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80% of Recent Bush Pardons Were Convicted of White Collar Offenses
Other bloggers, like Doug Berman’s Sentencing Blog (which includes comments of Margy Love, former pardon attorney for DOJ and now in private practice), Orin Kerr writing on the Volokh Conspiracy Blog, and the Crime and Federalism Blog have been commenting on whether President Bush is being stingy or not in his use of the pardon
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Beauty Queen Fraud
The law firm Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP has an e-mail service called FraudMail Alert that notifies recipients about qui tam and contractor fraud-related developments [you can subscribe by going to one of the following websites: http://www.ffhsj.com/quitam/cfc.htm or http://www.ffhsj.com/wcc/fmamain.php3?sort=chron%5D. An e-mail sent today discusses the prosecution of a Minnesota beauty queen for fraud
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HealthSouth Fallout Hits UBS
UBS AG, a large multinational investment bank, disclosed yesterday (press release here) that it received a Wells Notice from the SEC that the Enforcement Division staff is planning to recommend the institution of a civil action against the company for securities fraud related to its investment banking work on behalf of HealthSouth Corporation. A Wells
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“Can-Spam” Plea Rejected
Jurist reports that Federal District Court Judge Alvin Hellerstein refused to accept a plea agreement involving a former AOL employee who sold e-mail addresses in violation of the recently enacted Can-Spam law. The judge stated that it is not clear to him that the defendant acted with the requisite intent to deceive. (ph)
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The Newest Arrow in the Federal Criminal Quiver
The Senate’s passage of the Video Voyeurism Prevention Act of 2004 on Dec. 7, following earlier House approval of an identical measure, means that there will be another statute added to the long roster of federal offenses once President Bush signs the legislation into law. The new crime is a response to the growing number
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Questioning Spitzer’s Tactics
An Op-Ed in the New York Times (Dec. 21) by Professor Leonard Orland (Connecticut) questions New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s threats to institute criminal proceedings as part of an effort to oust the CEO of Marsh & McLennan. Professor Orland writes: In the case of Marsh, Mr. Spitzer essentially forced the board to dismiss
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Mistrial in Westar Energy Prosecution
The prosecution of former Westar CEO David Wittig and Executive VP Douglas Lake ended in a mistrial after a seven week trial and more than six days of deliberations. Wittig and Lake were charged with wire fraud, conspiracy, accounting violations, and money laundering. The case, which drew national attention during the collapse of Enron and
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Former Carson (Calif.) Mayor Sentenced to 71 Months for Corruption
Former Carson, California, Mayor Daryl Sweeney was sentenced on Dec. 20 to a 71-month term of imprisonment for his role in a kickback scheme that involved hundreds of millions of dollars worth of city contracts. U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson viewed Sweeney in this way, according to an AP story: "I don’t think this was
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Tax Shelter Case Dismissed
An entry on the TaxProf Blog discusses the Department of Justice’s decision to dismiss a civil case against xélan, Inc. that involved over 3,500 San Diego-area doctors and dentists involved in allegedly fraudulent tax shelters. After trumpeting the filing of the civil action and the entry of a TRO freezing the company’s assets, the TRO
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Edward D. Jones & Co. SEC Settlement
Edward D. Jones & Co., a nationwide brokerage firm that caters largely to individual investors has agreed to settle SEC charges and pay a $75 million fine, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal (Dec. 20). The firm settled charges that it marketed mutual funds to its customers as among the "best" choices
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