the brief admit to this in the opening passages of the brief
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Conviction in Mortgage Fraud Case
Bill Rankin of the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports on a conviction of a former lawyer in "a $20 million mortgage fraud operation called the largest of its kind in metro Atlanta." When the indictment was handed down, the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Northern District of Georgia stated that this defendant: "owned and operated The
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Spitzer is Not the Only One Prosecuting White Collar Cases in NY
While Attorney General Spitzer is investigating activities on a state level, the federal government is also busy with white collar cases. The trial of a former chief executive of American Tissue continued with the testimony of the former chief financial officer. Former CFO Stein pleaded guilty and is now testifying as a government witness in
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Cross- Ex in Kozlowski and Scrushy Trial
Kozlowski -The former head of human resources at Tyco has now spent four days on the stand being cross-examined. For more see the Wall Street Journal article titled, "Tyco Ex-Official Discusses LoansTo Executives, Key Panel’s Moves" (see also Atlanta Journal Constitution article here). Scrushy– The defense cross-examined a former HealthSouth finance chief, Bill Owens. The
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