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typepad/WpbBhttp://feedburner.google.comTwo DOJ Offices Moving on White Collar Casestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571f59b41970b2009-07-12T06:58:00-04:002009-07-11T22:44:42Z2009-07-12T10:58:00ZFrom opposite sides of the U.S., two U.S. Attorneys Offices are actively involved in white collar cases. Obviously many other offices have white collar investigations, prosecutions, guilty pleas, and sentencings -- but for the past week these two offices have...White Collar Crime Prof BloggerFraudInvestigationsSettlementThe Numbers Confirm that Sotomayor is "Tough on White Collar Crime"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571e5fc02970b2009-07-09T11:24:25-04:002009-07-09T15:26:10Z2009-07-09T15:24:25ZI previously blogged on my review of 100 white collar related cases of Judge Sotomayor here. TRAC reporting now confirms empirically what I found. See here. They conclude that "A case-by-case examination of the sentences imposed by Judge Sonia Sotomayor...White Collar Crime Prof BloggerJudicial OpinionsThink Tank ReportsNot a Good Day for Blagojevichtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571deb950970b2009-07-08T21:09:44-04:002009-07-09T14:56:13Z2009-07-09T01:09:44ZJohn Harris, who served as Blagojevich's chief of staff, entered into a plea agreement that includes cooperation. The agreement states: Defendant agrees he will fully and truthfully cooperate in any matter in which he is called upon to cooperate by...White Collar Crime Prof BloggerSettlementIn the News & Around the Blogospheretag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571db7a47970b2009-07-08T19:41:34-04:002009-07-08T23:55:36Z2009-07-08T23:41:34ZCarol Leonnig, Washington Post, Bribery Plea in Probe of Firm With Murtha Ties (w/ a hat tip to Mark Johnson) DOJ Press Release, Former State Department Employee Sentenced for Illegally Accessing Confidential Passport Files Matt Egan, Fox Business, Report: SEC...White Collar Crime Prof BloggerNewsIn the News & Around the Blogospheretag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011570dec006970c2009-07-07T12:33:14-04:002009-07-07T16:11:49Z2009-07-07T16:33:14ZDOJ Press Release, Canadian Executive Pleads Guilty to Fraud and Money Laundering Conspiracies Involving a New jersey Environmental Protection Agency Superfund Site Jack Townsend, Federal Tax Crimes Blog, Houston Business & Tax Journal Symposium on Tax Evasion and White Collar...White Collar Crime Prof BloggerNewsFCPA - Some New Itemstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011570d52080970c2009-07-07T11:23:49-04:002009-07-07T15:23:49Z2009-07-07T15:23:49ZCheck out the FCPA Blog here for a discussion of the FCPA count in William Jefferson's trial. The question is asked " Is William Jefferson still on trial for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?" Andy Spaulding, Fulbright Scholar at...White Collar Crime Prof BloggerFCPAUpcoming Conferences tag:typepad.com,2003:post-682063092009-07-05T13:06:05-04:002009-07-05T17:10:11Z2009-07-05T17:06:05ZABA Presidential Showcase Program: Hot Topics and Recent Developments in Public Corruption Investigations & Government Ethics here NACDL - Defending White Collar Crimes - October 1-2, NY - here Strafford, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in Latin America -Implementing FCPA Compliance...White Collar Crime Prof BloggerConferencesIn the News & Around the Blogospheretag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011570abe00e970c2009-07-03T23:24:18-04:002009-07-04T03:37:46Z2009-07-04T03:24:18ZChronicle of Higher Education, Former Professor Gets 4 Years for Allowing Unauthorized Access to Sensitive Technology Laura Sullivan, NPR, Madoff Likely Won't Be Serving Time in 'Club Fed' David Scheer, Bloomberg.com, SEC Names Ex-Prosecutor Reisner Deputy of Enforcement DOJ Press...White Collar Crime Prof BloggerNewsMy Space Related Case - No Sentencing Todaytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011570b1157d970c2009-07-02T21:38:08-04:002009-07-03T01:45:17Z2009-07-03T01:38:08ZThe Lori Drew case was scheduled for a hearing today and the question was whether she would be sentenced or perhaps the case dismissed. According to press reports it looks like it may be the latter, although everyone is calling...White Collar Crime Prof BloggerComputer CrimeBeazer Homes Deferred Prosecution Agreementtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011570abeb0a970c2009-07-02T10:06:01-04:002009-07-02T17:09:44Z2009-07-02T14:06:01ZBeazer Homes USA, Inc. entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the US Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina. The company issued the following release for investors (see here). The agreement calls for an immediate payment of...White Collar Crime Prof BloggerDeferred Prosecution AgreementsIn the News & Around the Blogospheretag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011570a4c19a970c2009-07-02T08:05:23-04:002009-07-02T12:04:06Z2009-07-02T12:05:23ZDoug Berman, Sentencing Law & Policy Blog, Another stiff sentence for a Ponzi schemer ; Barbara Boyer, philly.com, N.J. con man gets 30 years for Ponzi scheme James Barron, NYTimes, Assemblyman Steps Down and Admits Guilt in Scheme Mike Scarcella,...White Collar Crime Prof BloggerNewsStanford Bail Shortlivedtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571996e36970b2009-07-01T11:45:01-04:002009-07-01T17:21:03Z2009-07-01T15:45:01ZBlogged here was the jumpsuit walk of R. Allen Stanford following the ordering of bail by a magistrate judge. But the bond was short-lived as the federal judge overseeing the case revoked his bail. A key test for securing bail...White Collar Crime Prof BloggerProsecutionsThe Madoff Forfeituretag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011570a406a2970c2009-07-01T11:18:38-04:002009-07-01T15:19:24Z2009-07-01T15:18:38ZPreviously posted here was the court's forfeiture order in the Madoff case. Guest blogging on the Madoff forfeiture is Attorney Peter Goldberger who writes: The criminal forfeiture order, negotiated between the defendant and the government w/o input from the victims...White Collar Crime Prof BloggerForfeitureFraudIn the News & Around the Blogospheretag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0115718f2615970b2009-06-30T09:28:28-04:002009-06-30T13:29:41Z2009-06-30T13:28:28ZTBO.com (AP), 10 others to be charged in Madoff probe Sheri Qualters, NLJ, Circuits split on sentencing for financial fraud -At issue is whether people who are reimbursed for financial losses from criminal schemes should be counted as victims DOJ...White Collar Crime Prof BloggerNewsCert Granted in Another 1346 Mail Fraud Case tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0115718e10ca970b2009-06-30T02:35:08-04:002009-06-30T06:34:04Z2009-06-30T06:35:08ZEarlier this term, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the Conrad Black case, a case premised upon the honest services intangible rights doctrine of the mail fraud statute (see here). Now a second case has cert granted - Weyhrauch v....White Collar Crime Prof BloggerFraudMadoff's Sentence - "Symbolic" of What?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01157097ae1f970c2009-06-30T00:16:59-04:002009-06-30T04:15:58Z2009-06-30T04:16:59ZClearly Madoff's sentence is "symbolic." It symbolizes an incredibly long sentence being given to a white collar offender, something that has happened in the past but is not common, and hardly ever to this extent for a white collar individual....White Collar Crime Prof BloggerFraudSentencingCommentary on Madoff Sentencetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011570924d27970c2009-06-29T13:01:20-04:002009-06-29T17:01:21Z2009-06-29T17:01:20Z150 years (see here) - more than a lifetime is the sentence given to Bernie Madoff by Hon. Denny Chin. It was clear that the 12 years requested by defense counsel would never be a reality, and it was also...White Collar Crime Prof BloggerFraudSentencingMadoff - Sentenced to More Than A Lifetimetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0115718770a7970b2009-06-29T12:09:41-04:002009-06-29T17:30:55Z2009-06-29T16:09:41ZThe Hon. Denny Chin gave a sentence of 150 years to Bernie Madoff, a number a far cry from the 12 years asked for by defense counsel. (see here) Jack Healy, NYTimes, Madoff Sentenced to 150 Years in Prison for...White Collar Crime Prof BloggerFraudSentencingMadoff- Preliminary Order on Forfeituretag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01157185f7e7970b2009-06-29T07:57:16-04:002009-06-29T16:47:55Z2009-06-29T11:57:16ZThe Preliminary Order on Forfeiture has been issued. See here. Commentary to follow. (esp)White Collar Crime Prof BloggerForfeitureFraudIn the News & Around the Blogospheretag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01157171bfa0970b2009-06-28T22:37:05-04:002009-06-29T02:42:25Z2009-06-29T02:37:05ZAndrea Chang, LATimes, 3 acquitted in Ralphs lockout case -A federal jury finds the supermarket executives not guilty in a scheme to rehire locked-out workers using false Social Security numbers. The chain and other managers have previously pleaded guilty. (w/...White Collar Crime Prof BloggerNews