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April 11, 2025
DOJ Issues Compliance Tips for New Data Security Program
The U.S. Department of Justice published tips Friday on complying with the new national data security program — which was created under the Biden administration and took effect April 8 — to prevent China, Russia, Iran and other foreign entities from exploiting Americans' sensitive personal data through commercial transactions.
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April 11, 2025
Investors Claim $43M Fraud By Miami Adviser's Firms
More than three dozen investors have sued the companies connected to a former financial adviser in Miami state court over claims of fraud, alleging he squandered nearly $43 million to enrich himself and fund a Ponzi-like scheme.
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April 11, 2025
SEC Taps 2 Agency Staffers For Senior Enforcement Roles
The former director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Philadelphia office has been promoted to overseeing the agency's trial team while an adviser to acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda has been given the role of associate director of enforcement, according to a pair of recent announcements.
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April 11, 2025
Ill. Sen.'s Ex-Intern Thought He'd 'Eventually' Get Job For Pay
A former intern for whom federal prosecutors say an Illinois senator illegally solicited a job testified Friday that he received several payments despite performing no work for a red-light camera company executive who said he was getting the job as "an assist" to the senator.
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April 11, 2025
Prosecutors Seek 18 Years For Ex-CFO's 'Extreme' $40M Fraud
The former Detroit Riverfront Conservancy CFO who pled guilty to embezzling about $40 million from the nonprofit spent the money on a lavish lifestyle as part of a crime "borne out of avarice so extreme that it remains difficult to fully grasp," federal prosecutors said in recommending an 18-year prison sentence.
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April 11, 2025
Attorney Owners Of Pot Co. Accused Of $46M RICO Scheme
A Florida-based real estate lender is suing two attorneys with civil rights law firm Loevy & Loevy in New York federal court, alleging they engaged in racketeering in connection with more than $46 million in loans intended to fund cannabis facilities they own in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
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April 11, 2025
Feds To Try Coal Exec For Bribery Despite FCPA Freeze
Federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania said Friday that they plan to proceed with a case charging a coal executive with bribing foreign officials for business, after reviewing President Donald Trump's order that paused enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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April 11, 2025
Crypto Firm To Pay SEC Fine Over False Client Claims
Cryptocurrency firm Nova Labs Inc. has agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit claiming it falsely touted client relationships with Nestle and other large businesses in an effort to sell crypto mining devices tied to the so-called Helium network.
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April 11, 2025
Ill. Sens. OK Bill Nixing Pot Odor As Grounds For Car Search
Illinois lawmakers have advanced a bill that would ensure the smell of marijuana on its own does not allow law enforcement to search a vehicle.
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April 11, 2025
Feds Seek Release Of Informant Who Falsely Accused Bidens
California federal prosecutors are seeking the release of a former FBI informant who is serving a six-year prison sentence for falsely telling agents that former President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden had accepted bribes from a Ukrainian energy company.
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April 11, 2025
Fla. Pharmacy Pleads Guilty To Fraud Over Opioid OD Drug
A Florida-based pharmacy has agreed to plead guilty to healthcare fraud and to pay more than $1 million to settle civil claims it submitted false authorizations for an expensive opioid overdose treatment to federal insurers.
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April 11, 2025
Prison Reform Advocate Can Sue Over Access To Inmates
A D.C. federal judge ruled on Friday that a prison reform advocate can largely proceed with a suit accusing the Federal Bureau of Prisons of illegally blocking her from exchanging messages with inmates as part of an alleged campaign to stifle her work.
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April 11, 2025
Family Should Face Charges In $81M Tax Scheme, US Says
The U.S. government urged a New York federal court not to trim its complaint against the former shareholders of a family holding company accused of participating in an $81 million tax scheme, saying the family illegally avoided paying capital gains on its sale of the company.
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April 11, 2025
NFT Owner Admits To Dodging Tax On Crypto Art Sales
A Pennsylvania man pled guilty to filing false tax returns and underreporting his income by $13.1 million after selling 97 nonfungible token artworks, federal prosecutors said Friday.
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April 11, 2025
Miami Art Dealer Arrested, Accused Of Selling Fake Warhols
A Miami art dealer was charged in Florida federal court for allegedly selling fake Andy Warhol artwork to his gallery clients, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida announced Thursday.
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April 11, 2025
3 Convicted Of Driving €24M Car Sales VAT Fraud Ring
A German court convicted and sentenced three ringleaders of a value-added tax fraud scheme that used a series of shell companies and fake invoices to dodge €24 million ($27 million) in owed value-added taxes, the European Public Prosecutor's Office said Friday.
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April 11, 2025
Did DOJ Bless A Crypto Free-For-All? Think Again, Attys Say
The Justice Department's move to scale back cryptocurrency enforcement and dissolve its crypto fraud investigations unit isn't exactly a "get-out-of-jail-free card" for industry players who commit crimes using digital assets, experts say.
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April 11, 2025
Nursing Home Owner Gets 3 Years For $39M Tax Fraud
A New Jersey federal judge sentenced a nursing home operator to three years in prison for a $39 million employment tax fraud scheme involving care centers he owned across the country, a term three times as long as what prosecutors had requested.
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April 11, 2025
Ex-Abercrombie CEO Declared Unfit For Trial Due To Dementia
New York federal prosecutors and lawyers for former Abercrombie & Fitch Co. CEO Michael Jeffries have determined he is suffering from dementia and is currently unfit to stand trial on sex trafficking charges, according to a court filing.
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April 11, 2025
Ex-Girardi CFO Gets 10 Years For 'Devastating' Fraud
A California federal judge sentenced Girardi Keese's former chief financial officer to just over 10 years in prison Friday for aiding firm leader Tom Girardi's $15 million client theft scheme while also embezzling $6 million for himself, saying the two interrelated schemes "had devastating and far-reaching effects."
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April 11, 2025
Mass. Rep Charged With Stealing Funds For Campaign, Bills
A Massachusetts state representative from Cape Cod was arrested Friday morning on charges that he stole thousands of dollars from a trade group he ran and spent the money on his political campaign, his mortgage and credit card bills, a new wardrobe and a psychic.
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April 10, 2025
Prosecutor's Sexting With Ex-Judge Was Misconduct, DOJ Says
The U.S. Department of Justice has concluded that a federal prosecutor in Alaska who accused former U.S. District Judge Joshua Kindred of coercing her into a sexually charged "abusive relationship" committed intentional professional misconduct when she stayed silent about their interactions and continued arguing cases in his courtroom.
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April 10, 2025
Dems Will Get More Answers From Pick For DC US Atty
In a compromise with concerned Democrats, the Republican leader of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Thursday that the nominee for the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia will answer an extensive questionnaire as part of his confirmation process.
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April 10, 2025
Paying Senator Directly Would Have Been 'Funky,' Jury Hears
A former red-light camera executive serving as the government's star witness in an Illinois senator's bribery trial acknowledged Thursday that only he raised concerns about keeping their relationship private and concealing financial payments so they wouldn't look "funky" to the public.
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April 10, 2025
Ex-Ill. Bank Exec Charged With $2M Check-Kiting Scheme
A former Illinois regional bank executive faces federal charges that he defrauded his employer out of nearly $2 million in a check-kiting scheme that falsely inflated his personal account at the bank by depositing checks from other accounts with insufficient funds.
Expert Analysis
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Opinion
SEC Shouldn't Complicate Broker-Dealers' AML Compliance
Recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission anti-money laundering enforcement actions show that regulators should not second-guess broker-dealers' reasonable judgment, or stretch the law or their jurisdiction to regulate through enforcement, lest they expect broker-dealers to vigorously defend their AML programs, say attorneys at WilmerHale.
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Executive Orders Paving Way For New Era Of Crypto Banking
Recent executive orders have already significantly affected the day-to-day operations of financial institutions that have an interest in engaging with digital assets, and creating informed strategies now can support institutions as the crypto gates continue to open to the banking industry, say attorneys at Spencer Fane.
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Justices' False Statement Ruling Curbs Half-Truth Liability
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Thompson v. U.S. decision clarified that a federal statute used to prosecute false statements made to bank regulators only criminalizes outright falsehoods, narrowing prosecutors’ reach and providing defense counsel a stronger basis to challenge indictments of merely misleading statements, says Tamara de Silva at De Silva Law Offices.
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How Importers Can Minimize FCA Risks Of Tariff Mitigation
False Claims Act risks are inherent in many tariff mitigation strategies, making it important for importers to implement best practices to identify and report potential violations of import regulations before they escalate, says Samuel Finkelstein at LMD Trade Law.
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State Securities Enforcers May Fill A Federal Enforcement Gap
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission appears poised to take a lighter touch under the new administration, but state enforcement efforts are likely to continue unabated, and potentially even increase, particularly with regard to digital assets and ESG disclosures, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.
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Firms Still Have Lateral Market Advantage, But Risks Persist
Partner and associate mobility data from the fourth quarter of 2024 shows that we’re in a new, stable era of lateral hiring where firms have the edge, but leaders should proceed cautiously, looking beyond expected revenue and compensation analyses for potential risks, say Julie Henson and Greg Hamman at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.
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What Rodney Hood's OCC Stint Could Mean For Banking
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Rodney Hood's time at the helm of the OCC, while temporary, is likely to feature clarity for financial institutions navigating regulations, the development of fintech innovation, and clearer expectations for counsel advising on related matters, say attorneys at Vedder Price.
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Opinion
We Must Allow Judges To Use Their Independent Judgment
As two recent cases show, the ability of judges to access their independent judgment crucially enables courts to exercise the discretion needed to reach the right outcome based on the unique facts within the law, says John Siffert at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.
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4 Actions For Cos. As SEC Rebrands Cyber Enforcement Units
As the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission signals its changing enforcement priorities by retooling a Biden-era crypto-asset and cybersecurity enforcement unit into a task force against artificial-intelligence-powered hacks and online investing fraud, financial institutions and technology companies should adapt by considering four key points, say attorneys at Troutman.
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Deportation Flights May End Up A Legal And Strategic Error
Officials in the Trump administration could face criminal contempt charges if a D.C. judge finds that they flouted his orders last weekend to halt deportation flights to El Salvador, which could ultimately make mass deportations more difficult — and proving noncompliance a self-defeating strategy, says Ethan Greenberg at Anderson Kill.
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Mitigating The Risk Of Interacting With A Designated Cartel
There are steps companies doing business in Latin America should take to mitigate risks associated with the Trump administration's designation of several cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and the terrorism statute's material-support provisions, which may render seemingly legitimate transactions criminal, say attorneys at Covington.
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4 Key Payments Trends For White Collar Attys
As the payments landscape continues to innovate and the new administration looks to expand the role of digital currency in the American economy, white collar practitioners should be aware of several key issues in this space, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.
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Calif. Antitrust Bill Could Alter Enforcement Landscape
If enacted, a recently proposed California bill that would strengthen the state’s antitrust law could signal a notable shift in the U.S. enforcement environment, but questions remain about the types of cases the state could pursue, whether other states will follow suit and more, say attorneys at DLA Piper.
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Series
Performing Stand-Up Comedy Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Whether I’m delivering a punchline on stage or a closing argument in court, balancing stand-up comedy performances and my legal career has demonstrated that the keys to success in both endeavors include reading the room, landing the right timing and making an impact, says attorney Rebecca Palmer.
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Series
Adapting To Private Practice: From SEC To BigLaw
As I adjusted to the multifaceted workflow of a BigLaw firm after leaving the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, working side by side with new colleagues on complex matters proved the fastest way to build a deep rapport and demonstrate my value, says Jennifer Lee at Jenner & Block.