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Will the Government Seize Assets?
According to today’s Wall Street Journal article titled, Rigas Cable Assets Run By Adelphia May Be Seized, we see the government taking a first step to obtaining assets in a case. The government has asked a federal court "to enter a judgment of $2.53 billion against two members of Adelphia’s founding Rigas family, who were
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Skilling’s Lawyers Can’t Divulge Names
The post of December 10th talked about a motion filed by Skilling’s lawyers to divulge the names of alleged co-conspirators on a list provided to lawyers by the government. The Court denied Skilling’s motion – so the attorneys cannot divulge the names on the list. The Wall Street Journal reports in an article titled, "Enron’s
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Pinochet’s Riggs National Bank Accounts
An exhaustive article in the New York Times (Dec. 12) details accounts maintained by former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet at Riggs National Bank in Washington DC, during the 1980s. According to the article, Pinochet amassed approximately $15 million in his accounts, although as a life-long military officer his highest annual salary was $40,000. The
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Frankel Sentenced
White Collar cases often mover slower than cases involving street crime, but the case of Martin Frankel moved unusually slow. But there is a reason why… According to an AP story in the Wall Street Journal, Martin Frankel was sentenced yesterday to 16 years imprisonment after pleading guilty to 24 charges of fraud and racketeering.
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More Atlanta Indictments
In an article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution titled, "Top Officials Indicted in Morris Brown Fraud," we find federal prosecutors in the Northern District of Georgia busy again. Recall the Nov. 17th post discussing the indictments of former state superintendent Linda Schrenko and Former Mayor Bill Campbell. Campbell faces charges of "racketeering, accepting bribes and
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The Latest in the Enron Cases
114 people is quite a number for a conspiracy, but that is what the government claims as the number who are co-conspirators with Jeffrey Skilling, former Enron Corp. President and CEO. And they may add more names to the group. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, titled "Skilling Seeks to Name
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More Blakely Delay
The Supreme Court’s (much lamented) delay in issuing a decision in Booker and Fanfan regarding the effect of its Blakely decision on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines has affected the final sentencing of the two lawyer-defendants convicted of mail fraud in U.S. v. Rybicki. The lawyers were convicted in 2000 of engaging in an (alleged) honest
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Holiday Gift Giving
With holiday gift giving at its peak, it is important to remember who can be given a gift and when the gift may be considered improper, or in some cases illegal. According to the NYTimes, "Three of Mr. DeLay’s associates were indicted in September on charges of illegally using corporate money to help Republicans win
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The Latest on Martha Stewart – Who is being punished?
While Martha Stewart remains incarcerated, the world is continuing outside the prison grounds of "camp cupcake." The latest, according to Reuters, is that Martha Stewart will star in a new TV show upon her release. It sounds from the Wall Street Journal article like the new "cooking and crafts show" has a strong base in
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Health Related Prosecutions in the Courts
Health care related offenses are a top DOJ priority. These prosecutions are usually considered to be in the white collar crime category as the charges often relate to healthcare fraud. There are a host of other healthcare related cases, however, that border both the white collar and drug areas. Two recent decisions, one from the
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